Date: Sat, 19 Mar 1994 07:58:02 -0500
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--dressage
dres.sage \dr*-'sa_:zh\ n : the execution by a horse of complex maneuvers in response to barely perceptible movements of a rider's hands, legs, and weight

For a site about Lipizzaners and dressage:
http://www.didyouknow.cd/animals/lipizzaners.htm

A sport in which the Germans are the dominant players. Dressage is one of the disciplines in 3-day eventing, but when held as a separate event, the Germans tend to scoop the pool, in addition to being the best at breeding horses specifically for dressage.

Germans tend to scoop the pool

what sport are we talking about?

what sport are we talking about?

Dressage. It's swimming while fully clothed. The scoops are used to prevent drowning.

oh, thanks. I was also wondering about that breeding horses thang...

They have to breed the horses specially to get an intelligence level such that they can handle the scoops. It's also difficult to dress a horse that doesn't understand why it has to wear clothes.

Dear Faldage:horses have always been smarter than a large
part of the population. Did you ever hear of a horse dumb
enough to bet on a human?