Dressage: Foundation for All Riding Disciplines

Lesson One Quiz

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TRUE OR FALSE:

1.  You must have a young horse or a warmblood to do dressage.


        True    False

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2.  At the trot the diagonal pair of legs are the right front & right rear, and the left front & left rear.


        True    False

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3.  The horse's back should lower when he is collected.


        True    False

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4. A simple lead change is when a canter is purposefully dropped down to either halt/walk/trot and then picked up once again but on the opposite lead.


         True    False

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5.  A green horse is only a young horse.

    True    False

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6.  Classical dressage started in Panama.

True    False

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7.  Horses have no independent thoughts.

True    False

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8. When backing up, each leg moves independently, one at a time.

True    False

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9.  The horse's engine is in the front.

True    False

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10.  Dressage training will improve the fitness of your horse.

True    False

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11.  Horses can naturally do some dressage without training.

True    False

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12.  If the horse does not understand the lesson, then he must be drilled over and over.   

True    False


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13. Dressage training can improve your western pleasure horse.

True    False

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14. If the horse is enjoying himself, he will not learn anything.

True    False

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15.  Everyone else riding dressage understands what is going on.

True    False

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16. To put the horse on the bit, you pull his head in as far as you can and hold him there.
   

True    False

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17.  When the horse lengthens his strides, he moves quicker.

True    False

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18.  In dressage, it does not matter if you learn to improve your riding as long as the horse can do it.

True    False

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19. The poll on the horse has no feeling.

True    False

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20.  One of the rider's aids is his voice.

True    False

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ASSIGNMENT:

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21. Write a paragraph or two explaining what you are hoping to gain from this course and what some of your goals are with the horse you are using.

 

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