Anyone else bad at remembering locations of arena letters?

[Scarlett 001]

Not a significant post, but more a question of curiousity. I am dreadful at remembering the letters in the dressage arena. Does anyone else have an issue with this?!

After 3 or more years or riding, I still could not tell you the location of the letters to you right now! :eek: :rolleyes: :p On that note, it is a good job I am not into jumping, as I'd stand *no* chance of remembering a course by just walking it once - I would be just hopeless.

I know there are some tricks to remember the letters - some phrases or something. If anyone can share those, or any other tips to remember the letters that would be great! :)

[poohsmate]

hi scarlett
i used to have a problem when i first started doing dressage, but after a while you just seem to know where you are;)
i have more of a problem remembering the test:( and have gone wrong even when it's been called:eek:
All Fat Bay Mares Can Hardly Ever KIck use this one to remember letters:D :D of course only for a 20x40 arena. 20x60 you have to shove RSVP in as well....

no offence Bay Mare!!!

[BeachRiding]

I think I would be dreadful at remembering tests!

[fishiz3434]

Heres a few wats to remember , wat eva tickles your fancy


For a 20 meter x 40 meter arena

1. All Fat Brown Mares Can Hardly Ever Kick
2. All King Edwards Horses Consume Much Bad Feed
3.All King Edward's Horses Can't Make Big Fences
4. All Kind Elephants Have Cute Mothers, Bald Fathers.
5. All Fat Boys Make Cute Husbands Except Kevin (thanks to Diana Bodensteiner)
6. All King Edward's Horses Can Manage Big Fences (thanks to Suzie Rees)
7. Any Kicking Eagles Have Cool Magic Blue Feathers (thanks to Suzie Rees)
8. All King Edwards Horses Carry Many Brave Fighters (thanks to Hayley)
9. A Kindly Elephant Has Crushed My Blinking Foot! (thanks to Sara Green)
10. A Fat Black Mother Cat Has Eight Kittens (thanks to Jan & Grace Aitken)
11. All King Edward's Horses Can Make Big Foals. (thanks to Lise Bargardo)
12. All Fat Black Manx Cats Hate Eating Kippers (thanks to Hayley Anderson and Megan Neilson)
13. All King Edward's Horses Carry Many Blinking Fools!! (thanks to Kirstie Haverty)
14. All King Edwards Horses Can Make Best Friends (thanks to Lynda Cushman)
15. A Fine Bay Mare Came Home Eating Kale (thanks to Jean Morrison)
16. All King's Edwards Horses Call Me Blinking Fool (thanks to Dawna Ullrich)
17. All King Edwards Horses Can Move Beautifully Forward
18. All King Edwards Horses Can Make Beautiful Foals
19. Alle Friese boeren met centen hebben een koe
(the rough translation from Dutch being "all farmers from friesland with money do have a
cow")
20. All King Edward's Horsemen Can Mount By Foot (thanks to Daisy And Houdini)


& of course the centre line markers A - D - X - G - C

All (A) Daddies (D) Kiss (X) Grannies (G) Carefully (C) (thanks to John Peters)
Gina Cares About Dented Xylophones (thanks to Mandy Lineweber)

For a 20 meter x 60 meter arena

1. All King Victor Emmanuel's Show Horses Can Make Really Beautiful People Fall.
2. Any Kind Vet Enjoys Sharing Horse Care Methods Recommended By Professional Farms (thanks to Diana Bodensteiner)
3. A First Place Blue Ribbon Makes Common Horsemen Savor Each Victory Keenly (thanks to Diana Bodensteiner)
4. A KVESH Can't Make Robots Burp Petrol Fuel! (thanks to Aimee)
5. All king victor edwards superb horses can make really big perfect fences (thanks to Marie Cole)

& of course the centre line markers A - D - L - X - I - G - C

Ali's Dad Loudly Xrayed Incoming Gambian Cows (thanks to Mandy Lineweber)
Daddy loves exotic Indian girls. (sent in by Martha Aitken)


If you can think of any more please let us know! email info@equiworld.com

[mogadoga]

I can NOT remember this! I only know AKEHCMBF (All King Edwards Horses Can Manage Big Fences.) So im sticking to prelim dressage... And not doing the two using all letters. Hehe

[Skib]

I was taught
All King Edward's Horses Canter Most bravely Forward.
I remembered it fine. What doesnt work is relating it when riding.
I do now know A, X and C.
And am hoping that my brain is gradually absorbing the others. In an outdoor school it is easier, I think. Because I have a clear picture of the tree or bushes or amount of light at each letter.

[poohsmate]

Crikey fishiz3434 are you bored:D :D
where did you get that lot from:eek: that would of taken me a week to type out;)

[Ross]

Does it matter? I used to learn the test with a picture of the arena in front of me, and learnt where I was going, not where the letters were - so even though I could never remember it didn't matter!

If you're being instructed you can look and check...

Ross

[Mina]

I'm slightly dyslexic, so I really struggle to remember where any of them are, though I can now manage A, C and X.... or the 'E side' or 'B side' of the school. When our RI issues instructions I'm usually too busy looking around to find the letters to fully listen to what she's asking us to do!

[jenren!!]

Too many letters for me. One reason im not a massive fan of dressage - too much like English at school :D

Jenny xx

[LMS]

All King Edward's Horses Can Make Big Fooshies (or any othe "F" word to signify flatulence)

The boys in my one classes love that one!

I made them learn only the middle letters to start off with & they had to come up with a saying. They came up with: Alligators Eat Candy Bars

I thought that was pretty clever. Can't remember what the girls came up with.

[VickiGG]

Interesting the one I learnt was 'A Fat Black Mother Cat Had Eleven Kittens' is clockwise and 'All King Edward's Horses Canter Most bravely Forward' is counter clockwise.
:confused:

[artemis]

I just used to remember the pattern of the test.

[DITZ]

i visualise it too by buying my tests off www.dressagediagrams.co.uk . couldnt tell you where any of the letters were apart from a and c.;)

[andreaB]

i've been riding for a few years & have a menage at home & would really have to think about it to tell you where the letters are

i remember dressage tests as a sequence rather than where the letters are , which doesn't work out bad when you go to dressage on grass & someone has marked out the arena with the letters in the wrong places:rolleyes: