Dressage Writing

[Northern]

I love dressage writing!

But you have to think quick. Ours is mostly done on ipads now on a program with a digital pen to add comments in. Then the judge writes a comment at the end, signs it and it's uploaded immediately.

Some shorthand:
CL = Centreline
1/4s = quarters
Drawing of a square = square halt
Drawing of a circle = circle

Also think ahead and check the bridle number on the next horse in while the judge finishes off the previous test.
I've learnt heaps on what a judge is looking for, go for it and have fun

 

[Lois Lame]

'If you get a ditsy judge, which does happen occasionally...'
'Talking of ditsy judges...'

There are also ditzy writers. (I don't want them to feel left out.) I once read (on a home forum) about a writer who hummed through the tests. After a while, she even started to include the words of the song. Her judge nearly had a stroke. Another writer, who was writing for freestyle, decided not to write any scores or comments down because, "The rider has done things out of order."

 

[milliepops]

FWIW even the most on-it judge can miss a mark or need a prompt. They are only human! and if it's a long complex test and the rider goes wrong sometimes it's the writer who will notice first.

I like writing freestyles, if you get a chatty judge it's a great way to pick up tips for your own floorplan because you get all their inner thoughts esp if a test is confusing, or a movement is not clear enough (was that the shoulder-in? etc)