What level of a question would you consider this to be?

[TheHunterKid90]

This question was posed at a local schooling facility.

Double down banks (3' drop)...placed as an in and out (1 stride) to a 4 stride bending line to an upright pretty maxed out Training table? At what level would you expect to see that at?
My guy thought this was child's play and I was just wondering where one would expect to see that as they progress through the levels.
Thankss!

[purplnurpl]

In Area V?
Probably Training Level.

Here, for it to be Prelim it would be a bounce bank down. I think that goes for most Areas.

[ThirdCharm]

I'd agree, Training. For Prelim, a bounce bank down, or a skinny or corner instead of a table.

Jennifer

[TheHunterKid90]

Thanks guys! That's what I was thinking....it seemed like a fair question for a confident Training Level horse but just too simple for Prelim. :]

[Bobthehorse]

Yeah Training. But it was kind of obvious, seeing as the table was a maxed out Training height table!

I cant say Ive ever done that specific question, but I have done one that went like this: skinnyish coop, 2 strides, double bank down with 2 strides between them. So pretty similar.

[deltawave]

Training.

[Caroline Weber]

Can I barge in and ask about a different combination?

One stride up a very steep hill, training-sized coop at the top, roughly 4' drop on landing, one stride, then another fence on a steep hill with a drop on the landing.

[deltawave]

That sounds more Prelim-ish. Depends on what "steep" means. :)

[GotSpots]

That's alot harder than most prelim questions. At the one star, the toughest question on course was slightly downhill approach to a brush, one stride and a small brush with a drop on landing, three strides to a double chevron. Depending on the steepness of the hill on both sides, that sounds more like a true upper level question.

[Caroline Weber]

That sounds more Prelim-ish. Depends on what "steep" means. :)

I wish I could find a good picture...it was a bit steeper than this: http://www.plaindealingfarm.com/graph/a_editorial_photo/schooling/720/IMG_7244.jpg. There was no leveling out of the ground before takeoff, just up the hill (top was 5-6 feet higher than where we started) in one stride and over the fence.

[deltawave]

There is a question sort of like that at Encore: log with a large drop on landing, down a big swale (about 8 feet deep, 4-5 strides across) then up a much larger hill to another log on top, and down the hill again.

I've attached a sketch, and also a picture of Gwen doing the 2nd part--although the weeds are so high you really can't get a sense of the size or slope of the hill. :( You can sort of get a sense that the landing is STEEP and DOWN. Fortunately you can't see my face! :lol:

[Caroline Weber]

Nice sketch, Deltawave! The combination I rode was similar, but both elements were as steep as the fence on the right in your drawing, and there was only one stride between them.

[deltawave]

Yikes. :eek:

[Caroline Weber]

Yikes. :eek:

It certainly got me to keep my ass in the tack, which was the goal. I just had to do it before I got a chance to think about it, that's all. :P