LETTERS

A TIME FOR CHANGE?

I WOULD like to raise a point about the dressage test marking sheet - does it represent an accurate reflection of the true meaning of the word “dressage”, a progressive and interrelated system through which to develop the horse over time?

After many years, we still have the system of marking each movement with a number from 0 to 10; the numbers correspond to a key explaining what that score means and there’s space for