You’ve all asked, and Roger Fitzhardinge has delivered… here is the fourth instalment of his photo series! It has been wonderful to see such positive and constructive thoughts over the previous two posts.
Extended trot is probably a crowd favorite. It’s the pace where everyone applauds and it’s the one that can look super fancy. All the same there are principles that need to be adhered to in dressage that give the marks from 0 to 10 at 0.5 increments for that movement. Some horses are just naturally talented at the movement and genetics probably help here. Some are simply not so talented but with good training they can gain marks with better balance and strength. It is possible to win at Grand Prix with an average extended trot and the transitions in and out, as there are only a total of 30 marks constituting for 6.5% of the total, to extended trot and transitions. With piaffe and passage they carry 160 marks or 34.8%. So Extended trot isn’t the most important but great to have!
The following are five great horses and great moments in extended trot.
1: Place them in order from best to least good
2: Give a short brief comment, as if you were a judge to be helpful to highlight your thoughts and to give a reason for why not a better mark
3: Name 3 of the most important things you look at in the picture to assess the quality of the extended
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