Tag: Quick Reads
Word of the Week – Seat
SEAT - The rider’s trunk, which includes the pelvis, spine, and rib cage, with supporting musculature. The control of the seat determines the dynamic...
Word of the Week – Movement
MOVEMENT - 1) The manner in which the horse moves over the ground: way of moving.
2) Test movement: a section of a dressage test...
Word of the Week – Biomechanics
Biomechanics - The application of the principles and techniques of mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with the motion of material bodies and...
Word of the Week – Uneven
UNEVEN - An irregularity in walk or trot in which the front or hind pair of legs does not move symmetrically, the right leg...
Word of the Week – Engagement
ENGAGEMENT - Increased flexion in joints of the hind legs during the weight-bearing (stance) phase of the stride, lowering the croup relative to the...
Word of the Week – Lateral
LATERAL - 1) To the side, as in flexion, bend, suppleness, or direction of movement.2) Impurity of the gait in which the lateral pairs...
Word of the Week – Behind The Vertical
BEHIND THE VERTICAL - With the horse’s face viewed in profile, the front of the horse’s nose falls behind a vertical line dropped from...
Word of the Week – Topline
TOPLINE - Profile from the poll to the tail along the top of the crest of the neck and along the spine. The horse...
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Photo by Lisa Dean. First place in the 2017 USDF Art Contest for Adult Photography.
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American Saddlebreds: Adequan®/USDF All-Breeds Awards
For our USDF Flashback this week, we take a look back on some past Saddlebred All-Breed Awards winners that appeared in the USDF Connection Yearbooks.
Top 25 Stories of 2025
Readers flocked to YourDressage to get their daily dose of dressage in 2025. These are the 25 most viewed stories of last year – what was your favorite?
