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Pyramid of
Training
The dressage training scale is arranged in a
pyramid fashion, with “rhythm and regularity” at
the bottom of the pyramid and “collection” at the
top. The training scale is used as a guide for the
training of the dressage horse (or any horse, for
that matter). Despite its appearance, the training
scale is not meant to be a rigid format. Instead,
each level is built on as the horse progresses in
his training: so a Grand Prix horse would work on
the refinement of the bottom levels of the
pyramid, instead of focusing on only the highest
level: “collection.” The levels are also
interconnected. For example, a crooked horse is
unable to develop impulsion, and a horse that is
not relaxed will be less likely to travel with a
rhythmic gait. |
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We must live for the school. Offer our lives to
it. Then, perhaps, little by little, the light
will grow from the tiny candle we keep lit here,
and the great art—of the haute école—will not be
snuffed out. -Alois Podhajsky |
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