Studies have shown too-tight nosebands make the animals more likely to bite their lips or tongue. Most horses – at least 60 or 70 per cent in this year’s tournament – displayed these signs ...

The main dressage competitions begin on July 30, and that star musical turn is scheduled for Aug. 4. The horse whipping scandal forced Charlotte Dujardin, a top rider on the British team, to withdraw.

The horse, ridden by five-time Olympian Steffan Peters (USA), waltzed in perfect time to an upbeat electronic mix created by musician Taylor Kade at the Olympic Equestrian Park in Tokyo on July 28.

At the Olympics, dressage riders lead horses through complicated routines set to disco beats, 80s jams, classical and everything in between. The music is meant to highlight the horse's best qualities.

The Club, located in Lincoln, Neb., recognizes riders and horses with combined ages of 100 or more. The Dressage Foundation provides a Century Club ribbon and wall plaque to each horse and rider team.

While most people can appreciate the grace and athleticism of ballet, dressage – the precision art of horse riding and training – remains a puzzling spectacle to all but a few.

Rafalca, a 15-year-old Oldenburg mare, and her rider qualified for the Olympics this weekend. The Romneys' involvement in dressage, often considered the snobbiest of the horse sports, has brought ...

Couple skips dressage World Cup, avoids potential image problem. April 18, 2012 — -- The World Cup finals for the elite sport of dancing horses, known as dressage, opened today in the ...

The prospect of a presidential hopeful's horse competing for Olympic gold has brought the nation's dressage lovers from their barns to defend an obscure sport now known, thanks to Stephen Colbert ...