What qualifications do you need to judge dressage

[nikkinoo]

I know you can get training via BD but wondering if to judge local riding club, intro and prelim levels, specific training has to be undertaken first?
TIA

 

[JennBags]

You have to have successfully competed at a certain level first, before you take on any training.

 

[PaddyMonty]

Unaffiliated anyone can judge. No training required.
BD a very different story

 

[Farma]

Anyone can judge unaff dressage, however, most venues will only use listed or trainee judges from the judges section of bd, to become a trainee you need a certain number of results over a certain % at least at novice. I started the training and was inundated with offers from local venues asking me to judge so that seems to be the way they go about getting judges.
I have been judging for a while now and all of the judges know each other, I have seen a few people thrown in to cover in an emergency with no real experience whatsoever which has only been in desperate circumstances but have seen some interesting sheets and scores as a result!

 

[Orangehorse]

Anyone with a reasonable competition record could be asked to judge the local Pony Club class, or even Riding Club, but beyond that you have to go on training courses.

 

[nikkinoo]

Great thanks for replies. Very helpful x