This message is from: Mike May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
DRESSAGE TEST
With the show season about to begin again, we remember a few past rides
that turned into nightmares. For these, a test has been written.
1. A Enter at ordinary serpentine.
X Sprawl. Salute.
2. C Stop dead. Stare in horror at Judge and shy to the left. Continue
ordinary working gallop.
3. E Stagger left 20 or 15 or 22 meters in diameter circle of pear-
shaped or five-pointed star.
4. K Begin to halt.
Z Keep trying.
F You can do it.
B Pulley rein. Give up. Continue at out-of-hand gallop.
5. H Regain right stirrup. Continue ordinary trot-bouncing.
6. MKT Change rein, free walk loose reins. Remove horse from Judge's
table. Ask Judge for leg-up. Jump back into ring.
7. Z Turn down centre.
X Halt. Grin. Scratch. Burst into tears.
Leave area at free walk on loose rein-loose language.
-Author Unknown.
