"You need strength. You need power. You need elegance" says FEI dressage chief Organizers hope to develop more cross-cultural collaboration in future While most people can appreciate the grace and ...

As Americans, we like our horses like we like (to imagine) ourselves: heedless, powerful, selectively friendly. Modern dressage has its roots in training cavalry steeds, where obedience was paramount.

It’s easy to understand why. The rider hardly moves. The horse seems to prance around the ring by itself, stepping and jumping in different directions. But dressage is a discipline as difficult and ...

Boogie Woogie is an apt name for a dance partner, and in many ways, that’s exactly what Petra Hilleberg’s horse is to her. Ms. Hilleberg, 43 years old, competes in dressage, an Olympic sport commonly ...

There are three parts to Olympic equestrian competitions: equestrian jumping, equestrian eventing, and equestrian dressage. Dressage is called the "highest expression of horse training," and involves ...

The way most psychologists see it, horses can’t really dance. Horses, they say, don’t know how to move in time to the music or select steps that express the way they’re feeling. But when you are ...

DEL MARDEL MAR — Of course horses race at the Del Mar Fairgrounds each summer, but in the spring they also dance — a feat that will be displayed this week as part of the Del Mar National Horse Show.

For some, Olympic dressage is that sport where an athlete sits on a horse and makes it dance. For others, it's a lifetime of training and dedication. That's the case for Charlotte Dujardin - this week ...

"You need strength. You need power. You need elegance" says FEI dressage chief Organizers hope to develop more cross-cultural collaboration in future While most people can appreciate the grace and ...