BE 97 dressage question

[SEL]

I've tried to watch a few on Youtube but none of the angles the videos are taken from really answer my question.

On both canters it says 20m circle at C (or A) then trot at X. Presumably you continue the circle when you are in trot? I've seen a few where it looks like they are going straight from X and into the corners and I can't work out if its just the video angle or you stop circling when you transition down to trot at X

I need to practice it and given canter is a bit 'cob in forward calvary charge' still I'd like to know what I'm supposed to be riding (especially as there are so many short diagonals my brain hurts)

 

[HelenBack]

It's been a few years since I rode it but yes, you carry on to complete the circle in trot after transitioning down from canter.

It's not a test I particularly like I have to say, although I seem to say that about a lot of them!

 

[SEL]

It's been a few years since I rode it but yes, you carry on to complete the circle in trot after transitioning down from canter.

It's not a test I particularly like I have to say, although I seem to say that about a lot of them!

great - thank you

I'm hoping it will flow better when I ride it than when I read it. All the short turns were throwing me until I watched some videos of it.

Also will be doing it in an arena which slopes uphill so that will be a new experience.....

 

[Ample Prosecco]

You do the full 20m circle, with a transition to trot over X, completing the circle in trot. X

 

[SEL]

You do the full 20m circle, with a transition to trot over X, completing the circle in trot. X

Great. That's how I read it then started to wonder when I watched YouTube. But then lots of people ride square circles!!

 

[Ample Prosecco]

Yep - loads of people do 1/2 a 20m circle then just ride the corners for the 2nd half. Or ride a 20m circle to A or C and don’t then ride the corner after A or C. Clear distinction between the circle but and the corner bit seems tricky for a lot of riders.

 

[iknowmyvalue]

This is the diagram of the first canter if it helps

 

[SEL]

This is the diagram of the first canter if it helps
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Perfect!

What is that from?

 

[iknowmyvalue]

Perfect!

What is that from?

It’s the BE test pro app. You pay a certain amount monthly or annually for access to it and has diagrams for all the tests. Plus you can draw them out and it can also read them I think.

It’s probably very expensive for what it is, considering the PDFs of the tests are free but my brain doesn’t work without diagrams

 

[SEL]

It’s the BE test pro app. You pay a certain amount monthly or annually for access to it and has diagrams for all the tests. Plus you can draw them out and it can also read them I think.

It’s probably very expensive for what it is, considering the PDFs of the tests are free but my brain doesn’t work without diagrams

That's worth knowing if we get beyond 20m circles. This is the first BE test I've needed to do and my huh? What? started up the centre line when I realised it wasn't straight on from x.