The riders make imperceptible commands as the Lippizaners move smoothly from walk into piaffe (trotting on the spot) or passage (a high-stepping trot during which the legs seem suspended in the air).
The passage, or elevated trot, and the piaffer, or trot in place, are variations of the three-gaited or collected trot.
So not surprisingly religious conservatives always seem to use their religious sources and to trot out their religious passages to prove that voting for McCain is what god really wants and religious liberals always seem to use their religious sources and to trot out their religious passages to prove that voting for Obama is what god wants.
Rembrandt's transitions, particularly from passage to extended trot back to passage, have been called "unequalled".
Upon being introduced by none other than Tarzan Zerbini, Ringmaster John Herriott would appear atop his high school horse striding down the hippodrome track in a perfect passage into a floating trot, all while announcing -- voice unbroken, making his way around the entire track with the horse giving a final bow and Herriott bellowing, "It's circus time!" The audience erupted.
Passage is a slow and springy trot.
She made the floor plan as difficult as she could imagine, opening with a half-pass in trot that moved into a half-pass in passage, followed by a combined piaffe and pirouette and straight into another phase of passage.
These values were: exploration (slow walk) = 1, sustained walk = 2, trot or canter = 3, vigilance = 4, whinnying = 5, passage, snorting or tail raised = 6.
Enough representatives in Congress, assembly members and state senators from these clubs have trotted off to federal and state penitentiaries that a cynical sort might conclude it is a club rite of passage.
