Thursday, when we went to the Dressage Exhibition, we saw some incredible dressage moves, but didn't know the names of them, as they're not something you see every day. Probably only classically trained expert dressage riders would perform them. Yesterday, when we visited the museum at the dressage school, there was a handy display that named all of the moves, and also gave an explanation.
Here's what we saw, with links to short Youtube videos:
Courbette: the horse jumps on his hind legs; there was no rider on the horses doing this - just a rider guiding them from the ground.
Pesade: the horse rears at a 45 degree angle.
Piaffe: the horse trots in place; there's not supposed to be any forward or backward movement.
Capriole: probably the most dramatic move; the horse jumps up and then kicks out his hind legs behind him.
Levade: the horse rears up, but then sort of sinks down, so that they're at a 30 degree angle.
Spanish Walk: a slow, high stepping walk where the legs are thrust out in front.
Passage: a vigorous trot, high stepping where the legs seem suspended in the air.
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