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[RC] Grand Prix Dressage (was: Endurance Rider) - k s swigartTruman said: But you are still a dressage rider. In reality as I found out one time from my dressage instructor anyone can show up a ride a Grand Prix test. So I guess a rank beginner could call themselve a Grand Prix rider if they entered a Grand Prix class. While it is true that there are currently (the USDF is thinking about changing this) no pre-qualification requirements to enter a Grand Prix dressage test, I would think that if one wanted to call himself a Grand Prix rider that you would actually have to complete the test, not just enter the class. Completing the test requires that you perform all the required movements in all the specified places, and you will incur an "error of course" if you don't. If you incur three "errors of course" you will be eliminated. There are more than three places in the Grand Prix tests with movements required that the rank beginner is unlikely to be able to get his horse to perform: piaffe, passage, canter pirouette, and tempi changes are some obvious ones that come to mind. Considering this, the rank beginner is likely to be eliminated long before the test is over. If, on the other hand, the rank beginner IS able to get the horse to execute all the required movements in the specified places for the whole test, then yes, even this rank beginner can properly consider himself a Grand Prix dressage rider. kat Orange County, Calif. :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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