Please help dressage arenas

Rachael_jack

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Im doing Offchurch horsetrials championships and the juniors have to do their tests in a 60 x 40m arena!!
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So i am in a panic as i cant remember the letters!

Does anyone have any tips to remember the letters or riding in a arena.
I am having a lesson wednesday in one before but i would like to make one at home to practice! I only have until thursday!

Many thanks
Rachael
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H-J

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I had a BE Novice test in a 20X60 once and I hadnt ridden in one before. I just wrote the letters out in a square (menage shape) on a piece of paper and kept going through my test saying the markers and trying to remember where they were in relation to the normal 20X40 markers!! Hope this helps, good luck
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Bossanova

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I dont learn the letters, just the pattern of the test, I refer to them as corner markers (eg normal K,F,M and H) and 2nd markers- P,R,S and whatever the other one is. the long diagonal runs from corner marker to corner marker, other diagonals run from 2nd to 2nd or 2nd to corner etc.
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helenandshadow

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I dont learn the letters, just the pattern of the test

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me too, i can never remember where the letters are, and thats in a 20 x 40, never mind a 20 x 60!!!
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