Rev Up Your Dressage Scores

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1.   There are 3 basic, natural gaits – walk, trot and canter.

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2. A trot is a 4-beat gait.

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3.  A Flying Lead Change is when you bring your horse down to a walk or trot, then immediately go into the opposite canter.

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4. The horse’s neck should be raised while doing a rein back.

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5. A serpentine involves half circles and diagonal lines.

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6. A 12-meter circle is called a volte.

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7. A Half-Halt is performed to completely stop a horse in mid stride.

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8. Never see-saw on the reins.

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9. The top of the Training Pyramid is Relaxation.

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10. Once you get a score of 60% you can skip the next test level.
 

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11. A score of 6 is satisfactory.

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12. The rider is never judged in a dressage test.

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13. Impulsion is the horse’s desire to move forward.

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14.  If the rider knows a lot, she does not need to train the horse in the lower levels.
 

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15.  The judges are there just to tell you how wrong your horse’s training is.

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16.  Equine Biomechanics tells you how the horse’s body should move.
 

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17.  It really does not matter what muscles the horse uses to move as long as his head is pulled in.

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18. Horses can be lamed or injured by being ridden incorrectly.

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19.  The horse’s back should be dropped down to move correctly.

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20. The judge does not care how you treat the horse as long as you both look good.

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