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1873 pictures commissioned by Leland Stanford and taken by Eadweard Muybridge of famous trotter Occident to settle the question of whether at any time while running, horses have all hooves off the
ground, an idea sometimes called unsupported transit. While Muybridge's work seemed to support this concept, he and Stanford knew that better images were
necessary to convince the public. So the experiments continued.
Muybridge's subsequent photos would bring him acclaim as a pioneer in
photography and as a chronicler of animal locomotion.
Aside from the commercially available videos that Bill has produced over the years, he has put a number of informal ones up on YouTube and linked them to various parts of this site. Here they are all on one page to explore at your leisure.
THE NEWEST:
Steffen Peters and Ravel
Warm up at the 2012 World Dressage Masters on Saturday evening, January 28, prior to the freestyle competition. Video kindly provided by Ms. Kara Florek.
Berlin Quadrille featuring Reiner Klimke
This is a reproduction of a VHS tape given to me more than 25 years ago by Gen Jonathan Burton. He thought it was done in Berlin, probably sometime after the '84 Olympics. The lead rider is Olympic gold medalist Reiner Klimke on Ahlerich. Second in the line, I believe is Gabriella Grillo. General Burton said he thought the riders had barely any rehearsal before the performance, but it is great fun to see these 12 international riders all working together.
Judged Prix St. George test
Compare your marks and observations with Bill's and judge Janet Foy's
"On the Aids?"
A three minute demo by Bill and Gail Redinger that you want your own horse to be able to replicate.
Not dressage but Snowy River redux in real life.
CLASSIC! :
Four short videos Bill shot at the CHIO at Aachen, Germany, back in 1995. Filmed the day before the competition in the closed warmup area, they feature the premier riders of that era schooling their Grand Prix horses.
Reiner Klimke
Aachen 95
SEMI-RECENT:
DRESSAGE DEMO Part 1
Four videos from a clinic Bill taught in Utah in March 2011. The horse is "Harrison," a 17 year old Trakehner owned and trained by Nancy Burchett, is learning the FEI level movements. He is not a "Wellington" type horse, but he is grasping the concepts involved in piaffe/passage/tempis/and pirouettes. Nancy's goal is to ride her first Grand Prix on him before he retires.
1 Developing the collection in trot
2 Half steps
3 Tempis
4 Pirouettes
4 videos (posted May 22) of Bill teaching Gail Redinger on her I-1 Trakehner "Mitras":SEMI-RECENT:
DRESSAGE DEMO Part 1
Bill's
presentation
of Dressage Principles at the UF Equine Expo in Ocala in September
2011. Assisted by Laura Herndon and Kasper. (runtime approx 20 min)
DRESSAGE DEMO Part 2 (continued for another 20 glorious minutes)Four videos from a clinic Bill taught in Utah in March 2011. The horse is "Harrison," a 17 year old Trakehner owned and trained by Nancy Burchett, is learning the FEI level movements. He is not a "Wellington" type horse, but he is grasping the concepts involved in piaffe/passage/tempis/and pirouettes. Nancy's goal is to ride her first Grand Prix on him before he retires.
1 Developing the collection in trot
2 Half steps
3 Tempis
4 Pirouettes
More on Pirouettes Part 1
More on Pirouettes Part 2
More on Pirouettes Part 3
Piaffe Plus
Bill has helped Gail Redinger from the ground with Mitras since the horse was young. It is fairly rare that a horse would come all the way to the brink of Grand Prix--at age eleven--having only been ridden by a single person. Thus, the "experiment," not really a schooling ride but a sampling of his wares by Bill and a chance for Mitras to feel a familiar "language" but with a different accent and inflection: A Riding "Experiment."
Bill and Dirigo (owned by Susan Petrillo and Mary Pelovsky) showing at Canterbury in Training Level in April of 2010. After the fact, Bill judges along with commentary: Dirigo's Test
A special video created by Bill to explain your riding passion to your spouse. Show him this to help him appreciate your schooling sessions and what to look for in the show ring:
STANDARDS:
A typical lesson from Bill, click here. This was unrehearsed, unsolicited, and originally posted without our knowledge but it's pretty decent (we think) and representative of what a lower level rider might hear from him.
Bill working with a much more advanced rider: FEI trainer Gail Redinger in Sandpoint, Idaho. Gail is on Mitras, her Trakehner gelding who was competing at PSG/I-1 when this session was held in July of 2009. The subject is Improving the Balance and Collection through lateral work and transitions. Click for the link.
For more of Bill teaching Gail on Mitras, click here. Topic: canter pirouettes.
Bill riding under the instruction of Herwig Radnutter, Bereiter at the Spanish Riding School of Vienna.
Bill riding movements from Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire 1 recorded in competition at Conyers, GA.
ENTIRELY MISCELLANEOUS:
Bill celebrates his 60th bday with a leap of faith RIGHT HERE
Bulldogs 1 featuring Jake
Bulldogs 2 starring Phoebe B. Bee
A typical lesson from Bill, click here. This was unrehearsed, unsolicited, and originally posted without our knowledge but it's pretty decent (we think) and representative of what a lower level rider might hear from him.
Bill working with a much more advanced rider: FEI trainer Gail Redinger in Sandpoint, Idaho. Gail is on Mitras, her Trakehner gelding who was competing at PSG/I-1 when this session was held in July of 2009. The subject is Improving the Balance and Collection through lateral work and transitions. Click for the link.
For more of Bill teaching Gail on Mitras, click here. Topic: canter pirouettes.
Bill riding under the instruction of Herwig Radnutter, Bereiter at the Spanish Riding School of Vienna.
Bill riding movements from Prix St. Georges and Intermediaire 1 recorded in competition at Conyers, GA.
ENTIRELY MISCELLANEOUS:
Bill celebrates his 60th bday with a leap of faith RIGHT HERE
Bulldogs 1 featuring Jake
Bulldogs 2 starring Phoebe B. Bee
Oh, and in case it has slipped your mind ....
