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I would like to make a comparison of dressage & endurance riding... 

it isn't like the dressage community considers training level not to be dressage or not 'real ' dressage.   

The lower levels of dressage are valued as the building of a foundation. 

Why can't endurance be looked at in the same light?

Dressage=

Intro

Training

First Level

Second Level

Third Level

Fourth Level

and then the FEI levels

Prix St. George

Intermediate I

Intermediate II
Grand Prix

 

 

'Taste' Rides of 5 miles = Intro Level (see if you like it, expose horse and rider to new things)

12 mile rides = Training Level (requires more conditioning/training)

25 Mile CTR=First/Second Level  (more conditioning/more finesse)

25 +Mile LD=Third Level (more conditioning and even more finesse)

50 Mile = Fourth Level (Now we are really testing you)

75 Mile= Prix St. George

Multi Day Rides = Intermediate I

100 Mile multi-day rides= Intermediate II

and last but not least- the Holy Grail

100 Miles  1 Day= Grand Prix

 

 

 

I get the thing with the runners and the marathon, Bruce, I really do~ they are all still runners though.....just as training level dressage horses are still dressage horses, and TO ME 25 mile LD horses are still Endurance horses....they are just at a different level of TRAINING~  and YES some horses in dressage never progress past second level-  just like many Endurance horses never progress past 25 Miles.

 

~Christina