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The relationship between judge assessment of ‘collective marks’ and overall performance within an elite level dressage competition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

T C Whitaker ,
A A Mills ,
R Kane  and
R Murray
T C Whitaker*
Affiliation:
Writtle College, Centre for Equine and Animal Science, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
A A Mills
Affiliation:
Writtle College, Centre for Equine and Animal Science, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
R Kane
Affiliation:
Writtle College, Centre for Equine and Animal Science, Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
R Murray
Affiliation:
Centre for Equine Studies, The Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom
*
Email: Tim.Whitaker@writtle.ac.uk
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Extract

Dressage competitions consist of the subjective scoring of a number of set movements performed in a specific order within an arena. Hinnemann and van Baalen (2003) suggested that the ‘collective’ marks awarded are a good judgement of the relative behaviour of a horse performing a dressage test. Those animals that are observed to be more relaxed, calm and appear comfortable in their work are generally awarded higher collective marks. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between collective marks and overall score (i.e. level of performance) within a dressage competition.

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Theatre Presentations
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2009 , April 2009 , pp. 4
Copyright
Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2009

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References

Hinnemann, J. and van Baalen, C. (2003) The Simplicity of Dressage. J A Allen: London.Google Scholar