MCI dressage tests

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I shall be adding a new string to my scribing bow, and will be writing for some MCI tests on Sunday. The judge I am writing for has judged them before thankfully, but they (the tests) are new to the venue which I write for regularly. I have had a quick look on line, but would like to be a little more informed before I turn up, as there are clear differences between the way these tests, and BD tests, are scored. I also thought others might be interested in how these tests are scored too! I assume there is only one test per 'level'/'class', rather than several at each level for BD tests up to and including AM. I do know the tests I am writing for - Primera, Novilla, Paso Doble, Golega, Sevilla, Lisboa, and there was a Novato class, but it doesn't have any entries. Any information/guidance would be much appreciated. I am looking forward to learning something new!
 
nikicb said:
I shall be adding a new string to my scribing bow, and will be writing for some MCI tests on Sunday. The judge I am writing for has judged them before thankfully, but they (the tests) are new to the venue which I write for regularly. I have had a quick look on line, but would like to be a little more informed before I turn up, as there are clear differences between the way these tests, and BD tests, are scored. I also thought others might be interested in how these tests are scored too! I assume there is only one test per 'level'/'class', rather than several at each level for BD tests up to and including AM. I do know the tests I am writing for - Primera, Novilla, Paso Doble, Golega, Sevilla, Lisboa, and there was a Novato class, but it doesn't have any entries. Any information/guidance would be much appreciated. I am looking forward to learning something new!
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I'm looking forward to hearing all about it! Please do write about your experience. Are you at Parwood? What does MCI stand for?
 
Marigold4 said:
I'm looking forward to hearing all about it! Please do write about your experience. Are you at Parwood? What does MCI stand for?
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Thank you! It was a couple of weeks ago now, but was really interesting, and as I said before, it's always good to learn new stuff. It wasn't at Parwood, but not a million miles away on the Berkshire/Hampshire border.

Taken from the MCI GB website.....

The MCI (Masters Du Cheval Ibérique) is the only European dressage league and Championship that specifically caters to Iberian horses and their riders/owners. Each participating European country has its own representative Association to organise and manage an annual series of qualifiers.

Link: https://mcigb.co.uk/

The immediate differences I spotted compared with BD tests, were that they didn't always start on the centre line, but on the long side instead, plus the serpentines seemed to be more diagonal, than parallel to the short side, if that makes sense? That was what I noticed anyway, in between trying to get all the comments written down.

The first two classes were more like BD young horse classes, so although there were set movements to perform, they were scored overall on their paces etc., rather than the individual movements. In the later tests, the combinations had the choice whether to ride simple or flying changes, and some of the movements/shapes were very different to those in the BD tests, but I guess are designed to play to the strengths/weaknesses/level of schooling of the Iberian horses.

I will no doubt be roped in to write some more, now that I have done it the once!!
 
nikicb said:
Thank you! It was a couple of weeks ago now, but was really interesting, and as I said before, it's always good to learn new stuff. It wasn't at Parwood, but not a million miles away on the Berkshire/Hampshire border.

Taken from the MCI GB website.....

The MCI (Masters Du Cheval Ibérique) is the only European dressage league and Championship that specifically caters to Iberian horses and their riders/owners. Each participating European country has its own representative Association to organise and manage an annual series of qualifiers.

Link: https://mcigb.co.uk/

The immediate differences I spotted compared with BD tests, were that they didn't always start on the centre line, but on the long side instead, plus the serpentines seemed to be more diagonal, than parallel to the short side, if that makes sense? That was what I noticed anyway, in between trying to get all the comments written down.

The first two classes were more like BD young horse classes, so although there were set movements to perform, they were scored overall on their paces etc., rather than the individual movements. In the later tests, the combinations had the choice whether to ride simple or flying changes, and some of the movements/shapes were very different to those in the BD tests, but I guess are designed to play to the strengths/weaknesses/level of schooling of the Iberian horses.

I will no doubt be roped in to write some more, now that I have done it the once!!
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I went to watch the MCI tests at Parwood. It was interesting to see something different. Some lovely horses!
 
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