Achievements

Each achievement is worth DOUBLE the points of a regular training image. The images have to be created specifically for the achievement. Once all the achievements under one sub-heading have been complete, then your horse will receive a certificate and trophy as a reward for sticking with the programme! (which will be coming soon!) You must complete the levels in order, so Bronze must be completed before Silver, etc.
Achievements will be changed every 6 months, but don’t worry; once you’ve got your certificate you don’t have to re-do them!

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Bronze

Square Halt. Some say this is the hardest move of the whole performance, so we want you to draw your horse and rider practising, whether that is on the long rein or in the saddle!
Head Carriage. At the lower levels of dressage it is still nice to see some head carriage so we want you to draw a picture of your rider teaching your horse the correct head carriage!
Transitions. Transitions are one of those things in lower level dressage that are hit or miss, and people are often mislead into thinking that they are not important, but solid transition work is a very good foundation for higher level work. We would like to see your horse and rider practicing transitions!
Rhythm. Rhythm is a very important part of a dressage routine, especially when you start putting it to music, so we want to see your horse and rider trying to keep a steady rhythm in any gait.

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Silver

Straightness. Often classed as the skill that takes the longest time to learn is straightness, so we want to see your horse and rider practice going down the centre line!
Flying Changes. We want to see you introducing your horse to flying changes, whether done using a pole or just by trial and error!
Circles and serpentines. With the judges getting even more picky, the patterns have to be exactly right. We want to see your horse and rider practicing either serpentines or circles!
Collections and extensions. We would like to see your horse and rider performing a collection or extension of any gait.

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Gold

Passage and piaffe. Now getting into the more complicated movements, we want to see your horse learning or performing either passage or piaffe.
Free walk. Often perceived as a very easy move, but with the atmosphere of a big competition it can often become the hardest with horses either turning into giraffes or deciding this would be a great moment for an extended canter. We would like to see your horse and rider practicing the free walk.
Pirouettes. This is a move that comes in many forms so we would like to see your horse and rider performing either a walk, piaffe or canter pirouette!
Award-winning trot. Time to show off that trot! We would like to see your horse and rider performing either a working, collected or extended trot!