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In the capriole (meaning leap of a goat), the horse jumps from a raised position of the forehand straight up into the air, kicks out with the hind legs, and lands more or less on all four legs at the same time. It requires an enormously powerful horse to perform correctly, and is considered the most difficult of all the airs above the ground.
Airs Above the Ground is a 1965 novel by Mary Stewart. The title derives from Classical dressage, in particular, the graceful Airs Above the Ground, the haute ecole movements for which special breeds of horses, in particular Lippizans, are highly trained. These trained moves were once used by the horse to aid mounted soldiers in battle.
The "airs above the ground" are the difficult "high school" dressage movements made famous by the Lipizzans. [50] The finished movements include: The levade is a position wherein the horse raises up both front legs, standing at a 30° angle entirely on its hind legs in a controlled form that requires a great deal of hindquarter strength.
When a horse is advanced in its training, it can perform not only Grand Prix dressage movements such as collected and extended gaits, passage and piaffe, but some can also perform certain "Airs Above the Ground," although usually a horse will only be trained in one air, and only if it is particularly able.
The family of the Princeton teen injured by a spooked police horse at the State Fair of Texas is suing the City of Dallas, the fair and the organizations that oversee Fair Park over allegations of ...
To gain Patton's aid, Podhajsky and his team from the Spanish Riding School of Vienna perform for Patton with their Lipizzaner stallions a precision dressage exhibition and the individual "Airs Above the Ground" with the hope Patton will see the value of horses and help rescue the mares and foals in Czechoslovakia.
One of the Airs above the ground or school jumps performed by horses in classical dressage. Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mezair .
Water levels in wells across Texas are running low because of the extreme drought, groundwater experts say. ... sediment or air in the pump, Shaw says. To have enough coverage for a typical well ...