Freestyles: rising OR sitting trot TL to Fourth?!!

[DJR]

I just noticed this execution comment on ALL of the freestyle tests Training to Fourth level. I get that trot work can be done rising at Training through First level, but am blown away that I could rise the trot without penalty at higher levels! Has this always been the case?

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This is a game changer for Jet’s medium & extended trot work. If I’m allowed to rise, even for part of it, he finds it much easier to lift his back and come through over the topline. Wow!

[musical comedy]

That's a mistake unless things are different in Canada. I thought they used the same tests and rules as USA. Note the USA 4th level test is SITTING.

https://www.usdf.org/docs/showflash/web ... estyle.pdf

[DJR]

I just learned that it *was* a printing error and that Dressage Canada issued a correction subsequently. Yet, on the official Dressage Canada website, they did not fix the error!

Oh well.

[Tanga]

Wow. That's interesting. Have you notified them of the error?

There's an error in the USDF rulebook about the consecutive levels chart, but their response is "you should just know it."