What happens in the Dressage Grand Prix?
The object of Dressage is the development of the physique of the horse and the harmony between rider and horse. High quality is revealed by freedom and regularity of the paces, lightness and ease of the movements. The horse gives the impression of doing the movements on his own accord because of the small and invisible aids of the rider. In all competitions, the horse has to show three paces: walk, trot and canter, as well as transitions between the paces and transitions within the paces (collection – extension – collection).There are tests with different degrees of difficulty. In lower-level tests, there are movements as Halt, Rein-back Volte, Walk-pirouettes and lateral movements. In medium levels there are also flying changes in canter. At Grand Prix level, the most difficult level, which will be seen at Olympia and is also ridden at the Olympic Games, there are movements like Piaffe, where the horse gives the impression of trotting on the spot and Passage which is a trot with suspe
