Half Circles in Dressage?! Please help a numpty!

[MileAMinute]

Ok. Totally new to the whole dressage idea. Hated being confined and claustrophobic in arenas - much prefer the countryside!

However, trying to be ambitious whilst taking baby steps, so am going to enter an Interdressage test.

I obviously understand 20m circles, 10m etc, serpentines, all the different areas of the school you use.

On my test sheet, it says the following:

'H working trot. E half circle left 20m to B. Working trot to C'

Now, I've done a jolly good diagram of an arena on paper and tried 'riding' it, but I can't figure out this movement! I think I've probably been doing it for years and not realising

Any help greatly appreciated! x

 

[AprilBlossom]

Ride as if you're about to go from e off the track into 20m circle but stop circling when you hit the track at b...so you just ride half of a circle

Think I thought the same as you first time I read a test with one lol!

 

[OneInAMillion]

You literally ride a circle starting at E and ride it to B and just carry on around the school instead of around the circle

 

[be positive]

You start a 20 metre circle at E but when you get to B instead of completing the 20 m circle you continue on to the outside track ,so have ridden only half of a 20 metre circle.
Hope this is clear enough.

 

[hadfos]

happened to me,it was a figure of eight,lmao you tube the test,all becomes clear

 

[MileAMinute]

See, I knew it would be simple!

Thanks for making me feel better AprilBlossom! Think I read too much into things!

Will give it a run through tomorrow, wish me luck x

 

[AprilBlossom]

Cobrastyle you should have seen the mess I got into with 15 and 10m circles at e and b...my practice sheet looked like a child practising writing the number 8 in joined up writing...badly!lol

 

[MileAMinute]

Cobrastyle you should have seen the mess I got into with 15 and 10m circles at e and b...my practice sheet looked like a child practising writing the number 8 in joined up writing...badly!lol