dressage - maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the ridercurvet, vaulting - a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down piaffe - a cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot capriole - (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump three-day event - an equestrian competition; the first day is dressage; the second is cross-country jumping; the third is stadium jumping |