Classical dressage

The art of classical riding is the equestrian presentation of a horse in which the horse is to be paces by a logical and psychological training.

Classical horsemanship

The term "classical horsemanship " does not refer to the cultural-historical epoch of classical music, but to its status as a classic ( = universal / mode -independent).

" Ideally and theoretically there should be no difference between the classical school and the dressage: However, in practice it is available. The goal ... of the classical school is to gymnasticise the horse through a logical and psychological training. The dressage want the horses to teach lessons for the competition. "

Developed by FN in the 1950s training scale summarizes a number of principles in horse training together:

  • Stroke
  • Losgelassenheit
  • Following
  • Momentum
  • Straightness
  • Meeting

It takes place mainly in the German-speaking countries as a guideline use. In classical horsemanship lessons from the baroque horsemanship ( piaffe, passage ) and later formulated exercises ( alternating series, strong trot ) are taught and performed in an era marked by great momentum space and fingering.

The most famous public places of classical riding are:

  • The Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria
  • The Ecole Nationale d'Equitation in Terrefort in Saumur, France, with the Cadre Noir
  • The Reitinstitut Egon von Neindorff in Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Anja Beran Foundation, Germany

Other forms of horsemanship are the baroque horsemanship and the Doma Clasica.

History and Development

The oldest evidence of horsemanship, up to ancient Greece to riding master Xenophon ( 400 BC ) to trace. The horsemanship was used for retrofitting of war horses and parade purposes.

General is the art of riding in the tension between the artistic standards ( the horse as an art object " l' art pour l'art " ) on the one hand and the practical use of the horse for certain service purposes. Solinski goes so far as the cavalry in a purposeless leisure riding ( which also includes the horse riding part ) and a practical Nutzreiterei ( in Bückeburger Riding School Applied horsemanship called ) to divide.

As scabbard points of horsemanship following ( chronologically ordered ) developments are to be considered:

  • The collision of the light cavalry ( Hannibal ) and the heavy cavalry ( Iberian tribes ) in the Battle of the Tagus 220 BC
  • The progressive change of the military by the spread of firearms 15th to 16th century
  • The patronage of the absolutist ruler for arts of all kinds in the 17th and 18th centuries
  • Its abrupt demise with the French revolution at the end of the 18th century
  • The " Anglomania " called selective breeding and preference English thoroughbreds in the 19th century
  • The introduction of large cavalry units and the need for rapid training for horse and rider in the 19th and early 20th century
  • The decision to the equestrian sport to build on the principles of military cavalry in the 20th century
  • The trivialization of riding as a popular sport 20th century
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