Read this excellent article by Matthew Syed, which is LESS about a soccer team I happen to support than it is about the aesthetics of sport - ANY sport, including ours.
So, so much of it can be applied to equestrian sport in general and dressage in particular, where "winning ugly" has become the international zeitgeist.
This article illustrates exactly why we need to NOT do it, and why there will always be hope for those who CHOOSE not to do it.
How did we lose sight of this? How did we go so horribly wrong?
This is a beautiful and inspiring article, which I resolve to re-read EVERY day before I walk out to train a horse.
The article is tough going and may require a re-read or several to get your head around it. But yes - a great dressage horse coming down the center line, or a great Fine Harness horse, or a great equine athlete of ANY discipline - should indeed live up to the goals set out in this article....
..."All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move."
NOT "win ugly".
The adventure continues!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
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Thanks for sharing that Liz, I really liked it! BTW, you going to be out this weekend? I think one of your lunge/long lines is on Em's stall.
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