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Discussion on TOF in Dressage
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Horsepix
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Posted on Tuesday, Oct 21, 2003 - 8:53 pm:
I can't speak for other disciplines, but a turn on the forehand in dressage does indeed want impulsion and movement in the front legs. In a dressage test, the score is reduced if the horse looses impulsion and does not maintain a 4-beat walk during any movement done at a walk. Turn on the forehand can be used in training as a precursor to half-pass, where the horse's bend is the same as it's direction of travel -- and the front end is full of motion.
Similarly, turns on the haunches are scored the same way. If the horse looses impulsion and does not maintain a pure 4-beat rhythm, they will be marked down. Turn on the haunches is a precursor to canter pirouettes where maintaining rhythm and cadence are extremely important.
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