Dressage & Principles Of Classical Riding

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Dressage Through The Levels - Part 5

Demonstration by Iola Evans BHSII & staff of the Rheidol Riding Centre.
Website http://www.rheidol-riding-centre.co.uk

A fun evening which may answer many of the questions asked and perhaps inspire you to compete yourselves.

Tests ridden in shows are used as a measure of the correctness of the horse's (and rider's) schooling.

The scoring scale is as follows:
10-Excellent, 9-Very good, 8-Good, 7-Fairly good, 6-Satisfactory, 5-Sufficient, 4-Insufficient, 3-Fairly bad, 2-Bad, 1-Very bad, 0-Not performed

The collective marks are based on:
Gaits - the freedom and regularity of the horse's movement.
Impulsion - the horse's desire to move forward, elasticity of steps, roundness.
Submission - the horse's attention and confidence, harmony with rider, lightness of movements, and acceptance of the bit.
Rider's position and seat - correctness and effect of the aids.

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[wejump2]

@TheOutsideRein I agree that modern Dressage uses the training scale and works on the concept of riding from back to front. Everything in moder Dressage should be encouraging the horse to engage the hind end and move to the bridle not the bridle to the horse.

Many classical Dressage trainers want the horse somewhat behind the hand or in otherwords very light in the bridle.

If you study classical writings you will not find much about it being natural.

[TheOutsideRein]

I have only been riding dressage for 10 years. I have yet to totally understand what "Classical" dressage is. I have taken instruction from "Classical" instructors as well as "Modern" instructors. The "Modern" instructors seem to pay more attention to the use of the training scale, using the training scale to solve problems in your training. To me "Classical" should refer to a more "natural" method of training. I liked the video.

[Machteld1989]

There is nothing classical about this. This is MODERN dressage

[chrissyluvhorsey]

2:23...that was cool!! lol pas de deux

[Daniiiii08]

neat video :}