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To: ottbmare

That’s really cool but it appears to be more in line with Haute Ecole than dressage.

[dressage does not include any of the ‘airs above ground’ or levade, etc]


32 posted on 08/07/2012 7:53:21 PM PDT by Salamander (I laugh to myself at the men and the ladies who never conceived of us billion dollar babies.)
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To: Salamander

I must respectfully disagree with you. True, competitive dressage, as seen in the Olympics, the WEG, etc., does not include the airs and movements of the high school. But competitive dressage is very far from being the pinnacle of dressage. The airs above the ground are certainly a part of academic dressage; they’re just for people and horses who aspire to a higher level than competition dressage. Ask the Spanish Riding School. Ask Philippe Karl, the Henriquets, Nuno Oliveira, JP Giacomini, or the other great dressage riders of the 20th and 21st centuries.


33 posted on 08/07/2012 8:32:45 PM PDT by ottbmare (The OTTB Mare)
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