dressage
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maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider
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A horse can no longer just be brave and athletic, but must have a good deal of dressage training should his rider wish to successfully negotiate odd distances or bending lines at a gallop.
After the 2000 Olympic Games, the FEI hired British eventer and dressage rider Christopher Bartle to write new dressage tests for the upper level events, which would include a greater deal of collection.
"Airs" above the ground main The levade The capriole The "school jumps," or "airs above the ground," are a series of higher-level classical dressage movements where the horse leaves the ground.
Due to the formality of dressage, tack is usually black leather, although dark brown is seen from time to time.
At the lower levels, and as part of dressage training each country authorizes its own set of tests.
Breastplates are also fairly common in dressage at an event, despite the fact that they are not seen at regular dressage shows.