Olivier Perreau and Morgan Barbançon western version
At the end of the day in the Reining arena, the show jumper of GL events group Olivier Perreau and the dressage rider Morgan Barbançon took a lesson in reining. Guided by a coach, they tried out the main figures of the discipline: slow and fast circles at a gallop, spins and above all, sliding stops. In the latter area, Olivier Perreau gave it his all and made some great stops. So, he left the arena with a smile, delighted with this first taste of reining: "What a great experience! The codes are a little different from ours, but it's really fun. It felt good. At the end, I was a little more in the groove and I understood things better, so it was great. We had a fantastic coach and awesome horses." The French dressage rider, Morgan Barbançon was equally positive: "I loved it, it's a very precise style of horseback riding. Accuracy and balance are crucial, and that is what we look for in dressage, but in a slightly different way."
She particularly liked the stops and spins even though she admits, with a smile: "I was a little dizzy, I couldn't tell you how many turns I did! If I have the opportunity to try reining again, it will be with real pleasure!"