Driven Dressage

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Across
  1. 1. Three beat gait
  2. 4. Highly collected trot almost entirely in place
  3. 5. How quick or slow the horse's feet travel across the ground
  4. 6. Highly powerful collected and elevated trot
  5. 7. Equestrian sport derived from the French word for training
  6. 9. A prescribed sequence of dressage movements used for competitive scoring
  7. 12. Two beat gait
  8. 13. Created energy to carry himself through his hind legs, lowering the croup and lifting the withers while maintaining impulsion
  9. 14. The thrust and energy generated from the hindquarters
  10. 17. Lateral movement in which horse moves forward and sideways bending in the direction of travel
  11. 18. A subtle cue to rebalance the horse and prepare for a transition
Down
  1. 1. Cantering on the outside lead to improve balance and control
  2. 2. Controlled movement of several backward steps
  3. 3. The flexibility of the horse
  4. 8. The moment or phase of the trot or canter in which the horse has no feet on the ground
  5. 10. Maximum length of stride, frame and phase of suspension
  6. 11. A gait which has no suspension
  7. 15. Lateral movement in which horse moves forward and sideways flexed away from direction of travel
  8. 16. The regularity of the horses gait