Dressage Horseback Riding
Dressage is a refined discipline of equestrian sport focused on the systematic training of the horse to achieve harmony, responsiveness, and precision in movement. Through progressive schooling, the horse develops balance, suppleness, and straightness, while the rider applies subtle aids to guide each movement with minimal visible effort.
Performed in a standard arena, dressage tests consist of predetermined movements that demonstrate the horse’s level of training, including transitions, lateral work, and variations in gait. The discipline emphasises accuracy, elegance, and partnership, resulting in a performance that reflects both athletic ability and advanced communication between horse and rider.
Dressage is recognised internationally by the FEI and forms an integral part of Olympic equestrian sport.
Dressage aids other disciplines:
Dressage and Endurance both aim to develop the horse and rider into effective athletes. Correct schooling enhances body awareness, coordination, and balance, enabling both horse and rider to make confident decisions over varied terrain and to finish with a strong, sound horse.
Dressage training plays a key role in developing straightness, balance, obedience and supple strength. This contributes significantly to injury prevention, improves overall athletic ability, and ensures that the horse maintains elasticity and freedom of movement.
For the rider, dressage encourages balance, softness, and correct posture, helping us become the lightest and most effective load for the horse to carry. A horse is directly influenced by the rider’s position; when the rider is balanced and supple, the horse is better able to move freely, work evenly through the body, and maintain calm, regular gaits.
For assistance with tack, dressage tests, turnout, attire, or plaiting, please feel welcome to contact:
Lisa-Sue – 082 855 9218
Rozelle – 078 488 1403
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