USEF rule change about judges teaching

[SillyHorse]

@SillyHorse

@jvanrens

Do the general rules not include dressage?

They sure do. What Mardi1 was saying (I think) is that at first, probably because Janet Foy and other bigwigs in the dressage community raised a legitimate stink, many people thought the rule was targeting dressage, and were relieved to know that dressage was not in the crosshairs.

@jvanrens

Everything is in the crosshairs, so still a concern. Amazing the lack of reading for comprehension.

Are you saying I lack reading comprehension? If so, maybe it’s your writing skills that are poor. (They are.) You asked a question, I answered it.

[LilRanger]

I read that as the writer of the rules had reading comprehension problems.

[jvanrens]

@SillyHorse

@SillyHorse

@jvanrens

Do the general rules not include dressage?

They sure do. What Mardi1 was saying (I think) is that at first, probably because Janet Foy and other bigwigs in the dressage community raised a legitimate stink, many people thought the rule was targeting dressage, and were relieved to know that dressage was not in the crosshairs.

@jvanrens

Everything is in the crosshairs, so still a concern. Amazing the lack of reading for comprehension.

Are you saying I lack reading comprehension? If so, maybe it’s your writing skills that are poor. (They are.) You asked a question, I answered it.

I was referring to the people who were in a panic about it only being about them, when it’s about every discipline.

[Jealoushe]

This is a huge yikes for eventers. At least in Canada a lot of our CDs ride and compete and most of them have students who event also.

[atr]

My take on this is that they’ve managed to get it backwards, for dressage at least.

We should be encouraging a higher level of education, which involves both us lowly amateurs and,most particularly, our trainers working with the best of the best, rather than discouraging it.

I’m eternally grateful to those like Kristi Wysocki and Melissa Cresswick who make the choice to give back to the sport through judging as well as training, and are still prepared to come out to the back of beyond in the depths of winter to spend two days patiently working with hungry amateurs in the freezing cold.

I hope they can find a solution that still makes this possible.

The vast majority, in fact, I would probably say all, of the licensed dressage judges I have ever shown in front of have been thoughtful and fair. I may have felt that some of them were harsh in their delivery, stingy with their scoring, or had their own particular axe to grind, but talking to my fellow competitors and watching the scoreboard, they were even-handedly so!