Riding club dressage...

[little_pink_piggies]

A few questions

1) Beaglers are still banned, no?
2) Can I carry 2 schooling whips to work in?
3) Can I carry a schooling whip in the test?
4) Are mexican/grackle nosebands allowed?
5) How tolerant are judges of 17hh 4 year olds with no coordination that have never seen white boards or been in an indoor school with a complete numpty teenager on them?!

 

[MuddyCob]

1) must have proper hat to current standards
2) not sure, never seen anyone try this!
3) yes
4) no
5) Very tolerant in my experience!

HTH

 

[little_pink_piggies]

RE 2) I'm not being mean he's just verrrryyyyy lazy and I don't want to put spurs on him... he just needs it for a few mins

 

[mik]

don't forget your blow-up body protector.

 

[ester]

I dont think they will let you do 2

 

[little_pink_piggies]

Hmmm might work him in at home first then with grackle/schooling whips... (It's a 2 min journey)

 

[mik]

try one (or two) of those football rattles, it isn't actually named as banned in the rulebook.

 

[little_pink_piggies]

I think I wil def need a blow up body protector then

Although he's so laid back he probably wouldn't notice

 

[Bubblegum]

Agree with all of these...but fairly sure you can't use 2 whips for warming up.

 

[Nickijem]

Answer to point no 5) The judges I have come across have been VERY tolerant of 'quirky' behaviour. My horse was SO wound up at the first dressage test we did (to be fair I think I was SO wound up too).
We entered at canter - should have been working trot - then proceeded to rodeo round the arena.
At the end the judge got out of her car smiling and said 'At least you can smile about it - well ridden!'

 

[Bert&Maud]

You definetly can't use two whips in warm up, which is unfortunate as I would if it were allowed! You're not meant to use anything in warm up that's not allowed in the test, apart from boots I think.

 

[Zebedee]

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A few questions

1) Beaglers are still banned, no?

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Yes
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2) Can I carry 2 schooling whips to work in?

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No
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3) Can I carry a schooling whip in the test?

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Yes
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4) Are mexican/grackle nosebands allowed?

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No
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5) How tolerant are judges of 17hh 4 year olds with no coordination that have never seen white boards or been in an indoor school with a complete numpty teenager on them?!

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They should be helpful, supportive, sympathetic & find something positive........should be........