Dressage - which tests?

[Maes Seren]

Unaffiliated Dressage, May 11, 2008

Entry fee: £9.00
Prizes: 1st - £10, 2nd - £9, 3rd - £8, 4th - £7
Rosettes to 6th place


CLASS ONE PRELIMINARY 4
Open to horses and ponies with no BD or BE points
CLASS TWO PRELIMINARY 7
Open to horses and ponies with no BD or BE points
CLASS THREE NOVICE 25
Open to horses and ponies
CLASS FOUR NOVICE 32
Open to horses and ponies


and

Unaffiliated Dressage, May 18, 2008

Entry fee: £9.00
Prizes: 1st - £10, 2nd - £9, 3rd - £8, 4th - £7
Rosettes to 6th place


CLASS ONE PRELIMINARY 13
CLASS TWO PRELIMINARY 14
CLASS THREE NOVICE 20
CLASS FOUR NOVICE 21
CLASS FIVE ELEMENTARY 41
CLASS SIX ELEMENTARY 44

For the first test, im thinking prelim 4, but for you dressagers, what does novice 25 ride like?

Second tests, which two should i do? Im favouring novice 21 cos i like the test, but having never ridden either prelims or the novice 20, what do they ride like?

[abi]

sorry cant help coz we arent onto novice tests yet, but good luck! are you taking Gem?
if you need a copy of prelim 1, 4 or 7 i can send them to you xx

[Maes Seren]

Thanks Abi, but ive got all of those tests that i can possibly do.

Yep its Gem im doing it on. ;D

[abi]

cool cool.
this is really off topic but its bugging me, how do you pronounce the "maesseren?" does it mean something?

and what program did you do the banner thing with your three's heads on? xx

[Maes Seren]

Maes Seren is Welsh for Meadow Star/My Star. Its pronounced 'my's seren' Its Gems registered name (not that shes welsh or anything, she was born there but is conny x tb).

I used adobe photoshop elements to do my heads. ;D

[Maes Seren]

Any ideas guys? ;D ;D

[fimacg]

I like Prelim 7, nice and easy, not too many rapid transitions to try to remember, I don't know about the others though.

Chompy and I are doing Prelim 7 tonight as our 1st ever dressage comp...

[maximum]

I do like prelim 7 as a test but its sooooooo long since I did novice I'm not sure what 21 is - in fact it is not even in my booklet so is it a new one?

[Maes Seren]

Ok, ill do prelim 7. Not done it for a while.

21 is a 2002 test, its one of the more basic tests. 20 is a 2008 test, which has 12m circles eugh!

[abi]

7 is good, i like 4 too.

however, i dont like prelim 1 (its scheduled for next dressage comp, eugh) theres lots of canter in it (over a full lap!) which just doesnt suit us,we hav a nice, balanced, rhythmical trot and walk, but canter always lets us down!

depends on the horse, which gaits are her best? x

[trojanwarrior]

Prelims 13 and 14 are a bit 'messy' and don't really flow that well. Out of the two, I'd go with 14, but that's because there is only a little left canter and my horse's left canter is naff!

[tina]

May 4, 2008 12:40:49 GMT Maes Seren said:

what does novice 25 ride like?

Second tests, which two should i do? Im favouring novice 21 cos i like the test, but having never ridden either prelims or the novice 20, what do they ride like?

25 is a nice test,

prefer 21 to 20 but 20 does actually ride quite nicely

[Maes Seren]

Only just seen this, handed in my sheet today and have chosen P7, P13 and N21. Also have P12 next saturday too, which ive never ridden before but i like the look of as theres not a long centreline at the end!

[Maes Seren]

Thought, seeing as im short on dosh id just enter a prelim for this sunday (late entry, whoops) to bring her back into the nutty world of dressage.

[duckles]

I always wondered about your name Maes Seren- its lovely- meadow star in Whelsh - good luck in the tests

[Maes Seren]

Thanks ;D