Fascinating! @MissAriel To me, that would be described as a 3 loop serpentine from G to D.
That certainly is more descriptive to me with a direct analogy to a serpentine from A-C. But I am still not clear if that is, in fact, what they mean by the directive.
I’m following two conversations online in addition to this one. No one really seems to know how big the loops should be, the radii of the corners/circles/etc. It was either poorly conceived or poorly communicated, or possibly both. I really hope that the rules committee can see where there is confusion and put together a clear and concise directive, preferably with a diagram.
OTOH, when you are essentially putting 5 loops in a short court arena, will anyone be able to ride or see the difference between a corner and a half circle, particularly when ridden by lower level riders?
When I click on the first link I get a site listing several different dressage tests. Using that list and choosing Level 2 Novice A test, I get a different test than you are all talking about.
The one I see has Movement 2 … H-K single loop to the 1/4 line
That is the current test. The one under discussion is the 2020 test that goes into effect Dec 1, 2019
Miss Ariel - Please do report back. Though I know nothing about WE, it’s very interesting and I’d like to learn.
One of the things that still has me puzzled is the rather extreme difference in difficulty between the 2019 movement that Mallard just mentioned and the “full width” movement that we’ve been discussing (which is why I speculated the #10 option).
Anything is possible of course, but such a significant change in expectations must mean something, if in fact the PTB intended it.
Fascinating indeed.
The other vague possibility would be an old style serpentine with the straight sections connecting the loops angling back towards the direction you came from.
Please note, I ride them better than I draw them! Red line is corner before, blue is figure, numbers count the loops. [ATTACH=JSON]{“data-align”:“none”,“data-size”:“full”,“data-attachmentid”:10515863}[/ATTACH]
