Valegro and Carl at the 2006 National Titles in Great Britain\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAnyone who remembers Valegro as a four, five or six year old, he had a very strong, Cobby, trot, there wasn\u2019t the sort of power and expression he has now. He has a hanging moment now and he looks like an incredible mover, but back then, he had all the mechanics, but he didn\u2019t have the lightness, he was always a bloody strong horse. He always had the hock action, that I don\u2019t believe you can change.\u201d<\/p>\n Starting out with Lucy Cartwright in 2005<\/em><\/p>\n “There are two types of seat, active and passive. Don’t ride hard all the time: active, passive, active. The main thing is to think about the horse’s back a lot.”<\/p>\n More with Carl in 2006\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t need to worry about the trot, what we need is a good walker and a good canter, we need that hind end engine, that\u2019s what we really need. It\u2019s the mechanics of the hind end. You\u2019ve got to know when you are looking at a walk, how will that walk make a piaffe? And you\u2019ve got to know when you are looking at a trot, how will that trot make a passage? Then when you are looking at the canter, how will that canter make a flying change and a pirouette? Those are the visions you need to have when you are looking at a young horse for the future.<\/p>\n I\u2019m also looking at the trainablility and rideability. How are you going to keep a big, flamboyant mover sound into Grand Prix? You want an easy mover. You need the first thing on the scale of training: rhythm.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.horsemagazine.com\/thm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/3_06_Carl.jpg\")
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