Airs above the ground

High school referred to in the classical art of riding the horse training of the highest degree of difficulty. It is in the literature " artificial distortion of the natural sequence of movements " that nothing but " bad circus ", be warned and advised that the lessons of the high school " slumber at a young horses, showing them in moments of excitement ."

" The High School is supposed to be affectation not for himself, but the last link in a chain, which is that for any kind of use of properly prepared working horses in their early grades. "

Characteristics of the school horse in this sense is its " ability to be gather from time to time up to a self- attitude, has to bear in which front and rear pair of legs each half of the load, and goes so far that individual lessons the hindquarters are the predominant of this burden, if not their whole willingly and resiliently accommodating. " To a high degree of permeability is in the High School nor the cadence, defined as " clock- even sublime - born, while liquid contact in the abbreviated and school gaits ", ie the " increased expression in the assembly."

A distinction is made between the lessons of the "Schools on the earth" and the lessons of the " airs above the ground ", which include the School jumps and bumps. , The literature and the individual teaching centers of classical equitation denote the lessons vary to some extent. Too, are different lessons to those of the high school expected.

The different schools

Spanish Riding School

School on Earth

  • Galopppirouette
  • Lead change of jump to jump ( applies to the Spanish Riding School not as a classic lesson, but is shown)
  • Passage
  • Passage Travers
  • Piaffe
  • Piaffepirouette

Schools above the Ground

  • Levade and pesade
  • Courbette
  • Caper, Croupade and Ballotade

Royal Andalusian Riding School

Schools above the Ground

  • Courbette
  • Caper
  • Levade and pesade

Cadre Noir

Schools above the Ground

  • Courbette
  • Caper and Croupade

Escola Portuguesa de Arte Equestre

Schools above the Ground

  • Courbette
  • Caper and Ballotade
  • Levade and pesade

Piaffe, passage, pirouettes and canter transition from jump to jump ( one change) are now essential components of the international dressage sport.

Croupade ( Cadre Noir ).

Caper ( Cadre Noir ).

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