Main Menu Dressage Driving Just as horse compete in ridden dressage tests, donkeys compete in driven dressage tests. The competitor learns a test that combines a series of movements such as circles, serpentines, changes of rein, transitions from pace to pace and between lengthened and shortened strides within a pace. If often includes immobility and a rein back. All these movements are based upon the natural movements of the donkey, and the test aims to reward obedience, suppleness, and good driving skills. These are great fun, and donkeys enjoy them as they are a change from the usual figure of eight in trot that is required from the show driving classes. Joanna Longland Driving Paddy Clarke’s pair to a Hartland Exercise Vehicle
