The air readings practiced in Saumur are the courbette, croupade, cabriole. Only the cabriole, "the highest and the most perfect of all jumps" kept its classic style. A Saumur, jumping schools are without stirrups.
The cabriole: cabriole result of the almost simultaneous combination of a courbette and a croupade, the horse being on earth (sort of gallop two-stroke), indication of his jumper, it pupil the forehand, leaves the ground, then touched by the riding crop, detaches with force a kick, posterior tended.The execution of the cabriole is very delicate because of the energy and synchronization.
The croupade: At the request of the rider that affects the rump with her whip, the horse performs a ruade energetic extending completely hind limbs.
The courbette: prepared by a balance on hips, the jumper, giving the legs of his jumper, a student in the front main building on the post. The horse rises to the sky, before ployés; rider keeps his position and is backwards from the vertical. 




