Brett Parbery: "Aesthetics vs Effectiveness"

Brett Parbery, an Australian Grand Prix rider and 2018 WEG team rider, recently shared this post on his facebook page with the following words of wisdom.

Aesthetics vs Effectiveness

My father, who is possibly my biggest critic (apart from me!), has always drilled into me that when you sit properly on the horse, you ride the horse well.

What do you think? I tend to agree... yet disagree.

Dressage isn’t purely a class of equitation. You can be a little untidy or unorthodox in your style, but if you’re an effective rider you’ll get the horse to go really well.

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