Dressage

Here is a summary of the advanced movements involved in dressage.

Dressage is one of the most important and widely practiced equestrian sports. The general principles of dressage date back to the Greeks but modern dressage has its roots in the renaissance period. Frederico Griscone founded an equestrian academy in 1532 where he trained horses to perform complex and spectacular movements. The sport became popular with nobility and dressage developed from a kind of circus performance to the dressage we know today.

Dressage consists of a range of experience levels that require testing to be promoted to the next level. Here is a summary of dressage levels.

Like most areas of horsemanship, dressage has its own terminology. Here is a summary of dressage terminology.

Here is a summary of the movements involved in dressage.