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| 1362.1 | Dressage Etiquette | HEEHEE::JOHNSON | | Tue Sep 18 1990 14:59 | 33 |
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Here are some rules of the road I learned years ago.
Pass left shoulder to left shoulder, but there are exceptions to this:
-> When walking, always stay well on the inside of the track.
-> When circling, always stay on the inside of the track.
-> When doing shoulder-in, always yield to the oncoming
rider.
-> Haunches-in has right of way.
-> Straight lines generally have right of way over
lateral movements, since at anytime in a lateral
movement, you can straighten your horse, thereby
changing your course, and yielding from the other
rider (except for haunches in).
-> Any movement of high collection should get
right of way, like pirouette (although its hard
to anticipate when someone's about to do it),
piaffe, passage.
When mounting your horse in an arena, you should mount
off the track, and off the diagonals and E-B line. This
leaves you with several options on either quarter line.
When riding in a school, you shouldn't have to pass other
riders, or circle to keep enough distance between horses.
Each rider is responsible for space in front of his/her
horse AS WELL as behind his/her horse. In other words,
if you notice the person behind you is getting close, then
its your responsibility to cut the next corner. The person
behind you should go deeper into the the next corner.
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| 1362.2 | | CSC32::M_HOEPNER | Standing on the edge is not the same | Tue Sep 18 1990 15:02 | 13 |
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Nice list you generated.
Re:
> --Don't let your horse bite another horse. (This seems obvious, but
> believe it or not, some people don't know that! My horse got bit
> last Sunday and the rider didn't care!)
I suspect the rider would care if that horse bit E.C. Thats part of
the reason for carrying a whip... ;-)
Mary Jo
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| 1362.4 | | LEVADE::DAVIDSON | | Tue Sep 18 1990 15:50 | 10 |
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How 'bout considering how close the trailers are parked at a
show before tie-ing out one's horse?
(I was at one show where my neighbor insisted on tieing their
pony. I had to physically move the pony before lowering the
ramp on my trailer. Another time, the horse tied out was a
kicker... made for interesting dashes to get my stuff...)
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| 1362.5 | | DECXPS::LCOBURN | If it works, break it. | Tue Sep 18 1990 16:00 | 5 |
| ...and congratulating the winner after your class. It's rare it
seems, but I've had competitors do it to me after I've taken a
blue and it sure feels nice, so I try to make a point to do so
myself.
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| 1362.6 | .....AND | BOOVX2::MANDILE | | Tue Sep 18 1990 17:09 | 16 |
| LEAVE your dog at home, or if it must come along, tie it
securely. Nervous horses & riders don't need a dog darting
about, or as I saw at the last show, joining them in the ring.
Throw your trash away in the barrels provided, or stash it
for disposal later. SOMEONE has to clean up after you, and
you can bet it is part of the reason fees are so high.
....or during a windy day, seeing a white plastic bag blow
through a riding ring full of nervous, high strung horses
....you can guess the rest of that scene!
....Be a good sport. Someday that blue will be yours!
L-
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| 1362.7 | Dog Show | MERLAN::KJROY | | Wed Sep 19 1990 09:40 | 5 |
| -.1 Leave your dog at home...
Couldn't you just imagine bringing a horse to a dog show!
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| 1362.8 | How about sportsmanship! | TJT01::ARMITAGE | | Wed Sep 19 1990 12:49 | 16 |
| I had the same things happen to me at several intercollegiate horse
shows and you'll never guess who lacked respect? It's too bad schools
such as Smith and Harvard don't spend as much time on sportsmanship as
they do on perfection. You can't have one without the other. I got
cut off in the ring and it cost me the rest of the season for my senior
year and the possibility of making it to regionals. Not only did she
cut me off but her horse proceeded to bite mine which then spooked and
threw me and I ended up with a spained ankle and thrown out back, but
she never apologized or came over to see how I was! Obviously my
biggest gripe is sportsmanship. You can't win the blues all the time
but you should know that you tried your best. Just remember the old
saying:
IT'S NOT WHETHER YOU WIN OR LOSE,
BUT IT'S HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME
THAT COUNTS
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| 1362.9 | some old dressage rules | CARTUN::MISTOVICH | | Wed Sep 19 1990 13:39 | 12 |
| When I rode at the American Dressage Institute, they had a pile of
rules, complete with charts! Here they are, as best I can remember:
. Sr. rider/lesson picks the direction, pace (on the track/rail).
. Fastest pace gets the track, 2nd fastest to the inside, walk well to
the inside
. Opposite direction get next 3 inside tracks (this is for
gigantic rings)
. when 2 riders are crossing diagonal, pass left-hand to left-hand
. never pass a horse in front of you (on your track) -- instead,
circle away
. If your horse loses it -- leave
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