REVISED SCHEDULE FOR MAY 10TH CT

GMHA’s Combined Test and Arena Trials are modified versions of Combined Driving designed to prepare horse and driver to compete in a full CDE (Combined Driving Event).

The Combined Test (CT), or Two-Phase, includes dressage and cones. Scores from each phase are combined.

Driven Dressage tests are judged similarly to a ridden dressage test, but in a much larger 40 meter x 80 meter ring. The drivers are required to perform a set of movements which include changes of pace, circles, turns, and extensions, rein-back, and halt. Each movement is judged and scores are tallied.

The object of cones is to drive through a course of narrowly spaced pairs of cones cleanly within time allowed. Each cone has a ball placed on top, and any miscalculation will dislodge the ball, thus incurring a penalty. This phase tests the fitness, agility and obedience of the horse and the accuracy and skill of the driver.

The Arena Trials (AT) includes 3 phases: dressage, cones, and arena obstacles. Scores from all phases are combined.

Arena obstacles were created as a way to practice marathon obstacles without a full cross-country marathon. Two obstacles are set up at either end of an arena, with a start and finish line across the center of the arena. Obstacles consist of large sturdy obstacles marked with gates, which drivers must complete in the correct order. Competitors are timed as they drive each obstacle twice. Penalties are accessed for time and knockdowns.

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