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Excellence in YouTubage
In 2006, Danish dressage rider Andreas Helgstrand performed a nearly flawless routine on his nine-year-old mare Blue Hors Matiné. In 2011, someone set it to Lil Kim's "Lighters Up." Highest marks.
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The horse was so impressive I didn't notice the music.
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if i had been allowed to blare that in the arena, maybe i wouldn't have hated dressage so much?
nahhh… still would have hated it.
I've always imagined doing this with dressage, but never that awesomely. Mind:blown. Boom.
That horse is better at dancing to hip hop than I am and I only have two legs.
And Blue Hors Matiné's tail goes with the beat!
(How many times have you watched? Me: 3… so far)
@julia I'm up to 4 now since I need to re-watch for the tail. Slow Monday over here!
@julia Six.
@Edith Zimmerman I also just fell into a 17 minute rabbit hole of other horse videos on YouTube. Look what you've dooooneeee!
@julia This was so bizarrely mesmerizing that when it ended I thought, "Gee, that really could've gone on for another 10 minutes."
@julia Ten.
And she DIED, it was so SAD. They'd retired her and she was in foal, and it was just awful.
BAH! I hate it when commentators mistake the horse's gender and get all equine-sexist, ie "HE'S naturally such an up and down mover"— you know that's the horse he's talking about, not the rider. Still, that's some sick piaffe. I like to ride to MIA and Santigold. Props to the dressage love, hairpin.
"it doesn't get any better than that," indeed.
As a dressage rider and a hip-hop fan, yes, this all the way. Although I don't think it would ever be allowed at an actual show, it's nice to dream.
@spoondisaster i was wondering if that would ever happen in real life! i think dressage is so entertaining as it is, but this would really take it to the next level! i mean, i could see starting out with some lil' wayne let the beat build and maybe ending with some drake take care!
glad there are some dressage riders to ask up in this bish!
@tigolbitties in any serious shows, no, I don't think it would be allowed. it's all pretty old school and traditional. dressage is pretty serious with its rules.
Well this is a perfect cure to Monday.
Thanks a lot, HAIRPIN. Way to get me to google Blue Hors Matine, and getting the result "Blue Hors Matine dies in paddock accident." Not Monday-morning material!
OMG horsey love! I don't ride dressage, just plain ol' hunter/jumper…but love love love this!
Ah! The Hairpin and dressage…two of my most favorite things combine. love!
@nerds and who knew there were so many hairpinners who had actual experience in dressage?! what an odd little group we all are.
AWESOME! I especially love the mingling of dressage with…the F word! So delightfully scandalous!
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so tight. i choreographed a musical freestyle to dropkick murphy's bagpipe version of "amazing grace" in high school, also tight though sans piaffes.
@jbcg anything choreographed to DKMs is win!
it is a big, varied world out there; a world where some people will watch a horse do crazy shit in an arena and LEAP from their SEATS, arms aloft, jumping and cheering for the prancy horse, and yet other people will love the recording of this event so much that they will edit it and set it to delightful music. I have learned a lot today.
Anyone else want to punch the unimpressed lady at around the :30 mark in the face? COME ON, the horse is dancing to Lil Kim. Sorry you came from 1745 and are horrified by the besmirching of equine sport.
The casually amused men in blue nine seconds later know where it's at.
@herebullet (I don't think it was originally set to Lil Kim, that was dubbed over later. In 2005 it was probably dancing to 50 Cent, which totally explains that dude's expression.)
@gobblegirl WHAT? Nooooo! I feel lied to. (I still want to punch the lady.)
I got in big trouble in high school for choreographing my freestyle for a schooling show to Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee. Did not go over well. The judge told me I was a disgrace to the sport of dressage, and I clearly was a Bad Influence.
My mother thought it was hilarious, btw.
@Das Awesome Amazing.
@Das Awesome I…would suggest a name change, preferably to "Disgrace to Dressage".
I think the viewership for dressage would go through the roof if they just choreographed more of it to hip-hop.
Where do you even find this stuff?! I could watch it all day.
ETA: Or I could check the "Via" link on the bottom. Derp derp derp.
OMG rabid dressage fan here: I ride dressage and I want to choke something every time I see another freestyle set to: Bond, Pirates of the Caribbean, Riverdance or other Irish folk music, top 40 classical. DEAR DRESSAGE PEOPLE, DRESSAGE IS BORING TO WATCH FOR THE UNINITIATED UNLESS YOU MAKE IT FUN FOR THEM. WITH FUN MUSIC.
Steffen Peters does a pretty swell freestyle with Ravel that includes Coldplay (meh) and Safety Dance and Catherine Haddad and Winyamaro basically rock the fuck out, y'all:
Steffen and Ravel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSIoD-Y5QZA
C-Had and W: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVE0cq1zqWI
Also if you guys haven't seen it, the original video this is from has some pretty boss-for-dressage music, although obvs the Lil Kim is superior: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQgTiqhPbw
The original performance had a couple of segments to a rock heavy instrumental version of Lady Marmalade, which I think is even better.
And how do you even begin to teach a horse how to do all that?
How did I not see this until today?