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<\/a><\/p>\nBraxxi and Ingrid working at home, surprise, doing cavaletti work…<\/em><\/p>\n A good luck pat from a young Greta before the dressage<\/em><\/p>\n Calmly into the dressage arena<\/em><\/p>\n Braxxi at Aachen in 2008 – fast and clear across country and heading home through the main arena<\/em><\/p>\n Braxxi being a horse at home, every day out in the paddock, like all Ingrid’s horses<\/em><\/p>\n Christoph Hess tells us that so many points can be gained by doing simple things very well \u2013 halt, rein back\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBut that is the basics I learnt from my father. He always said be very correct in the little things because from there you build up.<\/p>\n So Braxxi is not a spectacular mover, he\u2019s really a Thoroughbred and he is a cross country galloping machine, very clever and quick and he loves to run and jump, but in the dressage, if you look at him, he is quite small.<\/p>\n When I first got him, I thought, he looks like a pony! And the gaits are not really spectacular, but he is such a nice character, he really tries, and his trot improved so much. Whatever you ask him to do, he does with nice presence, really listening and saying, okay, I give my very best. He grew into it, and became so much more mature, but if you\u2019d seen him when he was seven, you\u2019d say, nice but\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cLook at all the eventers, which Thoroughbred has a wonderful trot? My horse, Braxxi (Butts Abraxxas) is the best example, he can trot like a little pony, but then all of a sudden he opens up and he really knows, \u2018ah, I have to lengthen\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n Going cross country at the Beijing Games in 2008<\/em><\/p>\n Braxxi was in the Top Ten at Three-Star and Four-Star level \u00a0twenty times. Ingrid and Braxxi were Gold Medal Team Members in 2008 and 2012.<\/p>\n London dressage and on the way to team Gold<\/p>\n Past the Greenwich clock in 2012<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cHe is really neat, he is now 11 years old, I bought him when he was seven years old to be the one after Sleep Late – Ingrid’s ride at the 2000 Games in Sydney –\u00a0I decided whenever Sleep Late decides to retire, I want to have another horse coming up, so I don\u2019t fall into a deep hole where I have to lose a few years of championship competition.\u201d<\/h1>\n
Braxxi and Ingrid competing at Aachen in 2008<\/h1>\n
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