The Benefits of Fitness for Equestrians Bridget Braden Personal Fitness and Dressage Trainer Physical fitness is armor for equestrians. The wear and tear inflicted on the rider can cause performance problems. A rider relies on physical structural to stabilize on an animal. Horseback riders engage their internal core to stabilize so the horse can move […]
THIRD LEVEL LEVEL TESTS 2 & 3 The new 2019 -2021 USEF/USDF Intro through Fourth Level Dressage Tests effective December 1, 2018 are available on the USDF website here. Third 2 remains essentially the same sequence of movements except the trot half passes have been eliminated. This makes this test shorter with 22 movements instead […]
THIRD LEVEL TEST 1 The new 2019 -2021 USEF/USDF Intro through Fourth Level Dressage Tests effective December 1, 2018 are available on the USDF website here. Also, for Third Level Test 1 in the 2019 test cycle, the movement sequences have remained unchanged. However, other than the extended walk, the coefficient movements have changed completely. […]
SECOND LEVEL TEST 3 The new 2019 -2021 USEF Intro through Fourth Level Dressage Tests effective December 1, 2018 are available at the USDF Site HERE. Good news on Second Level Test 3. All the movements are the same to ride. However, there are changes in the coefficients and language in the directive ideas. […]
SECOND LEVEL TEST 2 The new 2019 -2021 USEF Intro through Fourth Level Dressage Tests effective December 1, 2018 are available HERE In Test 2 rather than begin with Medium Trot on the diagonal, the Shoulder In right comes immediately after the first centerline and then the two half circles to Travers left. Next is […]
SECOND LEVEL TEST 1 The new 2019 -2021 USEF Intro through Fourth Level Dressage Tests effective December 1, 2018 are available on the USDF Site Here. There are significant changes in Second Level test one. The beginning trot work has remained the same as has the halt rein back and medium walk. The Free Walk […]
FIRST LEVEL TEST 3 The new 2019 -2021 USEF Intro through Fourth Level Dressage Tests effective December 1, 2018 are available at https://www.usdf.org/downloads/forms/2019.asp Big changes to First Level Test Three. No more leg yield from the wall to X and back. Instead the pattern seems to be simplified to this: V-I Leg Yield right, I […]
[wp_ad_camp_1] FIRST LEVEL TEST 2 The new 2019 -2021 USEF Intro through Fourth Level Dressage Tests effective December 1, 2018 are available on the USDF website here. The pattern and movements have stayed exactly the same in 2019 First Level Test Two. But again, more coefficients have been added. In addition to the Free Walk, […]
First Level Test One The new 2019 -2021 USEF Intro through Fourth Level Dressage Tests effective December 1, 2018 are available on the USDF website here. In First Level Test 1, the pattern is essentially the same as the previous First Level Test One, except now all the lengthenings are longer. In movement 5, the […]
INTRO AND TRAINING LEVEL The new 2019 -2021 USEF Intro through Fourth Level Dressage Tests effective December 1, 2018 are available at https://www.usdf.org/downloads/forms/2019.asp I know all competitors have been waiting anxiously for the new tests. Those of you traveling to Florida soon will be showing these tests starting December 1 of this year. This blog is […]