Freestyle to Music

[3] In October 1980, Olympic rider Jennie Loriston-Clarke met Gaynor Colbourn who, at the age of 17, was already an established classical and session musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist in the recording and TV/film industry.

This event marked the beginnings of dressage to music and Colbourn's trademark style of playing keyboards live in order to match every movement, tempo, change and nuance, wherefore she was awarded the Merle Park Rose Bowl Award at the Goodwood International Dressage Festival.

Each floorplan must consist of several mandatory movements and paces, depending on the level and federation, however their order and timing is free to the rider's discretion within certain margins.

[11] The scoring of the freestyle is divided up into two major sections, known as Technical Execution, and Artistic Presentation.

Marks are assessed for the following movements: The Artistic score is usually divided into 5 sections at international competitions,[11] They are: