Happy Holidays!
Rebecca Langwost Clinic
Jan 20,21,22
Lesson Program is just Starting.
New Sales horses From Holland and Germany and New lease horses are Here!
Kings Pride jumps around 3' schooling 2 nd level! 5 yr old. gelding 17 hands.
Our fascination with dressage Video of the week!
Why I do this....................
Dressage
Does it mean to float across the diagonal at an extended trot, or to ride in harmony at any level.
I believe anyone can learn to do both.
Dressage From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search An upper-level dressage competitor performing an extended trot Dressage (pronounced dress-ahhzh /ˈdrɛsɑʒ/) (a French term, most commonly translated to mean "training") is a path and destination of competitive horse training, with competitions held at all levels from amateur to the Olympics. 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. Dressage is occasionally referred to as "Horse Ballet" (cf. nl:Dressuur). Although the discipline has ancient roots, dressage was first recognized as an important equestrian pursuit in the West during the Renaissance. The great European riding masters of that period developed a sequential training system that has changed little since then and classical dressage is still considered the basis of trained 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, while a competitor achieving all 6s (or 60% overall) should be considering moving on to the next level
