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Hanoverian horse during a dressage test
Watch: The marching walk in dressage
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Henri St. Cyr (centre), winner of the gold medal in the individual dressage event, riding around the stadium in Stockholm, where the equestrian events for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics were held
Henri Saint Cyr
Swedish athlete
Charles Ferdinand Pahud de Mortanges
Dutch athlete

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