You might be used to seeing classical dressage at the Olympics, but have you ever heard of cowboy dressage? In simple terms, the equestrian sport is an American style of riding that combines classical ...
Part 1: What is Western Dressage? When most equestrians think of "dressage", they envision the graceful harmony of beautiful horses with riders clad in top hats and tails, dancing together through ...
There's a simple reason why Gary Maholic and three of his friends are organizing a series of clinics in Ringoes this spring, summer and autumn for California-based French classical dressage trainer ...
Today's dressage horses are completely different from yesterday's dressage horses, even from the horses of 30 years ago. The emphasis in breeding them is different, the desired temperament is ...
There’s a lexicon to dressage. Connection, suspension, swing: These are words that have a very specific horsey, and dressage-y, context that we dressage trainers throw around and make it sound like we ...
When Eblouissante returns to the racetrack for her 2014 debut in a Feb. 13 allowance race at Santa Anita Park, one wouldn't necessarily recognize a dressage background in the 5-year-old half sister of ...
To the untrained eye, rider and horse appear to move in fluid harmony. They go from walk to trot to canter like two dancers who have shared the stage for many years. Even at the quickest gait, the ...
Rancho Murieta, CA - June 15, 2015 - The Golden State Dressage Classic CPEDI3* concluded on Sunday, June 14, with Para-Dressage athletes in Grade Ia, Ib, II, III, and IV competing in the exciting ...