George Theodorescu

[maexle]

I'm very sad. Just two hours ago a friend called me. She told me that George Theodorescu died this afternoon.

R.I.P.

Comments

[baranduyn]

I'm so sorry he's gone but I'm so glad he was here. So very few people understand that riding isn't a matter of mastery but of partnership with the horse and it seems to me he understood this very well. And demonstrated it which lead others to re-think their ways of riding and horsemanship.

[maexle]

Yes, you're right. One of the lines from the clinics I'll always remember was: "The horse is always right." For George Theodorescu it was the rider's job to make himself "comprehensible" to the horse. And when the horse did something wrong, the rider had failed in doing just that

[baranduyn]

I think you either love horses or you don't. I'd have adored George because he gets it: horses are what they are and that's that.

I'm so sorry for your loss and for our loss. He sounds to me to have been a wonderful person.

[mme_de_bergerac]

May he rest in peace.

[maexle]

I like to think that he's now with his old horses again. In my mind I see him sitting on a fence, surrounded by all the horses he loved during his long life. And there will be a never ending stock of treats in his bags and he smiles his touching boyish smile and plays the "where's the treat" game with his horses.

[mme_de_bergerac]

That's peaceful

[aphrodeia]

Oh NO! I'm so sad to hear this, Max. What a loss to the dressage world.

His family is in my thoughts.

[maexle]

It's a huge loss not only for the dressage world, but for every rider around. He was one everyone could learn from because his great riding was made by great horsemanship

[striped_bouncer]

Oh no :-( this is really, really sad news.
One of my best friends with whom I worked for years started her time as a trainee at the "Theos". I won't ever forget all the stories she told me from her time there. Good stories.
May he rest in peace, and he will surely be remembered for a long long time coming.

[maexle]

I've met a lot of horsemen during my life, but among them were only two who were real masters and great man. The one was George Theodorescu, the other is my "uncle" Alfred Casper from the Birhof stud (a friend of mine, after getting to know him, said: "He's the rural version of Theodorescu").
Both have formed me - Casper because he taught me almost all I know about horses and Theodorescu through Robin. Whenever he's "there" with me, I'm amazed how fine he reacts and how perfect he does his lessons. He's the living proof of how special George Theodorescu was with horses.
I'm sure he'll be remembered for a long time and I hope for all of us, that something from his "spirit" will remain with us.

[wildwinterwitch]

I only knew him by name, particularly back when I was all into horses as so many teenage girls -- but just as as many teenage girls I didn't stick with it. I'm really sorry to hear this.