dressage scores

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McNally

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I dont understand dressage scoring but everone assumes i know and keep telling me they got XX.X% and i gage how happy they are then give my congratulations or commiserations!

However someone just text me their score and there is no clue!!

How does dressage scoring work I really dont get it!
 
It's worked out as a percentage so you can compare scores as each test has a different amount of marks up for grabs.
So if you got 150 marks out of a possible 200 that would be 75% so you averaged a 7/8 for each mark.


What was the percentage you got sent in the text? Will let you know if it's good or not :p (oh and what level, prelim, novice etc)
 
It's a percentage, so it's out of 100 (sorry to state the obvious but you did ask!!)

At unaff prelim/novice level, I would say that anything above 65% is very good. 60-65%, good, 55-60% not bad, and 50-55% ok.

below 50% isn't very good as it means they got an average of only a five (out of a possible 10) for each movement.
 
I love how people have different "standards" so to speak.
If I was give 50% I would not think it was ok but bloomin' awful :o
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A % of 50% is an average mark of 5, which according to the published definition of marks is 'sufficient'. So not strictly 'awful', but nothing to write home about either! If it is your first ever test on a spooky youngster you would think it was OK, but if you are regularly out scoring 70% then you would probably be extremely disappointed with a 50% score!
 
It's very variable, as some judges mark low and others high so in combination with the actual % I factor in how well I thought my horse went and where I was in relation to the other competitors.

But in general for me, sub 60% and I'm not happy, 60-64 and I smile and move on, 65-69 am fairly content and 70+ I'm happy!
 
ihatework said:
It's very variable, as some judges mark low and others high so in combination with the actual % I factor in how well I thought my horse went and where I was in relation to the other competitors.

But in general for me, sub 60% and I'm not happy, 60-64 and I smile and move on, 65-69 am fairly content and 70+ I'm happy!
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Highest I've ever got is 69 - I'd love to break the 70% mark!!

I tend to look at placings as an indicator of how well i've done really, rather than the % - only because there seems to be such a variation in scores in different places.

I did dressage today at a competition centre which always marks pretty hard. The winner got 63%, and I came 5th with 59% - so although I would have liked higher I am quite happy with that.
 
TGM said:
A % of 50% is an average mark of 5, which according to the published definition of marks is 'sufficient'. So not strictly 'awful', but nothing to write home about either! If it is your first ever test on a spooky youngster you would think it was OK, but if you are regularly out scoring 70% then you would probably be extremely disappointed with a 50% score!
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I would LOVE to get a score of over 50% in a dressage test...so for me it would be "excellent" rather than sufficient!!
 
The problem with dressage is that all judges seem to see things differently. I have been in and got 72% for a test I thought was pretty awful - in fact horse felt downright lazy and behind the leg. Yet I have done other tests which I thought went really well and was pretty convinced I would be placed and got about 53%. Do sometimes the placings are an indicator of how well you have done as if all the scores are low then it just means that that particular judge marks low and the same for high marks. The day I got 72% , most of the others were in the early and late 60s and some of them looked like they had never even done a 20m circle in their life!
 
I agree it varies from judge to judge. With Genie my aim is to get over 50% and stay in the arena, although I think I'm going to have to up my aims as she got 67.5% and 70% last time out. There are some judges that simply do not like her and will always mark her down, while others like her. Someone else I know aims for over 60% prelim, and 50% novice as they've just started doing novice tests.
 
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