Alois Podhajsky at the Spanish Riding School

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Podhajsky at the Spanish Riding School
Podhajsky at the Spanish Riding School demonstrating the Capriole.

What a treat! Here is an Austrian documentary film done in the 1950s to promote the Spanish Riding School.

This footage was only recently rediscovered.

While the movements here are not always technically perfect, the formations are masterfully ridden, the horses look relaxed, and the stillness of the riders is Zenlike.

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4 thoughts on “Alois Podhajsky at the Spanish Riding School”

  2. what’s beautiful about the SRS is, as you mention, the relaxation of the horses. no vulgar rushing the training as in many dressage for show horses today! These horses are so beautiful

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  4. I had the great fortune of seeing the SRS live in Atlanta, GA. What an experience! This film brings back that performance.

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