Words of Wisdom - John Winnett

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John Winnett studied dressage in the 1960s and 1970s with Fritz Stecken, Dr. Reiner Klimke and Herbert Rehbein. He represented the United States in both show jumping and dressage at World Championships and in Olympic Games.

Winnett wrote this in Dressage Today in 2009.

"I became aware of the importance of the gaits, their rhythm, and training horses within a tempo free of tension to avoid physical and mental resistances. I became aware that brilliance should not be allowed to overshadow correctness of gait. Brilliance achieved at the cost of correctness is always more entertaining to the uneducated eye, while correctness achieved at the expense of brilliance is more aesthetic to the knowledgeable eye."