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For information on the dressage rider, see Robert Dover (equestrian)

Robert Dover (1575 - 1641) was an English captain and attorney, known as the founder and for many years the director of the Cotswold Games, which he originated as a protest against the growing Puritanism of the day. Dressage (pronounced dress-ahhzh /ˈdrɛsɑʒ/ (a French term most commonly translated to mean "training" is a path and destination of competitive Horse training Robert Jeffrey Dover (born June 7, 1956) is an American equestrian who has had international success in the sport of Dressage. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland “Olympicks” redirects here For the international games see Olympic Games. A Puritan of 16th and 17th century England was an associate of any number of religious groups advocating for more "purity" of Worship and Doctrine, These sports, which were referred to by contemporary writers as Mr Robert Dovers Olimpick Games upon the Cotswold Hills, consisted of cudgel playing, wrestling, running at the quintain, jumping, casting the bar and hammer, hand-ball, gymnastics, rural dances and games and horse-racing, the winners in which received valuable prizes. “Olympicks” redirects here For the international games see Olympic Games. For the type of poem see Cinquain, for the band see Quintaine Americana Quintain ( O They continued from about the year 1604 until three years after Dover's death. They were revived for a brief period in the reign of Charles II. Charles II (Charles Stuart 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685 was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

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