A Handy Little Guide for Judging BD

[Booboos]

For anyone who ever wanted to improve their judging skills, the Handy Little Guide will ensure you ungrade from List 6 to List 1 in no time! Finally, the secrets of judging are revealed and anyone can use the Guide to judge effectively. The Guide gives you quick answers to all your judging questions, showing you common problems and mistakes and the appropriate mark.

Competitors: read the guide and finally understand your marks and where you are going wrong!!! Identify your problem and then look up the appropriate mark.

Handy Little Guide for Judging BD:

PROBLEM - MARK

Off the centre line - 6
Driffting - 6
Halt not square - 6
Inattentive in halt - 6
Cut the corner - 6
Circle too big - 6
Circle too small - 6
No medium shown - 6
Too few medium strides - 6
Transition too abrupt - 6
Transition too late - 6
Walk lazy - 6
Not stretching enough in free walk - 6
Snatching in free walk - 6
Transition too progressive - 6
Hollowing in transition - 6
Too many steps rein back - 6
Too few steps rein back - 6
Hollowing in rein back - 6
No rein back shown - 6
Canter on the forehand - 6
Canter not engaged enough - 6
Falling in in canter - 6
Quarters in in canter - 6

The Handy Little Guide will finally succeed in eliminating these infuriating 5s and 7s marks, following on from the success of completely getting rid of 1s, 2s, 9s and 10s and almost never seeing 3s, 4s and 8s.

 

[Lolo]

I break this trend! Last weekend I got a 3 then a 7! However, this was unaffiliated...

 

[JoBo]

Oh that is so true, brilliant! I do sometimes wonder if the judge is even watching or just having a chin wag with the writer!

 

[Booboos]

Appendix A - What to do in an emergency:

If you missed seeing a movement because you were distracted/the writer was telling you the latest bit of gossip/you had better things to do - 6

 

[Ferdinase514]

I disagree....n0 rein back shown would technically be a 0.

 

[Gamebird]

Can you have a word with my judge today please? I got a 4 for a canter circle because of 'quarters in'. I reckon she should have left her glasses at home!

 

[GDB]

PMSL...

 

[GDB]

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I disagree....n0 rein back shown would technically be a 0.

[/ QUOTE ]

Not if it was part of another movement!!

 

[MysteryGirl]

Right, well, I'm now expecting 60% when I do a crap test when I come back to dressage after our break!

Oh I have a techincal question about the guide - does it apply to prelim? novice? or all levels?

 

[rara007]

So true, PMSL

 

[Booboos]

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Right, well, I'm now expecting 60% when I do a crap test when I come back to dressage after our break!

Oh I have a techincal question about the guide - does it apply to prelim? novice? or all levels?

[/ QUOTE ]

We are pleased to clarify that the guide applies equally to all levels!

Try the guide and we guarrantee that you will have multiple competitors tying on the same score and you'll be able to mark all day without anyone getting a decent enough percentage to qualify for anything.