*jaw drops*

[rj_anderson]

Okay, I had no idea horses were even CAPABLE of doing this kind of footwork. Seriously, you need to watch this -- and watch all of it, because just when you think you've seen everything, it gets better:

Incredible Dressage Video (6 min.)

I'm not even into horses and this blew my mind. Thanks to Brian Scott over in rec.arts.sf.composition for the

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[olmue]

Thanks for sharing--we actually get quite a few horse competitions on TV in Germany, but this one was very nice!! My little horse-crazy girls (who are supposed to be going to sleep right now) also loved it.

[kerravonsen]

Only third? Why, did they do badly in some other sections, or what?

[morgandawn]

they came in second last year - they were scratched this year from the world competition due to an injury
http://www.dressagedaily.com/2007/dd_200704/dd_20070418.html

[kerravonsen]

Horse dancing! Wow.

[alawston]

I had no idea horses were even CAPABLE of doing this

I find about 20 emails in my inbox every morning at work with this exact subject line :(

[countquestions]

I was simply WoWed by that. I've never seen a horse do that or known that one could even train a horse to do such.
Thx 4 the share!