How Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kauto Star learns to dance in dressage To achieve the right body shape for dressage, completely different muscles, which have to be all rounded on the top line, are needed. He has built these up through repetition over six sessions a week. The slow canter has been the hardest thing for Kauto to learn . If some ex-racehorses do not understand new drills, they can get worked up and resistant, says his rider Laura Collett, but not Kauto. Training him to relax, everything has become smoother and more rhythmic. "So far, he's shown he has the brain and the temperament," she says. It's all positive.