I have never bothered consciously learning them. Your mind will do it for you through familiarity. It saves you a step by NOT having to learn some ryhme. A just means the way in and C is who you have to impress etc!
[QUOTE=mp;4328244]
I don’t. I know I enter at “A” and the judge is at “C.” Past that, I couldn’t begin to tell you what order the letters are in. I just remember to look up when I’m riding. ;)[/QUOTE]
Thank goodness!!!:winkgrin: I thought I was the only one who did not know where all the letters were! It was MY dirty little secret :lol:
Glad there are others like me out in the dressage world!!!:winkgrin:
[QUOTE=FLeckenAwesome;4329711]
Wow!!!
I’m amazed at how many people are just like me!!! I thought I was the only one that didn’t know where the letters were!! YAY!!;)[/QUOTE]
I have the arena diagram posted right here on my desk, on my notebook I take to meetings and also on the visor of my car… I STILL canNOT remember the darned letters locations !!:no: I usually cannot remember which is A and C. I enter at the end that is open and KNOW the judge is at the other end (or at least I hope)…:winkgrin:
[QUOTE=DressageGeek “Ribbon Ho”;4329626]
But here is the problem, if you are helping to set up the rings for a show. You can still set them up counter clockwise, or clockwise, whichever is the wrong way.
Ask me how I know.[/QUOTE]
DressageGeek, I wonder if you were one of the volunteers that set up the rings for the last show I attended! Schooling the day before there was a huge group of us wandering around the outside of the ring very confused! Took a while to register that the ring was set up “flipped over” :lol:
One more King Edward variation:
All King Edward’s Horses (are) Chestnut Mares (and) Bay Fillies.
I set up the rings for our shows so I use the sayings but that doesn’t work when you are riding and turning around, etc. So I named things around me to remind me of the 8 major letters. I can be anywhere and close my eyes, pretend I am back in that place and visualize what is where. Then for the other 4 and centerline letters I go back to the sayings and fill in the blanks. Maybe silly but it works for me.
uuugh, just this past weekend I wrecked a 70%+ test by going off course and doing my stretch circle at E instead of V. I knew my test but had a caller as back up (I was riding a baby and as anything can happen with them) my caller was a german friend who’s E sounded identical to V and I doubted myself and of course did it in the wrong spot. The judge was sympathetic and wrote “the error was such a pity” which of course made me feel stupider. In short I have a new respect for the letters especially the ones the sound the same.
Wow…Glad someone finally fessed up. I thought I was the only one who could not do a test by remembering letters. My trainer does not understand how I can understand two foreign languages, do what I do for a living, but for the life of me cannot tell her where certain letters are.
Whew, i don’t feel so bad now!
