So if you somehow manage to half pass right from H to F (maybe back end first?), how do you get yourself back to X for a lead change? OK, the actual test says H to X, not F, but it’s still half pass right going to the left.
Let’s just say there’s room for improvement here. LOL
Did you ever decide if you were going to continue to allow safe sport suspended individuals to attend your shows?
It doesn’t say that anywhere if you click on the S3 link on the website…
It’s the Benchmark Test S3 which is also called S**. Try looking there instead of S***. The naming convention is unnecessarily confusing having “Benchmark” levels and “S” levels both listed on the same test but with with different numbers (3 for the benchmark and two **s for the S on the same test).
It seems we are dealing with someone who cannot admit that he’s made a mistake. It’s not a good look.
I have no skin in this game being neither European or American. But I just took a quick perusal of the FB page and I wonder if English is a second language for the OP. Re-reading the posts after watching some videos has me “hearing” them differently.
Pretty sure he will never openly answer this question, but the entries speak for him.
I know, but figured I’d at least try. Seems he doesn’t have a problem arguing, so I’m curious why UDJC won’t just formally state that they allow safesport banned/suspended individuals to attend their shows. It might be a good marketing ploy for them. /s
How do you think people came up with your tests if it was not via your website?
Admitting you are wrong from time to time is actually a good look. Try it.
What judged discipline can one show on the flat in a martingale that can force a frame?
Exactly. Hunters have a martingale with proper slack. It doesn’t come in contact with the horse unless it flips it’s head.
aren’t they not allowed in flat classes too? only jumping?
And you cannot show in a hunter flat with a martingale….
Yes, but they do not have contact with the horses mouth (face via noseband). The martingale does not hold the horse to a frame.
And they do not use it for flat classes.
Edit to add, I should have read more - everyone has already said this.
And showing in side reins? Sounds so dangerous. What happens when the horse gets spooked or startled and has nowhere to go? Because, yanno, they are horses. I’ve seen vids of horses flipping over when they panic against side reins. No thanks. I’m not supporting a organization that does not recognize how unsafe this is in a show environment.
Again, I think there could be a market for a more expanded schooling show type series, but there are holes in this current plan. The developer not being willing to accept critique or feedback is not helping his cause. Obviously the S** test posted with the weird half pass is a typo (just change right to left on the first H/P and be done with it), but he won’t accept responsibility for it and thank people for pointing it out - he’s too busy dismissing the stupid Americans and blaming a website glitch.
I’m primarily a jumper who occasionally dabbles in the dressage ring, so not an expert, but isn’t the basis of the training pyramid rhythm and suppleness? While the horses at training level and below aren’t expected to be “on the bit”, they are still expected to show relaxation in order to meet those basic first steps of the training pyramid, from my understanding.
That’s why we see these horses in more of a relaxed/stretchy frame, because that is where they should be at that level, and not dangerously flinging their heads in the air like giraffes, requiring side reins to keep them in some semblance of a false frame…
I think the side reins are more to benefit a beginner rider, not a beginner horse.
But again - if the rider is bouncing all over the place, what a crappy thing to do to a horse to expect them to stay round and tolerate that. They should be allowed to express their displeasure.
This is where my brain went. I see the potential for all kinds of ugliness.
If the motivation behind allowing the use of side reins in lower level tests is because beginner riders are unable to use their aids correctly including, I would surmise, maintaining their balance by intermittently grabbing onto their horse’s mouth, then why on earth is the poor animal’s head strapped into place? How about they first learn to ride securely and properly at home and discover how to keep the horse in a nice frame?
Or perhaps the rider is a decent beginner with solid basics, but they’re mounted on a horse that’s so unschooled and so feral that it wants to crane its neck around and act spooky. Rather than implementing side reins in an effort to contain said beast, I have to wonder, “Why is a beginner mounted on such an unsuitable horse?”
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