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Dressage (a French term meaning "training") is a path and destination of competitive horse training, with competitions held at all levels from amateur to Olympic. Its fundamental purpose is to develop, through standardized progressive training methods, a horse's natural athletic ability and willingness to perform, thereby maximizing its potential as a riding horse. At the peak of a dressage horse's gymnastic development, it can smoothly respond to a skilled rider's minimal aids by performing the requested movement while remaining relaxed and appearing effortless. For this reason, dressage is occasionally referred to as "Horse Ballet." Although the discipline has its roots in classical Greek horsemanship, dressage was first recognized as an important equestrian pursuit during the Renaissance in Western Europe. The great European riding masters of that period developed a sequential training system that has changed little since then and is still considered the basis of modern dressage.
Early European aristocrats displayed their horses' training in equestrian pageants, but in modern dressage competition, successful training at the various levels is demonstrated through the performance of "tests," or prescribed series of movements within a standard arena. Judges evaluate each movement on the basis of an objective standard appropriate to the level of the test and assign each movement a score from zero to ten - zero being "not executed" and 10 being "excellent." A score of 9 (or "very good") is considered a particularly high mark.
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British Dressage advert to be shown on YouTube and Facebook...http://p.gs/4tfho
kevin1586 (kevin bryant) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:22:24 -0000
British Dressage advert to be shown on YouTube and Facebook...http://p.gs/4tfho
WANTED - Horse Hunter: Want a horse on loan/ sharer or just riding for dressage. I have previously competed in .. http://bit.ly/4GZtls
horsehunteruk (Horse Hunter) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:16:55 -0000
WANTED - Horse Hunter: Want a horse on loan/ sharer or just riding for dressage. I have previously competed in .. http://bit.ly/4GZtls
Appaloosa Dressage: The Five Horses We Meet In Life: 15.2H, AQHA gelding, bought him as a yearling. He was an easy ... http://bit.ly/6IGEVt
EquineConnect (Equine Connect) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:24:40 -0000
Appaloosa Dressage: The Five Horses We Meet In Life: 15.2H, AQHA gelding, bought him as a yearling. He was an easy ... http://bit.ly/6IGEVt
@ash0283 Prelim! That's big! Daughter wanted to get there, dressage held her back.Good for you. Get back to it! Have a Merry day! <3
eventersmom (Jo-Ann Honeywell) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:20:21 -0000
@ash0283 Prelim! That's big! Daughter wanted to get there, dressage held her back.Good for you. Get back to it! Have a Merry day! <3
aaaa wrote a new blog post: Rusty Dressage http://bit.ly/7miiv6
preampcc (phuket tho15ngsom) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:06:25 -0000
aaaa wrote a new blog post: Rusty Dressage http://bit.ly/7miiv6
@vampiress i call her "My Little Percheron" since she's tiny for the breed. But she has great action and should make a lovely dressage horse
ravyn (ravyn) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:38:40 -0000
@vampiress i call her "My Little Percheron" since she's tiny for the breed. But she has great action and should make a lovely dressage horse
The Spanish Riding School of Vienna - Its main task is to preserve the Lipizzaner breed and to supply stallions which have proved their abilities to the Federal stud in Piber as stud horses. Performance and tour schedules and detailed information about the School and its training programs for horses and riders.
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