Flossy is well known to many on the British Dressage Forum as a teller of interesting stories and perhaps the odd joke or two. We have selected a few tales for your pleasure.
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Self carriage
A dressage Diva was having a warm up, for a BD walk halt test , on her big black stallion, obviously the imbalanced proportions between the horses size and the riders size ,posed some problems of balance and self carriage.
How ever much Dressage Diva implemented the latest training technique of visualising with out effect the self carriage of the horses ridden by great master Nunios Olivety , the black stallion had his own idea of where the neck and head should be by visualising green grass at ground level.
Her relentless physical efforts to keep the horses head up with the INSTERBERGER* was a companied with the verbal explanation to the horse “DON'T GO down there !!! , DON'T GO down there !!! , DON'T GO down there !!! “, so loud so all could f hear.
When time came to commence the Walk Halt test our Dressage Diva performed the last precautionary INSTERBERGER* and informed the horse that “IF YOU GO DOWN ON ME in the arena in front of the judge and spectators You will be back where you came from!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”.
As expected the whole test was a battle between self carriage and the force of gravity with Dressage Diva some where between the two , while by the arena side the loyal Dressage Husband was nodding his head rolling his eyes and making sounds of sympathy with the horse.
Dressage Diva left the arena and while dismounting , in the loudest voice shouted “DERRRRRICKKKKKKK!!!!!” (her dressage husband) who came in a brisk trot took the reins and led the horse to the horse box, and there in a most intimate manner that only exists among true comrades he patted the horse and said “don't worry mate that what she tells me often but I am still here”
*(an INSTEBERGER is the classical term for the action commonly known as , the removal of the horses back teeth by a violent action of both hands generally accompanied by moving the upper part of the body so far back that the riders head touches the horses croup