Stephen Clarke, president of the Ground Jury for the Olympic Games and the highest qualified dressage judge in the world is the next guest presenter for The Dressage Convention. He begins by defining what makes a good dressage test ride, including if there is a difference in how different breeds are judged. Carl, Stephen and Richard talk about taking risks in tests and what scores can be earned. Andrea Moffatt from Horse and Rider magazine joins them to introduce the demo rider for this segment, an amateur riding at the M level. Stephen explains that she will ride the test as he comments and scores, and then school the movements and ride the test again.
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Single Changes - Part Three
Axel helps them with the turn on the haunches at the walk. In the canter they do half passes with an emphasis on keeping theœup in the gait and then work on single changes.
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How to ride the corners 2
The rider performs the Medium test while Stephen judges and comments on the ride. He offers advice on the spooking and then goes through the collective marks. When they work through the test Stephen begins by examining how to best ride the corners. He asks that she let him have a bit more room...
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Single Changes - Part Four
The change from left to right proves to be more difficult. Axel concludes the session reviewing what the core issue of being unbalanced and what they need to do next in their training.
