Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Dressage


All riding horses can benefit from use of dressage principles and training techniques. However, horse breeds most often seen at the Olympics and other international FEI competitions are in the warmblood horse breeds category. Dressage is an egalitarian sport in which all breeds are given an opportunity to successfully compete. Therefore, many other breeds are seen at various levels of competition.
In non-competitive performances of
classical dressage that involve the "Airs above the ground" described below, the "Baroque" breeds of horses, most notably the Lipizzaner, are most often seen

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