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What is dressage?
What is dressage?
Dressage principles
The fundamentals behind the sport for riders, judges, officials and fans
The history of dressage
From ancient Greece to Tokyo, learn how dressage has evolved
Paces and movements
A video guide to the dressage test broken down bit by bit
What's involved
What's involved in the sport: the arena, tests, horses, riders and more
Scales of Training
Learn the building blocks of dressage - the sport's mantra