Going affiliated BD - questions

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lucky7

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I have done some unaffiliated dressage over the years with various horses. However i really want to do some affiliated stuff with my welsh as soon as we have a few lessons under our belt and we are ready.
At what level did you go in at and how much experience did you have before becoming affiliated - i mean what where you scoring at unaffiliated beforehand?
What are the benefits of becoming affiliated?
How does it work? basic stuff please! ie joining up etc
Can you go to any affiliated dressage comps?
How long does membership last etc?

Thank you
 
BD website is good in the membership section, you can start at any level from intro upwards, yes you can go to any affiliated comps unless they areas/regionals/champs/breed specific
As for scores I get better scores at affiliated than unaff - most are the other way round!
membership is 12 months
 
Thank you! the only difference i can see too is the cost, seems a bit ore expensive for BD.
I have heard about a section for natives, is this correct?
 
With BD the sections are related to experience, judges are all listed and trained so you get consistency and a chance to do well in your classes/sections. In unaff dr near me the classes are sometimes 25+, BD sections are around 6-10 (3 sections), even areas are around 30 entries which is fair enough. They have associated champs for gypsy cobs/natives/ror/veterans etc (all on website) and these are seperate from the everyday comps (not sure on natives as I have an ex racer who defo isn't hairy!)

You can start as a my quest member @ £25 which means you can still do the native qualifiers, prelim classes etc, you can on the associate membership but you have to go in the gold (open) section so good if you want to try as its free. Also they run have a go training days where they often do reduced or free membership offers. If in doubt you can always email them as they are fairly helpful :)

I started as an associate member last year, realised I'd qualified for area festivals so became a full member. I much prefer the BD comps tbh, plus you can qualify for other areas etc. Dressage UK is quite good but big classes no sections and they fun a national champs as do UK riders
 
leflynn said:
With BD the sections are related to experience, judges are all listed and trained so you get consistency and a chance to do well in your classes/sections. In unaff dr near me the classes are sometimes 25+, BD sections are around 6-10 (3 sections), even areas are around 30 entries which is fair enough. They have associated champs for gypsy cobs/natives/ror/veterans etc (all on website) and these are seperate from the everyday comps (not sure on natives as I have an ex racer who defo isn't hairy!)

You can start as a my quest member @ £25 which means you can still do the native qualifiers, prelim classes etc, you can on the associate membership but you have to go in the gold (open) section so good if you want to try as its free. Also they run have a go training days where they often do reduced or free membership offers. If in doubt you can always email them as they are fairly helpful :)

I started as an associate member last year, realised I'd qualified for area festivals so became a full member. I much prefer the BD comps tbh, plus you can qualify for other areas etc. Dressage UK is quite good but big classes no sections and they fun a national champs as do UK riders
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Thank you, very helpful.
There is a venue just under an hour away which runs BD all the time, i came across an evening that they run for young horses or green, which is exactly what my boy is so was going to start with this then see how i like the venue etc as i expect it will be the venue i will attend the most as seems to be the closest to me.
http://www.allenshill.com/evening_dressage/default.htm
 
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