What does each level involve?

[ISH]

Firstly I'd like to apologise as this has been posted before but unfortunately I can't find the thread :(

I wondered if someone would be so kind as to detail the movements involved in each level from Prelim to Grand Prix. Or a link to the original thread.

Thanks :o

[Lgd]

I'll put in where each thing first appears i.e. it will be in the levels above as well.

Prelim - Medium & collected walk, working trot, working canter. 20 metre circles in canter and walk. 10 metre half circles in walk and trot. 15 metre circles in trot.

Novice - medium trot and canter. counter canter, rein back, 10 metre circles in trot, 15metre half circles in canter, canter change of lead through trot, give and retake the reins in trot and canter,

Elementary - simple changes (allowed to progressive on the downward transition), walk to canter, 15 m circles in canter, leg yield in trot, extended walk. Stretchy canter circle. large quarter pirouettes in walk.

Medium - half pass in trot and canter, trot travers, trot shoulder-in, simple changes (have to be direct up and down), extended trot (only in one test now if I remember rightly), 10 metre circles in canter, canter halt, halt canter, half pirouettes in walk.

Advanced medium - single flying changes, half pass counter change in trot, 8 m circles in trot and canter, extended canter

Advanced - 6m half circle in canter, 3 x 4 tempi changes, steeper half pass angles

PSG - half pirouette in canter, half pass counter change of hand in canter (single), 5 x 3 tempi changes, 5 x 4 tempi changes

Intermediaire I - full canter pirouette, double canter half pass counter change, 7 x 2 tempi changes, steeper half pass angles.

Intermediaire II steeper half pass angles, 11 x 1 tempi changes, piaffe and passage.

GP - steeper half pass angles (quarter marker to opposite half marker), counter changes in canter go by number of steps rather than distance, piaffe/passage tour is more difficult, 15 x 1 tempi changes

Probably missed odd bits out (doing it from memory). At each level the degree of engagement and self-carriage increases and the quality of the transitions should be much crisper. Follows the scales of training.

[ISH]

Thanks very much for typing all that out! I appreciate it :)

[andreaB]

i'm just starting to compete elementary so i can add to that:

1/2 10m circle with return to track
counter canter
5m 'shallow' canter loops from the track

[jackbruv]

'LGD'- is there really collected walk in prelim level, i havent ever seen it??
i was told that leg yield is to be included in elementary soon? is it true?

[Lgd]

'LGD'- is there really collected walk in prelim level, i havent ever seen it??
i was told that leg yield is to be included in elementary soon? is it true?

Oops! Clerical error - should be medium and free walk.
Leg yield mentioned above, has been in for some time now, it was put in instead of shoulder-in.

i'm just starting to compete elementary so i can add to that:

1/2 10m circle with return to track
counter canter
5m 'shallow' canter loops from the track

First one appears in prelim level in trot
counter canter in novice
canter loop is just counter canter really
Didn't mention them if they already occur in a lower level test.

[andreaB]

sorry , i meant 1/2 10m circle in canter!! missed the most important word! duh

[april89]

Mods, could we possibly sticky this? It's just nice and consise at giving an idea of what to aim for!

[Willingbe]

Mods, could we possibly sticky this? It's just nice and consise at giving an idea of what to aim for!

I've copied LGD's response and put in the dressage test and rules sticky.

The BD website used to have a library with the test principles listed but it disappeared when they updated the web-site. Let's hope it reappears now they have someone working on updating the site!

[april89]

Thank you. :) Not sure why I didn't think of that! :rolleyes: :o