mavandkaz
Well-Known Member
am off to have my first bash at affiliated dressage - well 'my quest' - this weekend, and my second attempt at a Novice test.
was running through the test yesterday with my instructor and noticed that there appears to be a walk to canter transition, which I thought was a bit harsh for Novice (but am new to all this so maybe not). My question is that it doesn't say 'walk to canter transition' it just says:
free walk across diagonal to M
M-C medium walk
Between C and H working canter.
so does it need to be a straight walk to canter, or could it be progressive? just wondering as horse can do walk to canter but tends to hollow, so maybe a couple of steps of trot maybe better so that he stays soft?
any thoughts or tips for this test?
was running through the test yesterday with my instructor and noticed that there appears to be a walk to canter transition, which I thought was a bit harsh for Novice (but am new to all this so maybe not). My question is that it doesn't say 'walk to canter transition' it just says:
free walk across diagonal to M
M-C medium walk
Between C and H working canter.
so does it need to be a straight walk to canter, or could it be progressive? just wondering as horse can do walk to canter but tends to hollow, so maybe a couple of steps of trot maybe better so that he stays soft?
any thoughts or tips for this test?