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  • This horse looks out at any who look in, prickeared, exaggerated mane and tail caught in a half-levade, hocks behind heels.

    Perspective 2007

  • When I talk about doing a levade they'll all likely faint.

    Fly-By-Night 2007

  • When I talk about doing a levade they'll all likely faint.

    Fly-By-Night 2007

  • When I talk about doing a levade they'll all likely faint.

    57 entries from March 2007 2007

  • This horse looks out at any who look in, prickeared, exaggerated mane and tail caught in a half-levade, hocks behind heels.

    Perspective 2007

  • Wif hur noo war-fiting mooves ai think teh “levade” and teh “capriole” cud bee spechullee skaree – yoo mite bee safer eben tahn wif the speshul CHRG! booklion says:

    draw me - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • In the arena, his specialty was the difficult levade, raising his forelegs and standing with his hind legs at a 30-degree angle to the ground, a position requiring the strength of an equine Nureyev.

    latimes.com - News 2011

  • In the arena, his specialty was the difficult levade, raising his forelegs and standing with his hind legs at a 30-degree angle to the ground, a position requiring the strength of an equine Nureyev.

    latimes.com - News 2011

  • In the arena, his specialty was the difficult levade, raising his forelegs and standing with his hind legs at a 30-degree angle to the ground, a position requiring the strength of an equine Nureyev.

    latimes.com - News 2011

  • Dressage terms like; capriole, levade, piaffe, pirouette, sound very much like those used in classical ballet and definitely equal the precision, control and athleticism required of a prima ballerina, yet these are the movements of a 1200 lb. horse.

    unknown title 2009

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