Withdrawing from a dressage test

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If you get through your test and it is clear that it is going to be rubbish, can you withdraw before trotting down the centre line?

I know many pros do this as they do not want to spoil a horse's record but does it not show that there has been a withdrawal and do you get your test sheet at the end?
 
as above. I've only retired a couple of times (tbh I have always regretted it when I got the sheet!) and Ive always received my sheet, filled in as far as I got to. I don't know if you can see the fact you've retired on your record from the BD side, there's nothing to see from the member's side.
 
milliepops said:
as above. I've only retired a couple of times (tbh I have always regretted it when I got the sheet!) and Ive always received my sheet, filled in as far as I got to. I don't know if you can see the fact you've retired on your record from the BD side, there's nothing to see from the member's side.
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That has been the case historically. I thought there was something muted about changing it so withdrawing / retiring / being elimintated would show on a horse's record in the future. Something about being able to retire if test not good making record false. Your BE record shows all events.
 
flying_high said:
That has been the case historically. I thought there was something muted about changing it so withdrawing / retiring / being elimintated would show on a horse's record in the future. Something about being able to retire if test not good making record false. Your BE record shows all events.
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Yes I thought it was changing.... maybe when we get the new website ... :rolleyes:

I've retired when it felt like things were unravelling to the point where there was no point trying to continue. as a hobby rider I don't need to protect my record, I don't intend to sell my horses :) I think I'd still do it if I felt I had no chance of getting the horse to come back to me. Last time I withdrew *before* starting the test, that was on my young horse who lost the plot while waiting for the bell :eek:
 
milliepops said:
Yes I thought it was changing.... maybe when we get the new website ... :rolleyes:

I've retired when it felt like things were unravelling to the point where there was no point trying to continue. as a hobby rider I don't need to protect my record, I don't intend to sell my horses :) I think I'd still do it if I felt I had no chance of getting the horse to come back to me. Last time I withdrew *before* starting the test, that was on my young horse who lost the plot while waiting for the bell :eek:
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I have typically carried on for grim death, as I get in to bl***dy minded most. For example was when I nearly fell off twice at horse adlibbing violent spins and take offs at some but not other flowerpots at competition. Picture medium trot across the diagonal with a sudden violent drop shoulder and spin round. Judges summing up comment mentioned rider should know better than to talk to the horse at medium!!! Talk about unsympathetic! I was trying to stay on and get through the test and telling the b***dy horse that ALL the flower pots were the same, and were NOT going to kill him! And thinking if he got the message, the next test might be better!
 
lol. Helpful remark there!
Yeah there's a difference between getting round somehow so the next test might be better, and calling it quits cos neither of you are learning anything useful o_O;)
 
You can retire at any point in a test by raising your hand, I've done it a couple of times on youngsters when its all going wrong and I want to repeat a movement etc for the horses education that sort of thing. So far it has never shown on the horse's record, but I havent done it for a few years so it may show now. I vaguely remember talk about a retirement being shown on the record, but it doesnt yet as far as I know.

Personally, when I have retired I have done it on the last centre line so the horse has done as much of the test as possible, but getting to that point has not been pretty!

ETA: whenever I have retired I have always been given my sheet.
 
Yes, you can retire (in the ring) or withdraw (before the test has started). I know WD or retd. is shown on the results at a show, but don't know if they are on the record after that. I've only retired once, when the horse decided to stop and dig a large hole in the middle of the canter work......
 
Thanks for this. I’ve never retired before and on reflection, I probably should have on at least one occasion when my horse was being downright dangerous.

I think if I ever get to that point again, I will do as much as I can and try retiring at a positive point.
 
Ive retired so many times now - my horse was very nappy and would literally explode ! If I didn't retire we would have ended up in the next county. Luckily it never went on my record (tho I too have heard that changes are afoot)
 
I retired a horse a couple of months ago as it was all going badly wrong! No results on BD and got my test sheet as well as sympathetic comments from the judge.
 
I’ve written for judges many times at unaffiliated and it was quite common for people to retire thinking it’s all gone wrong when actually they’ve not done too badly so whilst sometimes it’s needed some people judge themselves too harshly and just need to keep going.
 
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