Photo courtesy of Donna Bulick, DB Photography	"Art is what Western Dressage is all about.  It is a medium of self-expression through the freedom of  pure horsemanship as well as maintaining the integrity of the western horse/mule."
The Western Dressage Exhibition Division , now approved by the Morgan Association through USEF (see Morgan, Western Dressage Rule Book & Western Dressage Tests below), offers a place for the western rider and horse to participate as individuals and as partners in the discipline of dressage. By using basic dressage principles, the western rider will find additional training techniques to teach their horse cadence, balance, self-carriage, and straightness. The use of dressage will help the western horse to work off his rear end allowing for lightness in the front end.	Photo courtesy of Donna Bulick, DB Photography
It is not the goal of the Western Dressage classes to use dressage horses under western tack.  It is the goal of the Western Dressage to maintain the integrity and lightness of the western horse and western traditions through the use of dressage.  This is very important.  A western horse moves different than a traditional dressage techniques add another tool to the training repertoire of western riders.
"Western Dressage-when Dressage suits your needs, but a Stetson         suits your life style"                                                        (Eitan Beth-Halachmy)

The Rules and the Tests

Western Dressage Rules

Western Dressage Basic Test-1

Western Dressage Basic Test-2

Western Dressage Primary Level Test-1

Western Dressage Primary Level Test-2

Western Dressage Primary Level Test-3

Western Dressage Primary Level Test-4