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Equipment and Attire
All Trainers must wear boots and either long pants or breeches. Equipment and attire may be either English or Western, and junior Trainers must wear an ASTM-approved helmet. Horses must wear a saddle and a headstall with reins. Riding bareback or bridleless is prohibited. Martingales, tie- downs, or any mechanism that restrains the head or neck are prohibited.
Wraps, protective boots, and hoof boots are permitted.
Horses may be ridden in a snaffle bit, bosal or hackamore regardless of age. Trainers shall ride horses in this tack with two hands. Combination bits are prohibited.
Trainers riding in a shank bit will do so with one hand only. Two-handed riding in a shank bit will result in deductions from the score per obstacle element. Shank bits must be used with a curb chain or strap.
Judges and Stewards have the authority to require removal or alteration of equipment that they deem to be inhumane or create unfair advantage in competition.
Dressage
Preliminary Test Format
Test
All horses will perform their choice of the 2019 US Equestrian Federation Training Level Test 2 or Western Dressage Association of America 2017 Basic Level Test 1 in a standard arena before a single judge. See the appendix for test copies.
Demonstration Ride
All horses will then perform a five-minute demonstration ride before a separate judge in a standard arena which must include walk, trot/jog, and canter/lope in both directions. Horses should perform whatever movements best demonstrate the level and quality of their training within the Dressage Training Pyramid. Note that judges will penalize efforts to perform movements beyond a horse’s level of training and development. The demonstration ride is not performed to music. Time will start upon entering the arena and saluting the judge. A bell will sound when five minutes is up. Trainers need not salute at the conclusion of the demonstration ride.
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