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Dressage and Eventing Corner By Judy Wardrope


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dressage score? In that regard, it was interesting to note that 3 of the top 10 after dressage (including the leaders) at two recent 4* events (Rolex and Badminton) did not complete the cross-country phase. Secondly, what are the conformational differences between a pure dressage horse and an eventer that does fairly well in the dressage phase? Both sample horses competed at the 2008


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Olympics. The chestnut, who excels cross country, earned a medal in eventing. The grey, who made the final, wowed the crowd with his abilities at piaffe and passage. Although the photos are not taken from exactly


he inspiration for this particular column grew out of two questions. Firstly, while dressage is part of eventing, how integral is the great


the same angles, we should be able to see the similarities and the differences. Let’s start with the similarities. As we have consistently seen in top athletes, the lumbosacral gap is either bisected by a line drawn from the top of one point of hip to the top of the other (or very close to being bisected by that line). That is part of upper-level athleticism. We’ve also come to expect the line extended


through the naturally occurring groove in the forearm to emerge well in front of the withers and into the rear quarter of the hoof for lightness of the forehand and soundness. Likewise we consistently see good rise to the humerus from elbow to a high point of shoulder and a base of neck well above the point of shoulder for more lightness of the forehand.


60 July/August 2011


Conformation


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