Why ‘Practical’ Dressage?

Dressage – French, from dresser to train, drill, from Middle French (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) Competitive dressage made its first appearance at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, in 1912. Yet, dressage as an art, or a training practice, had been present for centuries in Europe. The dressage of each time period reflected the needs of the culture. The term dressage…