What is Classical Dressage?
Classical Dressage is the European tradition of horse schooling that treats the horse as a living work of art and riding as an artistic discipline. Riders pursue a harmonious, balanced education, using movements like the leg-yield and presenting the horse both at hand and under saddle. The discipline has been an Olympic sport since 1912, blending artistic presentation with technical precision. It stands apart from Para Dressage and performance-focused modern dressage by preserving historical cavalry roots and classical ideals.
