Dressage Guide
Show off the beauty and elegance of your silent bond with your animal with dressage.
Dressage Necessities
This section is quoted from Zobo Shephard's "(READ ME SECOND) Dressage Necessities" SL Dressage Society notecard from 2013 and needs some updates. We could just explain WHY those items are needed and then link to the appropriate pages of the sNr Staff Handbook. Some of those in turn would need to be updated to include relevant information (shout range whips, walking backwards etc).
Bow HUD
Everyone will need a bow hud.
There are several dressage huds out there, and these can add to the performance of your dressage routine, however, for class purposes, we only require a bow animation. Any other dressage hud is optional and up to the individual. Here is the good news. Thanks to our friend, Lerim Asbrink, there is a free bow hud included in this packet. (Lermis Bow Hud)
Signal Whip
Trainers & Owners will need a whip capable of not only making an audible sound, but also the ability to be read in local chat. Here is the good news. We have a free one included in this packet. (*WHIP KIRI) It’s real easy…just wear the whip, wear the hud, push the buttons on the hud.
Pony AO
Ponies have the hard part. Since we are coming together to learn and perform Dressage correctly, ponies will have to be able to walk backward. For the level at which we plan to train and compete, the old trick of the fake backward walk is unacceptable. To my knowledge there are two different ways this can be done. If anyone knows of other ways, please let me know and I will add them to this note.
- Morbid Play (MP) Hooves and AO have the ability to walk backward.
- Netsui also sells an AO that can be placed into any modifiable hoof and will give you the ability to walk backward.
Ponies will also be expected to wear a Bridle, harness, and Tail at all times. Bits are optional as this is a class and communication is key, so ponies will have the option of speaking during class time if they wish.
Silent Dressage
The best.
About this Guide
This Silent Dressage Guide is a general introduction to silent dressage and a training guide. It is not a rule set. It does not recommend or favour a particular style. If you take a look at the various rules listed in the reference section at the end, you will probably be able to find something to back up or contradict any possible style or variation. Different stables and trainers have developed their own styles over time, sometimes within, sometimes against the rules they claim to obey. Some of these styles may be older than the written rules. If you use dressage as way to train your pony, to spend time with your pony, all styles are equally valid, or your own style is the only correct one. Either the glass is half full or half empty.
References
Sasaya Rothschild's Dressage (1 + 2) 2007-01-13
(FFF) Dressage Instructions 11/17/08 V2 by Button Wright, Izumi Vought and Heidi Carpenter
Ariel Erlanger's Silent Dressage Rules and Information from 2012
Safra Nitely's Silent Dressage with Travers from 2012
Mikky Heron's Dressage Rules from 2014
SL Dressage Society Rules and Policies
Flower Dressage
The drama.
References
The Pony Flower (one of the two warring styles)