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There will be two judges who will hold up each of their
scores so that spectators will be in touch with the competition.
The riders at the end of the class will be given their
sheet with the judge's marks and comments.
I know that test sounds easy but things will get harder
as you progress into intermediate and open.
This
would be a movement from an Intermediate test,
Enter at canter show one change through trot. Canter one
jump one hand; Trot one circle sitting - no stirrups.
Or
from an Open test, Canter serpentine with changes
through walk. Collect the trot sitting - no stirrups,
and so on.
One
thing for sure, if you compete in Equitation, both you
and horse will improve and enjoy yourselves. Equitation
riders have the prestige of knowing that it is their good
riding that have got the rosette, not the money they spent
on their horse!
While
the huge benefits for young riders are obvious, the benefit
to the older rider should be considered. All of us that
drive and took our driving test say 10 / 20 years ago
know that if we had to retake the test now we would in
all likelihood fail! Such is the case with riding, no
matter how good we think we are there will be bad habits
creeping up!
Equitation
will hugely help this problem, as amongst other things
a secure seat is perhaps even more important the older
a rider becomes.
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