I'm not smart enough to figure out how to save it either. Bummer too because I'm on a slow dial up it takes about an hour and a half to download. I don't watch many video's obviously that way. I wonder how long it will be before he has some DVD's out in the US? I'd love to watch an hour of that. Beautiful horses, excitement, lights, flash, (okay - athletic cute young guy) - I'm ready to be entertained - heck yes! Jeanine -----Original Message----- From: drivingpairs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:drivingpairs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jerrell friz Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 7:07 PM To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [drivingpairs] Re: The Flying Frenchman - hollowbacked expressionless? Jeanine, this is exactly what I saw also. I have only watched it about 25 times, I keep seeing more every time that I watch it. The younger children sure like it. Now, if only I could figure out how to save it. It just goes to show you how high you can raise the bar in training your horse. Regards, Jerry Friz, Anderson, Ca. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanine Rachau" <jrachau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 6:53 PM Subject: [drivingpairs] The Flying Frenchman - hollowbacked expressionless? > > > > There was a comment regarding the flying frenchman video of the horses > being > hollowbacked and repressed horses during the liberty phase of this video. > Sorry I didn't save the original comment so I might not have remembered > the > original words. I was interested as that wasn't my first impression and > I > went back and viewed it again to see what I had missed. > > In the liberty phase, watching their eyes and mouths the animals don't > appear stressed, but they are concentrating on their jobs. The horses are > also quietly interacting with each other and emoting, tossing their heads > and eye balling each other. I don't see them expressionless. I think > part of the training for him to be able to stand on their backs and have > nothing to hang onto is the horses have to be able to read his balance and > respond immediately by slowing or speeding up as needed. It is a > sensitive > interactive communication between then all. I don't see how the animals > could possibly work round with what they accomplishing - to do that kind > of > balancing with nothing to support the rider would need the animals > traveling > pretty flat with as little upward lift as possible (speaking as a stupid > kid > that did a lot of bareback riding and stupid stunts 30+ years ago). I > see the horses as relaxed and focused, doing what they have been asked > without resistance. > > I'm interested in others impressions on this? Am I missing something? > > Jeanine > > PS: one of the things I enjoyed most was watching him turning the pair at > liberty, as they swooped and turned so easily. It was easy to see with > just > two of them, what we strive for when they are harnessed up - to get that > kind of flow and bend. > > > http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqvvn_lorenzo > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: > http://www.drivingpairs.com/index.php?pg=2 > ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > > > For your security this Message has been checked for Viruses as a courtesy > of Com-Pair Services! > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.28/604 - Release Date: > 12/26/2006 12:23 PM > > For your security this Message has been checked for Viruses as a courtesy of Com-Pair Services! _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/index.php?pg=2 ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/index.php?pg=2 `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````