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What is Dressage?




In modern Dressage competitions, horse and rider are expected to perform from memory a series of predetermined movements, known as ‘figures’ (volte, serpentine, figure of eight).
 They perform these movements in a completely flat, rectangular arena.
The arena has a low rail along which 12 lettered markers placed symmetrically,
 indicating where movements are to start and finish and where
 changes of pace or lead are to occur.

 Competition
Competitions may begin in local communities with Introductory level classes
 where riders need only walk and trot.  Horses and riders advance through a graduated
series of levels, with tests of increasing difficulty at each level, until the most accomplished
 horse and rider teams compete at the Grand Prix levels and international competition,
 such as the Olympic games.

Apart from competition, there is a tradition of classical dressage, in which the tradition of dressage is pursued as an art form. The traditions of the masters who originated
 Dressage are kept alive by the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria and the
Cadre Noir in Saumur, France

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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