Bridle numbers and dressage writers

NZJenny said:
I hate seeing photos of myself when I competing - I'm concentrating so hard, I look like I'm constipated. If I try the "smile" thing, it looks like bad botox.

Good luck for the weekend Joyous70 !
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I hate seeing my photo's as well.

Thank you, I may do a little competition report after, i doubt it will be as entertaining as some, but i will give it a shot!
 
Prince33Sp4rkle said:
not going to lie, i spend my entire warm up revving CS up in to some form of energy, i'm not going to toddle over for a chat and let him switch off when i come in to the ring!

i try and go past on both reins but thats about it, whether i trot,canter,passage past etc, at that distance they should be able to see.............................
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Agree. It's not a biggie. You'll see the number at some pint during the test, just add details in at the end.
 
I have to say EVERY rider in the Arena I was writing for today at BRC Champs either told me their number or rode round shopwing the bridle number. Well done and thank you.
 
Ferdinase514 said:
Agree. It's not a biggie. You'll see the number at some pint during the test, just add details in at the end.
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As someone who writes for judges an awful lot, many of the dressage tests have a stream of movements that happen awfully quickly. The judge is usually talking uninterrupted for the whole test, and the writer has their eyes down manically jotting down what they are saying, so there isn't always a chance to try and see the number during the test.
Aside from that for us to see the number the horse needs to be at the judges end of the arena and on the correct rein, which isn't actually all that often.
Finally the time we have to complete each sheet is tight, the perfect time to write down the competitors name, horses name (both of which are often long and unusually spelt!) and the section they are in, is whilst the judge is writing the collectives for the previous sheet, and the next rider is getting ready to start. We certainly don't have time to write down these details during the test, and if we did it at the end we would delay the judge who should be writing the collectives.

This is what I've found from my own experience, I've probably written for close to 500 tests this year so far, and I can certainly say that when a competitor makes their rider number clear, either by deliberately trotting past the judges box on the correct rein or by shouting it out, it saves a lot of neck craning and eye squinting for us, and is much appreciated.
 
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