In dressage, the rider and the horse are judged on how they carry out certain movements in a progressive course that gradually increases in complexity. The sport involves multiple levels of ...

"Airs above the ground" are the spectacular dressage movements made famous by the Lipizzans. These include: • The Levade: A horse raises up both front legs, standing at a 30 degree angle ...

The sick beats and smooth moves were enough for a score of 80.968 and a 10th-place finish just one day after the pair rode to team silver with the U.S. dressage team. In dressage, horses and riders ...

Sue Stickle/submitted Jaclyn Sicoli of Walkersville maneuvers her horse Figaro during the Prix St. Georges competition at the 2009 Colonel Bengt Ljungquist Memorial Championship, ...

The Grand Prix Freestyle event, where riders can choose their own music and moves rather than go through a pre-set test, is the blockbuster event of Olympic dressage. On a hot night last week ...

Dressage is an equestrian sport that needs rigorous practice and exceptional coordination with the horse. It is a sport in which horses and riders’ moves should sync with music. It is amazing ...

OH, YEAH. GOOD BOY AND PIROUETTE. AND NOW I’M GOING TO DOING A PIROUETTE. CAN THE COMPLICATED DRESSAGE MOVEMENTS THAT LOOK EFFORTLESS ARE THE RESULT OF MANY YEARS OF TRAINING AND A SPECIAL ...

Popularly known as “horse dancing,” dressage involves riders directing their horses to perform a series of moves, including pirouettes, that are thought to have military origins. This year the ...

The German and Dutch dressage teams were arch rivals – but ... such as tail-swishing and abnormal head and mouth movements, were significantly greater in horses ridden behind the vertical”.