Dressage​

Dressage is one of 3 Olympic disciplines of equestrian sports. It is often considered as the parent discipline of the other equestrian disciplines. Indeed, no other discipline can be considered without the horse going through dressage principles and training techniques beforehand. Dressage is an art, as the quest for aesthetic movements plays a dominant role. It is a harmonious discipline, and involves not only the horse’s elegance and natural balance but also a perfect understanding of its rider. The rider/horse pair must perform a sequence of compulsory or freestyle movements. The movements are carried out in a 60m x 20m arena. Letters are positioned around the arena to indicate where the horse must begin and finish performing the movements and the lead changes.

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Eventing has military origins and was developed to test the abilities of horses intended for the armed forces. This competition has evolved little by little to become a fully -fledged discipline today. Often described as an equestrian triathlon, eventing requires both the horses and riders to be extremely versatile since the discipline brings together a jumping test, a dressage test and the most demanding of all, the cross-country test. For the cross-country test, the competitors must jump over approximately thirty natural, fixed obstacles spread out on an “all terrain” course, over a distance of more than 6,500m at an average speed of 570m/minutes.

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Eventing​