International dressage competitions will be held in Ratomka (Minsk District, Belarus) on 10-13 April 2014, BelTA learnt from the Equestrian Federation. The competitions include Small, Medium and Big Tour, junior and young horse programs. Partaking in the competitions will be four countries: Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, and Belarus. The four-day competitions will include 13 medal events. The Belarusian team will be represented by international masters of sport from the National Olympic Equestrian and Horse-Breeding Center Yekaterina Vrachenya, Svetlana Loiko, Galina Zotova, master of sport Nadezhda Fyodorova and master of sport Alla Nikonorova from the Mogilev Olympic Equestrian and Modern Pentathlon Center. The Big Tour best riders take part in the final of the international competitions. The freestyle dressage to music kur is a form of dressage movement choreographed to meet the technical requirements of the particular level. The panel of judges will include two official international judge Wojciech Markowski (Poland) and Susan Hoevenaars (Australia), international judge Maja Stukely (Slovenia), Peter Engel (Germany), Irina Ludina (Russia) Lyudmila Gleb and Natalia Rubashko (Belarus). The competitions are financed by the Belarusian Equestrian Federation, the Sport and Tourism Ministry, the National Olympic Equestrian and Horse-Breeding Center. According to the Federation, the competitions will include an entertainment program for children and adults, horse riding, contests and quizzes, a horse fashion show and exhibition performances. International dressage competitions are an annual event in Belarus. Since 2011 they have been held a covered manege of the National Olympic Equestrian and Horse-Breeding Center in Ratomka. The junior competitions of 2012 and 2013 in the manege were highly assessed by international experts.
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