Puissance is the high-jump competition in the equestrian sport of show jumping. It consists of a short course of fences, ending in the final puissance wall. After the completion of the course, the horse and rider pairs that went clear move on to the next round, where the puissance is raised. As the competition goes on, the jump is built increasingly higher until only one horse clears the wall.

The puissance wall may get taller than 7 feet.

Video of Ben Maher jumping 7'3"

Puissance is also a word meaning Powerful, or having the power to do something.

Equestrian sports