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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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Extreme dressage #failedsports
rurugby (Edmund Davis-Quinn) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:17:57 -0000
Extreme dressage #failedsports
Who else wants to hear Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling discussing the Blue Tongue Dressage video? http://bit.ly/4apd5J #horses #dressage
markmotts (Mark Mottershead) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:23:19 -0000
Who else wants to hear Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling discussing the Blue Tongue Dressage video? http://bit.ly/4apd5J #horses #dressage
Most amazing dressage video!! http://bit.ly/IMIch
audreybloom (audrey bloom) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:18:13 -0000
Most amazing dressage video!! http://bit.ly/IMIch
An update on the Blue Tongue Dressage Horse that we reported about about a week ago. ... http://bit.ly/4s9X2e
EQCollections (EqCollections) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:25:20 -0000
An update on the Blue Tongue Dressage Horse that we reported about about a week ago. ... http://bit.ly/4s9X2e
Conclusões do 1.º Fórum do Puro Sangue Lusitano na Dressage http://migre.me/aPlD
bolsadecavalos (Bolsa de Cavalos) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:00:15 -0000
Conclusões do 1.º Fórum do Puro Sangue Lusitano na Dressage http://migre.me/aPlD
http://www.youtube.com/user/RidingAcademy great series of dressage videos http://bit.ly/3Vb1SV
NaturalLeader (Nancy Lowery) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:36:24 -0000
http://www.youtube.com/user/RidingAcademy great series of dressage videos http://bit.ly/3Vb1SV
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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