I too have some trouble with this concept. I think, unfortunately, that what we will end up with is a lot of tests with nearly the same, or exactly the same, final scores, and the 1/2 marks will make what is already not clear to riders, trainers, coaches, and yes, even judges, even more unclear.
Additionally, judges already have too much to think about, and too many marks and movements to keep track of productively, so I can't see that further complicating the process of awarding numerical values and comments to movements will make anything better in the long run....
Call me a traditionalist!
-- Edited by dbliron on Monday 29th of November 2010 05:13:55 PM
I find it so funny how negative horse people are about change - can you imagine if you were to win because the judge gave you a 1/2 mark higher than the next person. I think it allows for more flexibility in the judging.
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