Dressage: Foundation for All Riding Disciplines
Lesson Nine Quiz
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TRUE OR FALSE:
1. You can ride a 30-meter wide circle in the larger arena.
True False
Explain answer:
2. There are 10 meters in each quarter line.
3. The middle line is called the centerline.
4. A U-Turn in the dressage arena is used as a 10-meter corner.
5. X is between A and C.
6. X is between B and E.
7. A dressage railing needs to be at least 4 feet tall.
8. Always do a rein back from every halt.
9. The judge does not look at the rider when scoring a test.
10. The horse should be tense with anticipation.
11. Always enter the dressage ring at C.
12. Never hold in the horses' head with force.
13. A good score is 63%.
14. One of the dressage letters is I.
15. The most common letters in the French alphabet are used in the dressage arena.
16. You should be able to perform any movement in the dressage ring.
17. The judge puts comments on most tests.
18. A 1 is considered a good score.
19. A horse is usually asked to halt at X so the rider can salute the judge.
20. In the large arena, 3 riders can ride three separate 20-meter circles without running into each other or crossing one another's path.
TASKS:
The "tasks" count for 75% of your grade. Please write detailed reports and take your time.
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1. Choose at least 10 movements and place them in any order that should be fun and feasible to ride in a dressage arena. Use any combination of your exercises and the patterns you have learned. Have some rhyme and reason for your selections. Now, draw each movement on separate rectangles marked as "dressage arenas", one per movement, (for example, dotted lines in a corresponding circle representing a 20-meter circle would be one movement), so that you can visualize your personal test. Then explain how you would ride your test. What is going on in your mind as you ride? Why did you choose the order of your patterns? How would your own horse perform them? Now score your make believe test as if you rode it, being as realistic as you can about your horse's strong points and weaknesses.
2. Ride your test! What are your observations? How close were you to grading your horse's performance?
Make a video and load it to one of the video hosting web sites, for example You Tube.
Send the link and a report of your observations to: cathyhansonqh@gmail.com
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