Medium walk in a dressage test?

[kgj66]

In a dressage test i am going to be learning it say to show medium walk and trot at some points.

Could someone please tell me what the difference is between a medium walk/trot/canter adn a normal walk/trot/canter?

Thanks in advance!!

[Est]

Medium walk is "normal" walk, whereas working trot and working canter are "normal" trot and canter.

Walk goes:
Collected, medium (normal), extended

Trot and canter go:
Collected, working (normal), medium, extended

So when a test asks for some strides of medium trot, you would ask for longer strides. Your horse's hoof beats shouldn't speed up at all, but he will lengthen a little through his body and neck, and each stride will cover more ground.

I wrote for a dressage judge recently and competitors had to show medium trot between K and M. The most common reason for low marks was that "no clear difference" was shown between their working trot (normal) and medium trot. So it's worth putting in some practice on this before the test!

[emlybob]

Medium walk should be a purposeful pace when the horse is going forward and showing a good over track. It does get confusing all the diff words for one pace. At prelim and novice level you have to show medium walk, working trot and medium trot and the same in canter. As you come higher up the levels the work all becomes more collected and also have to show extended work as well as medium

[star]

there's no medium trot or canter in prelim though, just medium walk, free walk on a long rein and working trot and canter.

[dressageboy]

when you get into novice you have to show some lenghened strides across the diagonal.:)