Passage (dressage)

Passengers (including passage) referred for equestrian sport in the classical art of riding one of the High School belonging to movement of the horse; it is also included as a lesson in dressage competitions of the highest class (especially the Grand Prix Spécial ).

The passengers is that the trot in delayed kicks executed with an extended support or swing phase. The actual moment of suspension, ie the time in which all four feet without touching the floor is greatly reduced. The impression of floating derived from the prolonged swing phase, as this each one diagonal pair of legs is longer in the air. The forearms are raised here until almost to the horizontal and the hindquarters is more prevalent among the body. The horse is here with a small gain of space forward.

The passage is as similar piaffe, derived from the display behavior of the stallion. It requires high level meeting. The passage can be developed from the piaffe, by the well piaffierende in time horse passes by driving from the piaffe out in spatially shortened trot kicks. The cadence of the piaffe is retained, it will not add a very short compared to the other trot types of suspension.

The passage is referred to in the Spanish Riding School in Vienna as a Spanish kick. However, to be distinguished from the passage is the Spanish Walk.