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<p>You have read the guides. You have watched the freestyles. And you are pretty sure you know the difference between a piaffe and a passage. Here is your chance to test your knowledge. Below are ten dressage terms, described the way you would watch them in the arena. Read each one, make your guess, then click to see if you got it right.</p>
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<summary style="cursor: pointer; list-style: none; font-weight: bold; color: #001c54; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #c8102e; margin-right: 8px;">▸</span>The horse trots on the spot keeping cadence and elevation while staying more or less in one place. What movement is this?</summary>
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<summary style="cursor: pointer; list-style: none; font-weight: bold; color: #001c54; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #83b1d6; margin-right: 8px;">▸</span>The horse trots in slow motion, with huge elevation and a long, floating moment of suspension between steps. What movement is this?</summary>
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<summary style="cursor: pointer; list-style: none; font-weight: bold; color: #001c54; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #c8102e; margin-right: 8px;">▸</span>The horse turns a full 360 degrees almost on the spot at canter, hind legs make a tiny circle while the front end circles around them. What movement is this?</summary>
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<summary style="cursor: pointer; list-style: none; font-weight: bold; color: #001c54; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #83b1d6; margin-right: 8px;">▸</span>The horse travels forward and sideways at once, crossing the arena while bent in the direction it is going. What movement is this?</summary>
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<summary style="cursor: pointer; list-style: none; font-weight: bold; color: #001c54; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #c8102e; margin-right: 8px;">▸</span>Several half passes strung together, switching direction with a flying change in between, repeating in a symmetrical pattern down the arena. What movement is this?</summary>
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<summary style="cursor: pointer; list-style: none; font-weight: bold; color: #001c54; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #c8102e; margin-right: 8px;">▸</span>Flying changes ridden on a set count, every single stride, with fifteen in a row required at the Grand Prix level. Done well, it looks like the horse is skipping across the arena. What are these called?</summary>
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<summary style="cursor: pointer; list-style: none; font-weight: bold; color: #001c54; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #83b1d6; margin-right: 8px;">▸</span>A horse learns to carry more of its weight on its hind legs, lowering the back end and lifting and lightening the front. What is this called?</summary>
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Boyd Martin gained 125 points last September. This year he only needs 50 more to take the Series lead.

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<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Boyd Martin</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Shanroe Cooley</strong> won the $60,000 Adequan Advanced Final at the USEA American Eventing Championships at the Kentucky Horse Park on Friday, They sat third after dressage on 31.3, added 8.8 cross country time faults, and dropped a single second in Rolex Stadium for 0.4.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Clear rounds were hard to come by. Only two of the 18 starters jumped double clear, and one of them belonged to&nbsp;<strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Mary Bess Davis</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Imperio Magic</strong>, who moved from fourth to second, while <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Elisa Wallace</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Lissavorra Quality</strong> produced the other. <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Maya Clarkson</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Maks Mojo C</strong> took third after two rails.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The AEC is not a Series qualifier, but it does give us a glimpse into who is out competing and on form. Five qualifiers remain before the Final at Morven Park, starting with The Fork at Tryon on September 10 and closing at Woodside Fall International on October 2.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.65; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 14px 0;">Three Series qualifiers this season, two podiums. Third at Fair Hill in April, third at Tryon in May, with a run-out at Carolina in March the only blemish. Topped off by a third place at Luhmuehlen CCI5*. The final phase is where he pays: he has not knocked a pole since 2024. He was fourth at Morven Park last October and with another year under their belt as a combination, they could be serious contenders for the title this year. Keep an eye out to see if he enters.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Kent Farrington</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Greya</strong> won the CSI5* Longines Hampton Classic Grand Prix over 1.60m. Only two horses in the class went clear, both of them cleared the jump-off as well. With Farrington drawn first, he set a time that <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">McLain Ward</strong> (Lestro VD Valckenborg) could not match.&nbsp;It is the twelfth time the mare has won a 5*/major 1.60m class. Her Elo sits at 782, the fifth highest-rated horse in the world.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another familiar face from the Wellington circuit was busy in Belgium. <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Richard Vogel</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Gangster Montdesir</strong> won the CSI5* Rolex Grand Prix of Brussels, one of only two double clears from the 12 who came back, making Gangster the second horse after <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Explosion W</strong> to win three 5* Grands Prix in a single year. He is 10 years old and his Elo is already 738.</p>
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<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Cyndi Jackson</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Online H</strong> finished second in the FEI 7-Year-Old Final Test at the U.S. Dressage Festival of Champions on Sunday, scoring 77.700% at HITS Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne, Illinois. They had been fourth in the Preliminary Test two days before on 73.554%. <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Charlotte Osborne</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Ouzhou</strong> were ninth in the Final Test on 71.343%, an improvement on their 69.661% in the Preliminary.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Neither result moves the Series standings. Jackson is 11th on 39 points and Osborne 12th on 37, and their Series campaigns are being run at Grand Prix with <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Florisson</strong> and <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Fruhlingszauber</strong>. Online H and Ouzhou are years away from that arena.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The young horse divisions are worth watching for what they turn into. <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Lottie Fry</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Glamourdale</strong> won the equivalent 7-Year-Old title at the 2018 World Young Horse Championships. Four years later they were Grand Prix World Champions in Herning, and this August they won the title again in Aachen.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">September starts the run-in. Two qualifiers remain, Devon on the 22nd and Terranova on October 15, before the Final at Thermal in November.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">$250,000 is a big headline number for prize money in the US Equestrian Open of Dressage, but that cash isn't all waiting at the finish line. Rather than tying the entire purse to a single weekend in November, the series divides its prize money into a $200,000 Championship Final purse and a $50,000 Series Leaderboard Bonus.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This setup changes how riders approach the whole season. Traditional championships operate on an all-or-nothing model. If your horse has a rough test at the Final, or you just can&rsquo;t make the cross-country haul to Thermal, a dominant regular season yields zero financial return. By establishing a dedicated $50,000 regular-season pool, the series rewards consistent high-level performance, giving riders a reason to enter qualifiers across the country regardless of their November travel plans.</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">How Points Accumulate</h2>
<p dir="ltr">The series spans 24 qualifying Grand Prix Freestyles across the United States. To keep horses fresh while still encouraging active competition, a combination&rsquo;s standing only counts their top 4 qualifier placings. Points are also weighted by class size, so beating a larger field earns a bigger bump on the leaderboard:</p>
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<p dir="ltr">What makes the series leaderboard worth watching is how deep it actually pays out. Writing checks all the way down to 18th place gives mid-tier and developing Grand Prix pairs something tangible to shoot for all season. A top-five series finish pockets anywhere from $4,000 to $12,500 before ever stepping foot in California, while placings down through 18th still help take the sting out of expensive FEI entries.</p>
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