serpentines ... help

[plough0_0]

Need some advice on serpentines in a dressage test , I'm quite ancient but was taught that a serpentine should be made up of straight lines and semi circles if you get what i mean . Just got a test through (only walk and trot) for my son this weekend and the diagram shows the serpentine more like a series of right angle turns with some straight bits along the side of the school . which is correct?

 

[TiaPony]

a serpentine(in my opinion!) : http://www.wellingtonequestriancenter.com/documents/serpentineofdeath.gif
3 loop in that case
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[KatB]

Curves and straight lines... so you ere correct originally! I did a test with them on saturday and did curves and straight lines and got a good mark so presume that is correct!?

 

[Bananaman]

Yep, a series of equal sized half circles that touch the long sides of the arena joined by straight lines that cross the centre line at a RIGHT ANGLE, not as so often seen, on a diagonal.