Eastern Iowa Dressage & Eventing Association
is a United States Dressage Federation Group Member Organization, and our members are automatically USDF Group Members.
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 This GMO was
established in 1973
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We've been here
all along!
EIDEA is an associate of the United States Eventing Association
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EIDEA Freestyle Test Sheets for Intro & Training Levels
Freestyle dressage tests are ridden to music. Dressage movements and figures are choreographed to meet the technical requirements for each level. Combining the individual movements with the perfect music produces beautiful performances where horse and rider appear to dance.
While the USDF offers test from First to Fourth levels, your hard working Awards Committee has created test sheets for Intro and Training Level Freestyle competition for schooling shows. EIDEA is making them available for any schooling show that would like to use them.
Click here to download PDF test sheets
NEXT EIDEA Meetings
APRIL EIDEA Meeting
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 at 7 pm (Social time 6:30 - 7)
Kirkwood's Beef Barn, room 101
What Are Those Lower Level Judges Looking For?
Come and spend an evening listening to the Anne Cizadlo present a judge’s perspective on some lower level dressage tests and learn how the judge comes up with the scores that they do for the movements. The scores have very specific meanings, and the judge’s come to scores based on the training scale. We will cover the scoring scale, the training scale, directives and some of the terms that will show up on your tests. We will use videos of tests from Training Level through Second. I will also try to give some tips on how to increase your score with very little extra effort. Please bring your questions!!
Directions from the North: Take I380 to the US-30 E/US-151 N exit- exit number 16- toward MT VERNON. Keep RIGHT at the fork in the ramp. Turn RIGHT onto KIRKWOOD BLVD. SW. You will go pass the main campus entrance. Turn left onto 76th Street. Turn right at the Iowa Equestrian Center entrance and then left into the Beef Barn parking lot.
Directions from the South: Take I380 to Wright Brothers Blvd. (the Airport Exit) turn right. At the stop sign turn left onto Kirkwood Blvd.. At stop sign turn right onto 76th Street. Turn right at the Iowa Equestrian Center entrance and then left into the Beef Barn parking lot.
MAY EIDEA Meeting
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 at 7 pm (Social time 6:30 - 7)
at Willow Springs Riding & Training Center
Instilling Confidence In Horses
EIDEA has been invited by James, Linda and Tina Sturgeon to Willow Springs. The topic will be instilling confidence in horses. They will first discuss several methods to help horses learn to relax, followed up with a demonstration on teaching horses to accept objects around its body. You will learn how to help your horse let go of fear and replace that fear with confidence.
The family vision of Willow Springs is to teach people how to understand their horse. They offer lessons and clinics based on conditioned response combined with natural horsemanship training principles as well as incorporating dressage philosophies. Their new indoor arena and surrounding training area allows them to teach more people and their horses throughout the year. To get a sneak preview of Willow Springs Riding and Training Center go to www.willowspringsriding.com. Please bring a chair.
Directions: From I-380 take the Urbana exit. Just past the “bp” truck stop, turn left on N. Union Ave. Follow N. Union Ave. (W26) through town about a mile and turn left onto 56th St. Trail. Then turn left again onto 56th St. Drive. Willow Springs is the second drive on the right.
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