Dressage

Dressage is a discipline of equestrian sport in which the natural dispositions of the horse to be promoted and refined by gymnastic exercises. The dressage has the rideable horse to aim the ( " aid " ) towards the exact perform a desired task ( "Lesson " ) can be made at minimal signals. The moderate dressage training of the horse is the foundation of any equestrian activity and finds its completion in the High School. Decisive for the training of all horses in dressage is called the scale of training.

Objective

Dressage encourages and refines the natural movements of the horse and allow him to carry the weight of the rider optimum and thereby contributes to maintaining the health of the horse. Dressage in this context means less conditioning the horse to commands in the sense of freedom dressage but rather the gymnastic training and awareness of the horse to increase strength, flexibility and permeability:

" The basic idea of classical dressage is the longest possible health maintenance of a riding horse by practicing gymnastic exercises, through which the horse, without taking damage, to be brought into the situation to remain available for equestrian use. The horse is more beautiful, more expressive and confident through the systematic training, resulting in the overall picture of a [ ... ] produces well balanced athletes. "

The training of a dressage horse is done classically based on the training scale.

Implementation

In competitions, riders and horses (not shown) in dressage tasks with a score of 0 rated to 10 ( excellent). It will either assign a grade for the entire task or an overall score, which results from separate notes for each lesson of the task. The tests are individually on a standard dressage arena or conducted in small groups and assessed up to five judges, jointly or individually.

The training tasks consist of a certain number of lessons that can be shown in a particular order or in a freestyle, with background music in freely chosen sequence. The horse moves in the gaits walk, trot and canter on straight and curved lines ( railway figures), forward, sideways or even backwards. In the higher disciplines of dressage complicated motion sequences are shown ( half-pass, passage, piaffe, Galopppirouette etc. )

The seat and use of aids of the rider, the movement and rideability of the horse as well as the correctness of the execution of the required movements are assessed.

The dressage as a sport originated in the late 19th century from the comparison between officers and was, like most horse sports disciplines, initially exclusively for those. The rules of the Olympic sport since 1912 goes back to the military requirements of the European cavalry. Today, women are the global leader in dressage. Since 2009, men and women are scored together at the German Championships in dressage. Germany has for decades also due to its success in horse breeding dominant in dressage; it is the most successful sport, compete internationally in the German athletes.

Again and again, dressage due to the application of the " Rollkur ", also called hyperflexion, under criticism. Here, the rider acts so strongly on one rein, that he forces his horse to lower the head and curl the neck.

The Dressage, respected despite his Olympic successes little of the German media, experienced temporarily increased media attention in late 2010. This was due to the marketing of the partially designated as a " wonder horse " stallion Totilas which was also reflected in the tabloids.

Olympic history

Olympic dressage since Stockholm 1912 (single ) and Amsterdam in 1928 ( team). Women are integrated into the team since 1952.

Since 1996 Atlanta dressage is also a discipline in the Paralympics, the Olympic Games, the athletes with a physical disability.

Records

The value records in the three heaviest dressage tests - Grand Prix de Dressage, Grand Prix Spécial and Grand Prix Freestyle - are each about 80 percent, in the freestyle over 90 percent. The following lists contain the actual records as well as previous world records.

Trakehner Airs above the ground Jinete Horse gait Riding figures Passage (dressage) List of Olympic medalists in equestrian Equestrian at the 1912 Summer Olympics Carl Bonde Equestrian at the 1920 Summer Olympics Janne Lundblad Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics Ernst Linder Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics Equestrian at the 1932 Summer Olympics France Xavier Lesage Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics Heinz Pollay Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics Hans Moser (rider) Equestrian at the 1952 Summer Olympics Henri Saint Cyr Equestrian at the 1960 Summer Olympics Equestrian at the 1964 Summer Olympics Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics Liselott Linsenhoff Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics Equestrian at the 1980 Summer Olympics Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics Reiner Klimke Ahlerich Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics Nicole Uphoff Rembrandt (horse) Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics Isabell Werth Gigolo FRH Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics Anky van Grunsven Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics Charlotte Dujardin Musical kur Olympia London International Horse Show Edward Gal European Dressage Championship CHIO Aachen Adelinde Cornelissen
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