Added ?: How do YOU memorize tests? / Updated USDF Dressage Tests?

CowGirlUp1833 · 02-16-2007, 09:25 AM

edit: How do you all learn your tests? I'm thinking of litterally DOING the test myself, on the ground. LMAO. I know I will look like an idiot...but I feel that may be the way to go! So how do you guys do it?

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ORIGIONAL POST

I know 2003 was the most recent, but I thought I heard there were new tests this year? Does anyone know if thats true? I tried looking up online but could only find the 2003 tests.

I want to start learning the tests...have a show in a couple months and I have a terrible memory! LOL

Cara · 02-16-2007, 09:48 AM

I'm pretty sure the tests are a bit different...

Intro A and B
http://www.usdf.org/store/TestFormatForWeb.pdf

Training through 4th
United States Equestrian Federation, Inc : Eq Sports : International Disciplines : Dressage

Cara · 02-16-2007, 09:49 AM

hopefully that's what you're looking for...

GO-X-COUNTRY · 02-16-2007, 09:52 AM

United States Equestrian Federation, Inc : Eq Sports : International Disciplines : Dressage

Alrighty, it took a while to find it, but here ya go!

CowGirlUp1833 · 02-16-2007, 10:29 AM

Thanks everyone!!!!

Now who wants to come practice with us??

No1Dazy · 02-16-2007, 10:32 AM

Yup! New tests every 4 years. The last couple of cycles, the tests have gotten harder, but this year they actually got easier. (And shorter!)

Bring Stevey down and you can show with us this year!

Shotgun93 · 02-16-2007, 10:34 AM

I had one of my clients do the test herself over and over again while she was at work. Also, those markerboards with the dressage ring can be very helpful, you can just continually write it down, over and over.

No1Dazy · 02-16-2007, 10:44 AM

We usually set up a minature dressage arena out of lunge lines in the barn aisle. Then someone calls the test while you w/t/c on your own feet in the "arena". It looks silly, but it really works.

Edited to add: Also, I memorize in patterns, NOT letters. (I.e., across the diagonal, not HXF. Or canter in the corner, circle in the middle, etc.) That's just the way I learn best.

doublebarr · 02-16-2007, 10:56 AM

CG - can't help with the dressage part of it, but to memorize patterns in my classes I break it down into parts and work on one section at a time. I "ride" it in my head as often as I can before the class. And, we don't get our patterns till the day of the show

Reining patters and RCH/WCH patterns are established so you can study those before hand, but you don't know which one they'll use till that morning. Trail and Horsemanship patterns are never the same so those take a little more "study" time each day. Like I said, just break it down into parts and memorize one part at a time.

Good luck!

zorse · 02-16-2007, 10:57 AM

Lol, I don't think I would memorize my test a couple months prior...come time to ride the test I'd have thought it over way too much and get myself all confused and mixed up..lol!!

When I memorize tests, I look it over at home, read through it a couple times and draw it out on paper. Then I ride through it once.

If it's a schooling show (percentage day) you're allowed to have a reader.

02-16-2007, 09:25 AM	#1
CowGirlUp1833 Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Holland Lake Shore, West Michigan Posts: 15,657 Images: 378 Blog Entries: 31	Added ?: How do YOU memorize tests? / Updated USDF Dressage Tests? edit: How do you all learn your tests? I'm thinking of litterally DOING the test myself, on the ground. LMAO. I know I will look like an idiot...but I feel that may be the way to go! So how do you guys do it? ** ORIGIONAL POST I know 2003 was the most recent, but I thought I heard there were new tests this year? Does anyone know if thats true? I tried looking up online but could only find the 2003 tests. I want to start learning the tests...have a show in a couple months and I have a terrible memory! LOL __________________ Kimberly** www.Equine-Endeavors.com Training horses properly is a study in delayed gratification.... Last edited by CowGirlUp1833; 02-16-2007 at 10:32 AM. Reason: Addition

02-16-2007, 09:48 AM	#2
Cara Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 3,641 Images: 27	I'm pretty sure the tests are a bit different... Intro A and B http://www.usdf.org/store/TestFormatForWeb.pdf Training through 4th United States Equestrian Federation, Inc : Eq Sports : International Disciplines : Dressage __________________ ~It Depends~ Cara ~ www.freewebs.com/tessajequine~

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Cara Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: California Posts: 3,641 Images: 27	hopefully that's what you're looking for... __________________ ~It Depends~ Cara ~ www.freewebs.com/tessajequine~

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GO-X-COUNTRY Senior Member+ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,647 Images: 309	United States Equestrian Federation, Inc : Eq Sports : International Disciplines : Dressage Alrighty, it took a while to find it, but here ya go! __________________ Proud member of the Fake Friends club! http://www.myspace.com/124409248

02-16-2007, 10:29 AM	#5
CowGirlUp1833 Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Holland Lake Shore, West Michigan Posts: 15,657 Images: 378 Blog Entries: 31	Thanks everyone!!!! Now who wants to come practice with us?? __________________ *Kimberly* www.Equine-Endeavors.com Training horses properly is a study in delayed gratification....

02-16-2007, 10:32 AM	#6
No1Dazy Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 2,012 Images: 76 Blog Entries: 14	Yup! New tests every 4 years. The last couple of cycles, the tests have gotten harder, but this year they actually got easier. (And shorter!) Bring Stevey down and you can show with us this year! __________________ "Out of nothing comes nothing. We must at least try." ~Wolfgang May, 7/18/08

02-16-2007, 10:34 AM	#7
Shotgun93 Senior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Southwest SD Posts: 13,305 Images: 124	I had one of my clients do the test herself over and over again while she was at work. Also, those markerboards with the dressage ring can be very helpful, you can just continually write it down, over and over. __________________ In the quiet light of the stable, you hear a muffled snort, the stamp of a hoof, a friendly nicker. Gentle eyes inquire, "How was your day old friend?" and suddenly, all your troubles fade away. -Author Unknown

02-16-2007, 10:44 AM	#8
No1Dazy Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 2,012 Images: 76 Blog Entries: 14	We usually set up a minature dressage arena out of lunge lines in the barn aisle. Then someone calls the test while you w/t/c on your own feet in the "arena". It looks silly, but it really works. Edited to add: Also, I memorize in patterns, NOT letters. (I.e., across the diagonal, not HXF. Or canter in the corner, circle in the middle, etc.) That's just the way I learn best. __________________ "Out of nothing comes nothing. We must at least try." ~Wolfgang May, 7/18/08

02-16-2007, 10:56 AM	#9
doublebarr Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 7,125 Images: 542	CG - can't help with the dressage part of it, but to memorize patterns in my classes I break it down into parts and work on one section at a time. I "ride" it in my head as often as I can before the class. And, we don't get our patterns till the day of the show Reining patters and RCH/WCH patterns are established so you can study those before hand, but you don't know which one they'll use till that morning. Trail and Horsemanship patterns are never the same so those take a little more "study" time each day. Like I said, just break it down into parts and memorize one part at a time. Good luck! __________________ ROCK ON ANN COULTER!!! YOU GO GIRL!

02-16-2007, 10:57 AM	#10
zorse Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 6,605 Images: 474 Blog Entries: 331	Lol, I don't think I would memorize my test a couple months prior...come time to ride the test I'd have thought it over way too much and get myself all confused and mixed up..lol!! When I memorize tests, I look it over at home, read through it a couple times and draw it out on paper. Then I ride through it once. If it's a schooling show (percentage day) you're allowed to have a reader. __________________ To an ordinary human being, love means nothing if it does not mean loving some people more than others. -George Orwell http://flippingpages.wordpress.com/

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