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  • #21
    Originally posted by Alagirl View Post
    SHUNNNNN



    Seriously though...am I the only one who sees that?

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    • #22
      Originally posted by kaluha2 View Post
      I have to ask though, what type of wraps is he wearing. It looks like there is another wrap under the outer one. So, what is the first wrap and what is the wrap over that?
      I was wondering about his wraps too since it seemed like they extended higher and lower than regular polo wraps.
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      • #23
        Originally posted by Daydream Believer View Post

        Seriously though...am I the only one who sees that?
        LOL, I don't think so, but it's a bit difficult, with 4 threads going about this.

        This kid is lucky I mean, that he is given the opportunity.

        I remember when PS was the lesser of the 3 Schockemohle brothers and I was lucky to catch a doco on Ann-Katrin Linsenhoff while in Germany. Though she had the privilege of being privileged, she was not given any free rides and it seems the family tradition has been upheld.

        There are 3 deserving people in the picture.

        I can't wait to see what they can make off it.

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        • #24
          I agree...it will be really fun to watch events unfold.

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          • #25
            Originally posted by mg View Post
            I was wondering about his wraps too since it seemed like they extended higher and lower than regular polo wraps.

            maybe a bit high but about how I would expect my sister to wrap her horses...

            head groom style?

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            • #26
              I think he is a much more refined rider than Gal . He certainly is built to ride with those long lean legs (where is the cat call icon) and he keeps his lower leg much closer to where it *should be*. He is riding a very athletic and responsive horse that seems to be able to *have a leg in each county* and still look good That is not an easy ride. Looks like Rath made some very nice subtle corrections in the straightness of Totilas and brought all of his legs underneath him really nicely.

              There seems to be more swing through the back (of Totilas) and he looks freer through all of the joints in the hindquarters, which travels all the way up to the poll. More relaxed.

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              • #27
                Originally posted by BaroquePony View Post
                I think he is a much more refined rider than Gal . He certainly is built to ride with those long lean legs (where is the cat call icon) and he keeps his lower leg much closer to where it *should be*. He is riding a very athletic and responsive horse that seems to be able to *have a leg in each county* and still look good That is not an easy ride. Looks like Rath made some very nice subtle corrections in the straightness of Totilas and brought all of his legs underneath him really nicely.

                There seems to be more swing through the back (of Totilas) and he looks freer through all of the joints in the hindquarters, which travels all the way up to the poll. More relaxed.
                He is too young for you! Back off!



                I am waiting for spring, after those 2 had a chance to get to know each other!

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                • #28
                  They're never too young

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                  • #29
                    Originally posted by BaroquePony View Post
                    They're never too young
                    At least not once over 18...

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                    • #30
                      Gee - this makes me glad I'm not famous - all this nit picking over one rider or the other, how the horse is, how he isn't. For Rath to gain the ride on the best dressage horse ever produced is an honour for him and I for one look forward to seeing Toto's continuing performances and future gains. Edward Gal will always be associated with the horse and can bask in his reflected glory.
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                      • #31
                        Originally posted by Daydream Believer View Post

                        Seriously though...am I the only one who sees that?
                        No your not. And I hope that doesn't cost him in the ring (where it shouldn't).

                        I hope the future years together bring them great rewards and that the partnership growns to the heights that it should

                        I certainly hope that Toto's strenous breeding committments don't cost him in soundness as they have other stallions in the past because I love the way MR is riding him.

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                        • #32
                          I think they look very good together. MR is a very good rider and I wish Toto and his connections all the best. My only complaint is that I doubt most people will be able to breed to him. (Toto, not MR)
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                          • #33
                            Originally posted by BaroquePony View Post
                            I think he is a much more refined rider than Gal . He certainly is built to ride with those long lean legs.
                            I completely disagree with both points. More refined than Gal? Not in body type. Rath is a big boy. His upper body is bigger than Gal's and it will only get bigger when he matures as a man. IMO, he does not have a rider body; at least not what I like to see in a rider body. I think he is too big for the horse, in both height and stature. In 10 years, he is going to look like Todd Flettrich I even thought Gal was too tall for Toto. I'd prefer to see a slender, and not too tall, woman riding Toto. Someone the type of Lisa Wilcox. As far as who gets the ride, I really don't care. I have no allegiance to any rider, but I am a stickler for chosing my horses based on whether they suit my size.

