- Available all year round.
- A skilled form of riding performed in training, competition and exhibition. In competition, the horse and rider carry out patterns of predetermined movements which are marked by the judges, something like gymnastics or figure skating. Britain's international success over the past two decades has ensured that dressage is rapidly growing in popularity, with more than 2000 days of affiliated competition across the year.
- Cotswold Horse Tours can arrange individual or group tuition, from a qualified trainer at a friendly yard, on capable school horses, right up to specialist lessons on a dressage schoolmaster at an internationally recognised training centre. Dressage training is possible all year round and can be a single lesson or a package of several. Cost will vary widely according to group size, which trainer you have and the of level horse ridden. It is easy to combine dressage tuition with other activities: two lessons each day is plenty of hard work.
- We can take you to a Dressage Show, from those regularly held in Cirencester, where top riders can prepare their horses in quiet, low key surroundings, up to to International competitions at centres such as Summerhouse or Hartpury. This might be an entire day for a knowledgeable aficionado to just dropping in to watch for some time before going on to something else. Hospitality might be arranged at a gala performance but there is always ‘street food’ to try and that is part of the fun - just don’t expect healthy eating.