Comments on: E.U. Championships - WOW! http://doversworld.com/blog/2009/08/26/eu-championships-wow/ The website of Robert Dover Fri, 18 May 2012 07:03:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8-bleeding-edge hourly 1 By: Vanessa Vaile http://doversworld.com/blog/2009/08/26/eu-championships-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-3660 Vanessa Vaile Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:54:06 +0000 http://doversworld.com/blog/?p=1722#comment-3660 I lived in Germany in late 60s and had the indescribable fortune to ride with one of the last of "Rau's boys." Even back then, with the machine still humming, he saw the system going under, compromised as it were by less discipline, increasing impatience, market forces - perhaps insufficient and insufficiently trained replacements as well. It would sadden but not surprise him to see this. Very good analysis - kindly put. Greed, aka market forces, is another factor. Horses rushed in training to sell abroad, horses sold that should have been retained, schoolmasters sold that should have been retained in accredited riding facilities and so on. I lived in Germany in late 60s and had the indescribable fortune to ride with one of the last of “Rau’s boys.” Even back then, with the machine still humming, he saw the system going under, compromised as it were by less discipline, increasing impatience, market forces - perhaps insufficient and insufficiently trained replacements as well. It would sadden but not surprise him to see this.

Very good analysis - kindly put. Greed, aka market forces, is another factor. Horses rushed in training to sell abroad, horses sold that should have been retained, schoolmasters sold that should have been retained in accredited riding facilities and so on.

]]> By: Sandra Turner http://doversworld.com/blog/2009/08/26/eu-championships-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-3656 Sandra Turner Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:56:11 +0000 http://doversworld.com/blog/?p=1722#comment-3656 Extreamly insightful and dead on.........I was fortunate enough to live and work in Germany while those guys were front and center and let me just say wow! Until you put it in writing I suppose I didn't realize that all of them really are gone. Extreamly insightful and dead on………I was fortunate enough to live and work in Germany while those guys were front and center and let me just say wow! Until you put it in writing I suppose I didn’t realize that all of them really are gone.

]]> By: Jane Gennaro http://doversworld.com/blog/2009/08/26/eu-championships-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-3654 Jane Gennaro Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:29:00 +0000 http://doversworld.com/blog/?p=1722#comment-3654 Does Holland now have the quality of trainers that Germany had back then? If so, they are not quite as famous as those you listed for Germany. However, it certainly does seem that Holland is the country to beat these days. Does Holland now have the quality of trainers that Germany had back then? If so, they are not quite as famous as those you listed for Germany. However, it certainly does seem that Holland is the country to beat these days.

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