Preliminary Dressage Test for 5-Year Old Horses

Edition 2004, max points 50, time ca 5 min
  Place Movement Coeff
Marks
A Enter in working trot
X Halt - salute, proceed in working trot
C Track to the right
CB Working trot
BX Half circle 10 m to the right
XE Half circle 10 m to the left
VKAF Collected trot
FXH Medium trot
H Working trot
CA Serpentine 3 loops (touching the long side)
KXM Medium trot
MC Collected trot
C Halt - rein back (one horselength) and immediately proceed in medium walk
HB Medium walk
BK Medium walk, let the horse stretch on a long rein
K Retake the reins
KA Medium walk
A Working canter left
AFB Working canter
BRSE Medium canter. Through a half circle (20 m) between R & S
E Collected canter
KDE Half circle 10 m, returning to the track at E
EH Counter canter
Before H Simple change of leg
ME Change rein
EK Counter canter
K Working trot
KAFP Working trot
PV Half circle 20 m, let the horse stretch on a long rein, rising trot
Between V & K Retake the reins
A Down the centre line
X Halt - immobility - salute
1 Trot
Rhythm, looseness, suppleness, swinging back, ability to bend the joints of the hindquarters
2 Walk
Rhythm, relaxation, activity, ground cover
3 Canter
Rhythm, looseness, suppleness, natural balance, uphill tendency, ability to bend the joints of the hindquarters
4 Submission
Contact, straightness, obedience, responsiveness to the aids of the rider
5 Perspective
Potential as a young dressage horse, standard of training on the basis of the “scale of training” according to the age
Errors of course - 1st error = 0.5 percentage point - 2nd error = 1 percentage point - 3rd error = Elimination. Other Penalties – Technical faults: 0.5% (percentage points) to be deducted per fault.