Dressage scoring? How does it work?

[Luv 2 Trot]

Hi,

Dressage scores get me confused. I dont understand it!! Can someone please explain to me in an understandable fashion. Thanx a bundle!!

[Evol_or_revert]

Ill give it a go at trying to explain.

This is how I see they mark the lower level dressage test...

You have a judge that sits at A, and a writer that writes down comments from the judge on a piece of paper that you get later.

When you learn your test it may be seprated by a line or something so that only 2 or 3 movements are grouped together. each of these sections you start with 10 marks, as you ride the moment in your test the judges marks it out of the 10. (10 being the best - 0 Not performed) so you are about to get a good mark if you did a good trot, but the next section lets say you stuff up the canter that does not effect your trot mark only the canter mark.

There is also marks for horse and rider at the end of the test that is just how the judge see you and is a good indication of your riding and your horse :D

At the end of you test your marks for each movement are added up plus the riding and horse marks then a final score is given. In Dressage this is then changed in to a percentage mark.

It is all very confusing, but the paper you get back from the judge may help alot in explaining things.

[kedwards]

Each movement is judged on a scale from 0 to 10, with some scores doubled if the movement is given more importance in the test.

At the bottom of the scoresheet, there are several marks given that are not individual movements, but "collective marks" judged throughout the test. Each of these are multiplied by two, so they weigh more heavily into the final score.

The total accumulated points are added, then divided by the total possible points to get a score that represents a percentage achieved.

Here is a guide to marks published by the USDF:
0-3= something basically wrong
4 = "not enough" but not basically wrong
5 = marginal
6-7 = satisfactory to fairly good
8 = good
9-10 = technically correct with brilliance and harmony.

[IrisSilverMoon]

Originally posted by Evol_or_revert



You have a judge that sits at A, and a writer that writes down comments from the judge on a piece of paper that you get later.




psssst....the judge sits at C...;) you enter at A.

[Evol_or_revert]

thanks IrisSilverMoon :D lol I just gave it a guess. And suprisingly I actually do dressage :rolleyes:

Now repeat after me "A Fat Black Mother Cat Had Eight Kittens" :p ;)

[Luv 2 Trot]

Thanx. i think i get it now.