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EXPRESSION – Increased impulsion, with harmony, balance, lightness, and cadence, giving artistic or dramatic effect. Full glossary: http://bit.ly/2019USDFGlossary

CONNECTION/CONNECTED - State in which there is no blockage, break, or slack in the circuit that joins horse and rider into a...

CONTACT - The energy generated in the hindquarters by the driving aids must flow through the whole body of the horse and is received...

CORRECTNESS - The straightness of the action of the limbs (e.g., faults would be winging, paddling, twisting hocks). Not the same as Purity. Dressage...

COUNTER CHANGE OF HAND - A movement containing two (2) half passes and the horse should be straight for a moment before changing direction. Full...