0 the training of a horse to perform special, carefully controlled movements as directed by the rider, or the performance of these movements as a sport or in a competition:
a dressage competition
There are racing stables, dressage stables, equestrian centres, competition yards and full livery yards.
Waltrap was clearly not worth £5,500 and was not at all suitable for drag hunting or dressage.
There was only a single competitor in diving and in equestrian dressage.
Over the past 20 years, research has supported observations regarding the high heritability of jumping ability compared with that of dressage-quality gaits.
Like all other equestrian events, the dressage competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division.
The horses were originally used for classical dressage, driving, bullfighting, and as stock horses.
Foreign warmblood sport horse bloodlines have been and will continue to be used to produce a horse more suitable for modern-day dressage and show jumping.
Holsteiners of this era lacked elasticity and athleticism for dressage, and were heavy and slow off the ground over fences.