Share
Close
Western Dressage & Pattern Practice
$90 per class
From $95 per visit with Distance & Dressage - 10 Pack pass
A credit card is required to enroll but isn't charged until the time of service.
Western dressage integrates the historically validated principles of dressage with the best of Western stock horse tradition.
This practice session is focused on helping to coach riders riders to hone their skills through the practice, repetition, perfection and performance of patterns. These "tests" are set patterns by international standards at various levels and can be used at various schooling shows throughout the area.
Tests are built up of multiple individual elements and skills in succession, with each portion being performed as one pattern but judged as individual components. The breakdown of each pattern provides amazing opportunities to hone specific strengths and weaknesses and to understand the movements as individual elements but also as part of an entire performance.
Each practice session will be two hours long, giving ample time to practice pattern components, take turns running through portions or entireties of the test, learning how to "call" a test to a rider to help them memorize the sequences, and how to evaluate and judge performances of each element.
The hallmarks of the Western dressage horse are usefulness, rideability, willingness, safety, pure gaits, lightness, calmness, and steadiness, displayed through the performance of a set pattern or "test."
Western Dressage Booklet: https://www.usef.org/forms-pubs/NpmAWxkXY6M/wd-western-dressage
Examples of Western Dressage Test Patterns can be found at: https://www.westerndressageassociation.org/wdaa-tests
Examples of English Dressage Test Patterns can be found at: https://www.usdf.org/downloads/forms/index.asp?TypePass=Tests
Prix Caprilli Tests 1 & 2: https://www.northamericanwesterndressage.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-Prix-Caprilli-Test-1-2....
This practice session is focused on helping to coach riders riders to hone their skills through the practice, repetition, perfection and performance of patterns. These "tests" are set patterns by international standards at various levels and can be used at various schooling shows throughout the area.
Tests are built up of multiple individual elements and skills in succession, with each portion being performed as one pattern but judged as individual components. The breakdown of each pattern provides amazing opportunities to hone specific strengths and weaknesses and to understand the movements as individual elements but also as part of an entire performance.
Each practice session will be two hours long, giving ample time to practice pattern components, take turns running through portions or entireties of the test, learning how to "call" a test to a rider to help them memorize the sequences, and how to evaluate and judge performances of each element.
The hallmarks of the Western dressage horse are usefulness, rideability, willingness, safety, pure gaits, lightness, calmness, and steadiness, displayed through the performance of a set pattern or "test."
Western dressage tests provide the opportunity for horse and rider to demonstrate growth through a series of progressive elements by advancing from test to test and level to level as they develop in physical skill, mental maturity, and partnership. Competitions are both rewarding and educational, with judges providing scores and offering feedback for each element, as well as for collective marks demonstrated throughout the test.
While the focus of this class may be more on the Western Dressage components, English Dressage riders are welcome to join to work on their English Dressage or Prix Caprilli Patterns and tests.Western Dressage Booklet: https://www.usef.org/forms-pubs/NpmAWxkXY6M/wd-western-dressage
Examples of Western Dressage Test Patterns can be found at: https://www.westerndressageassociation.org/wdaa-tests
Examples of English Dressage Test Patterns can be found at: https://www.usdf.org/downloads/forms/index.asp?TypePass=Tests
Prix Caprilli Tests 1 & 2: https://www.northamericanwesterndressage.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-Prix-Caprilli-Test-1-2....
Showing
{{context.state.summary}}