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FREEDOM - The reach, scope and lack of constriction in the horse’s movement. Full glossary: http://bit.ly/2019USDFGlossary

TEMPO - Rate of repetition of the strides as may be measured by a metronome. Tempo is measured by counting the number of times...

POLL - The highest point of the horse’s skull (the occipital crest). In common dressage usage, however, “flexion at the poll” refers to the...

TRACKING UP - The hind feet step into the prints of the forefeet. Full glossary: http://bit.ly/2019USDFGlossary

ROUNDNESS - 1. The convexity of the profile of the horse’s topline, which is accompanied by concavity of the underline of the neck. 2....

LIFT - Applied in piaffe and passage to address the height to which the forelegs are raised. Full glossary: http://bit.ly/2019USDFGlossary

ADDUCT - To move a limb toward or across the horse’s midline. Full glossary: http://bit.ly/2019USDFGlossary

REGULARITY - Purity of the gait. At walk and trot, denotes symmetry in terms of evenness of the length of the steps, levelness of...

OVER-TURNED - Turned more than 180 degrees in a half-pirouette or more than 360 degrees in a full pirouette. Full glossary: http://bit.ly/2019USDFGlossary

MEDIUM (WALK, TROT, OR CANTER) - At trot and canter, a pace of moderate lengthening, with a longer stride than in the collected...