How to get hold of the new BD tests?

[Marigold4]

I've entered a dressage test for next Sunday but don't have a copy of the new BD test involved. I've ordered copies of the test but the BD website says this will take 10 days to arrive - the competition is next Sunday! I ordered PDFs and was thinking they would come by email but they haven't arrived. Can't find the test online. Anyone got any clues how to get hold of the test?

 

[daffy44]

Which tests do you need, because some of the new tests are the same as the old ones, maybe just with different collectives, but in terms of learning, some are the same.

 

[Marigold4]

Which tests do you need, because some of the new tests are the same as the old ones, maybe just with different collectives, but in terms of learning, some are the same.

Well, I only need Intro 2. We are going to a new venue so thought we would start with an intro to get the spooking out of the way.

 

[daffy44]

Oh I'm sorry I dont know about Intro tests, ask on the BD page on fb, but quite a few of prelim and novice tests are the same.

 

[Hackback]

Have you checked your spam? Mine came back by email. I think it said it was a receipt for my order in the subject, but there was a link to the download at the bottom

 

[frankieduck]

Well, I only need Intro 2. We are going to a new venue so thought we would start with an intro to get the spooking out of the way.

Intro 2 is the same as the old Intro B it’s only changed from a scoring perspective, the movements are all the same.

 

[Marigold4]

Intro 2 is the same as the old Intro B it’s only changed from a scoring perspective, the movements are all the same.

Oh Ok. I thought it looked familiar when I looked at someone riding it on youtube. That's crazy! I've just spent £17.50 buying the new ones when I didn't need to. Anyone know the reasoning behind this??

 

[doodle]

BD have an app called testpro with all the tests on it. You get free credits to start with

 

[SEL]

You can download them from the BD shop - but intro B is absolutely findable on Google!!

 

[Marigold4]

Have you checked your spam? Mine came back by email. I think it said it was a receipt for my order in the subject, but there was a link to the download at the bottom

Thanks for the tip. Checked my spam but nothing

 

[Marigold4]

You can download them from the BD shop - but intro B is absolutely findable on Google!!

Thanks. I have copies of all the old tests but didn't realise that intro 2 was same intro B!

 

[frankieduck]

Oh Ok. I thought it looked familiar when I looked at someone riding it on youtube. That's crazy! I've just spent £17.50 buying the new ones when I didn't need to. Anyone know the reasoning behind this??

They changed them to simplify the structure of tests I believe and make the ‘step up’ between tests more logical. So now they should be increasingly difficult from test 1-3 for example, whereas before I found they could be a bit random! They have made changes to the scoring across all tests, but if you just need to know which way to go you don’t need to worry too much about that

Intro 1, 2 & 3 are the same as the old A, B & C. Intro 4 is a new test.

Prelim 3 is a new test, the rest are old tests but renumbered.

There are more changes at Novice with quite a few changes to the actual tests.