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Dressage – the art of equestrian sports
Dressage is considered the highest Grand Prix Freestyle
expression of horse education and the Halt
discipline can be described as an art within Collected walk
the equestrian sport. Dressage is the basic Extended walk
work of every other equestrian discipline such Half-pass right (collected trot)
as show jumping and eventing. In dressage, Half-pass left (collected trot)
the horse and the rider perform a series of Extended trot
mandatory exercises, and at Grand Prix level Half-pass right (collected canter)
dressage is an elegant and powerful vision Half-pass left (collected canter)
showing the interaction between horse and Extended canter
rider at the highest level. Flying changes every second stride
(minimum 5 times consecutively)
The Grand Prix tests Flying changes every stride (minimum 9
Dressage competitions take place at all levels times consecutively)
of which the highest levels are found in the Canter pirouette to the left
tests Grand Prix, Grand Prix Special and Canter pirouette to the right
Grand Prix Freestyle. Only the Grand Prix and Passage (minimum 20 m on one track)
Grand Prix Freestyle are included in the World Piaffe (minimum 10 steps straight)
Cup. At first the riders compete in the Grand Transitions from passage to piaffe and
Prix in which the best 15 qualify for the final from piaffe to passage
where they compete in Freestyle. In Freestyle
the riders compose their own programmes to
music.

Grand Prix
Halt
Collected walk
Extended walk
Collected trot
Extended trot
Collected canter
Extended canter
Passage
Piaffe (12 to 15 steps)
9 flying changes every second stride
15 flying changes every second stride
Half-passes
Canter pirouette to the left
Canter pirouette to the right

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