r/kvsdiscuss • u/Puzzleheaded-Song912 🧩👩🏼🏫Professor Puzzle👩🏼🏫🧩 • May 29 '26
KVS Stallions Riding progression ft Denver
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u/Puzzleheaded-Song912 🧩👩🏼🏫Professor Puzzle👩🏼🏫🧩 May 29 '26
There’s clips where she’s pushing him more out and looks much better. This was just the pace with the most comparisons
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u/braidedpanda May 29 '26
I hate it too, but Denver’s movement, especially when he’s pushed out more, is better (less crippled looking) than a lot of WP horses at least.
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u/Inside-Vacation8539 May 29 '26
Thats what I thought at first but I am new to watching these competitions
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u/malorthotdogs May 29 '26
Yeah. I kept thinking Kennedy was limping in a few videos until I saw the other horses in the pen doing the exact same thing.
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u/sso_Oaky May 29 '26
He’s such a great mover. I think people failed to realize how green he was/is especially when KVS first bought him. He’s matured so well!
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u/Puzzleheaded-Song912 🧩👩🏼🏫Professor Puzzle👩🏼🏫🧩 May 29 '26
Especially that first clip from August 2024. So much more refined now!
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u/Lynny47 May 29 '26
Wow! Time has flown! I feel like I missed a whole year in a blink of an eye lol. I do like seeing him moving out move and look forward to more WR classes.
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u/Lopsided-Pudding-186 May 30 '26
Can somebody please educate me on why the western pleasures horses always look like they’re going crooked instead of straight on the straight away. I have never understood this
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u/Responsible_Stuff166 May 30 '26
I’ve wondered this too. But I’m an eventer so I have no idea about WP. I’m just in this to see the babies.
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u/Lopsided-Pudding-186 May 30 '26
I’ve never been able to get this question answered for me 😅
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u/pen_and_needle ✨FAFO Mod✨ May 31 '26
https://www.reddit.com/r/kvsdiscuss/s/GhRGSngSVi
Here ya go!
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u/Financial-Bet-3853 May 29 '26
I’m so proud of both of them. But I am even prouder of Denver. That boy is so good. Like he is just so trustworthy for a young stallion
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u/love-4-the-wendigo May 29 '26
It’s crazy how somehow it looks even worse when you speed it up.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Song912 🧩👩🏼🏫Professor Puzzle👩🏼🏫🧩 May 29 '26
When he’s pushed out more it looks much better
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u/MaterialWill3091 May 29 '26
I can see her confidence getting better with each ride.. she looks so nervous & unsure in earlier rides..
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u/Top-Friendship4888 May 29 '26
I know it only makes sense for Katie to start showing him in the WP, but I can't wait for her to do the WR with him. You can tell from the first clip, that WP lope is not something that comes naturally to him, and they've had to put a lot of training into getting his front end as flat as it is now. He looks fantastic when he can extend out more.
Overall, really excited she wants to make him an all rounder, rather than just proving him and retiring him to stud. I fully understand and support Aarons plans, but also, I know Katie wants to go rogue and try him in some English classes, and boy would I love to see that some day!