Comments on: What is a level 1 dressage horse? http://www.seethelandman.com/dressage-horse/what-is-a-level-1-dressage-horse But see it on horseback Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:50:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: anygivensaturday http://www.seethelandman.com/dressage-horse/what-is-a-level-1-dressage-horse/comment-page-1#comment-1800 anygivensaturday Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:17:59 +0000 http://www.seethelandman.com/dressage-horse/what-is-a-level-1-dressage-horse#comment-1800 A level one dressage horse is simply more advanced in its quality of movement and abilities. Level one dressage requires walk, trot, and canter, but the moves are judged very closely, and the horse must be balanced, have good contact, and be forward, but controlled. So basically, the horse you'll be riding should have all of those qualities. There isn't anything all that different about riding a horse like that, except you can expect it to be very responsive, especially to leg commands. Hope you have a good ride :) Here's an example of a level one dressage test:<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.usef.org/documents/disciplines/dressage/2003-dressage-tests.pdf A level one dressage horse is simply more advanced in its quality of movement and abilities. Level one dressage requires walk, trot, and canter, but the moves are judged very closely, and the horse must be balanced, have good contact, and be forward, but controlled.

So basically, the horse you’ll be riding should have all of those qualities. There isn’t anything all that different about riding a horse like that, except you can expect it to be very responsive, especially to leg commands. Hope you have a good ride :)

Here’s an example of a level one dressage test:
References :
http://www.usef.org/documents/disciplines/dressage/2003-dressage-tests.pdf

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