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                            • #34
                              It's likely that the wraps are the Eskadron poofy type for the first layer, with polos over them.

                              Agree that the size of the rider should fit the horse. I think that people forget how big Toto is because Edward and Matthias are both tall. Lisa is a beautiful rider but would probably be too small for Toto. In fact, I once read that Gestut Vorwerk selected her partly because she is petite (only about 5'5" or 5'6"), and Relevant and some of the other stallions she rode are not huge horses.

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                              • #35
                                Originally posted by ToN Farm View Post
                                I completely disagree with both points. More refined than Gal? Not in body type. Rath is a big boy. His upper body is bigger than Gal's and it will only get bigger when he matures as a man. IMO, he does not have a rider body; at least not what I like to see in a rider body. I think he is too big for the horse, in both height and stature. In 10 years, he is going to look like Todd Flettrich I even thought Gal was too tall for Toto. I'd prefer to see a slender, and not too tall, woman riding Toto. Someone the type of Lisa Wilcox. As far as who gets the ride, I really don't care. I have no allegiance to any rider, but I am a stickler for chosing my horses based on whether they suit my size.
                                He's 26 not 12.. He's not going to look like Todd...do you have some crystal ball? he fits the horse just fine
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                                • #36
                                  Originally posted by Daydream Believer View Post
                                  Wow...that is the most through I've ever seen that horse look. He was also much more up and open in his neck...possibly that is why. Lovely riding and I like Totilas much better ridden that way.
                                  I totally agree. I really liked what I saw in that video.

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                                  • #37
                                    Originally posted by Daydream Believer View Post

                                    Seriously though...am I the only one who sees that?
                                    I also thought that he looked better through the neck and back, less crammed in position. His gaits were still fabulous, maybe slightly less up but more forward.

                                    I thought that MR did a really nice job...
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                                    • #38
                                      Originally posted by Edgewood View Post
                                      I also thought that he looked better through the neck and back, less crammed in position. His gaits were still fabulous, maybe slightly less up but more forward.
                                      I agree about the gaits being less "up" but to me that makes him look more natural in his way of going. I think he looked very connected.

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                                      • #39
                                        Originally posted by Daydream Believer View Post
                                        I agree about the gaits being less "up" but to me that makes him look more natural in his way of going. I think he looked very connected.
                                        Agree, I wasn't saying it as a criticism, I actually like the more natural look too!
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                                        • #40
                                          Originally posted by ToN Farm View Post
                                          I completely disagree with both points. More refined than Gal? Not in body type. Rath is a big boy. His upper body is bigger than Gal's and it will only get bigger when he matures as a man. IMO, he does not have a rider body; at least not what I like to see in a rider body. I think he is too big for the horse, in both height and stature. In 10 years, he is going to look like Todd Flettrich I even thought Gal was too tall for Toto. I'd prefer to see a slender, and not too tall, woman riding Toto. Someone the type of Lisa Wilcox. As far as who gets the ride, I really don't care. I have no allegiance to any rider, but I am a stickler for chosing my horses based on whether they suit my size.
                                          Ok, at the risk of sounding further like a fangurl, (squee!! ) Rath is NOT tall. I stood right next to him when he gave an interview at WEG. In fact I vacated my barstool for him, and I think he looked like his legs dangled as much or more than mine did when he sat in it! I'm just under 5'6 and he was maybe an inch taller? I'm not good at judging height, but he doesn't give the impression of being tall or large at all. He actually seems average to smallish for a guy, but very well proportioned in build for his height.

                                          I doubt he has that much height to gain at 26. Maybe some solidity. His dad is a pretty solid looking guy.

                                          Gal isn't tall either. Nothing like Minderhoud.

                                          Toto is not a tall horse--he seems to make his riders look big on him. How tall is he, exactly?
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