Tuesday, November 30, 2010

About Me & Dressage

 
This is my horse Donnagrance. He is kind of shy at first, but he has been very good to me during training and competitions. I do dressage with Donnagrance. We have won several medals together.

Dressage





Dressage is training horses using gentle steps, gracefulness, and flexibility.
This video is from this year's Asian Games. Korea won the Gold Medal for Dressage.

About Horse Riding




 When you see this video, you will learn some basic information. Horse riding is not just an easy sport that everyone can do.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Preparing for Horse Riding

These are examples of breeches, or riding pants. These pants protect your legs from getting chapped and burnt while riding.

This is an example of a helmet for when you ride horses. This will protect your head if you fall off of the horse and from getting stepped on by your horse.

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              1.Chaps    +     2. Short Boots   =    3. If you put the two together, this is what you need when you ride horses.



These long boots are for Dressage.

Inside the boots you need to wear long socks.