Introductory Level	Training Level	First Level	Second Level
Third Level	Fourth Level	Prix St. Georges	Intermediare I
Intermediare II	Grand Prix

Second Level Dressage

Second level dressage adds another element to the horse's training by starting collected work. This shows that the horse is able to accept weight on the hind quarter, thus giving him the more "uphill" carriage required for pirouettes in his later training. The elements of previous levels are judged more critically now and transitions between medium and collected gaits are more important. This level sees the addition of Counter Canter, Shoulder In, Travers, Simple Lead Changes and Rein-Back, as well as Collection in Trot and Canter.

Second Level is also comprised of 4 tests. The Musical Freestyle is also performed at this level. These tests include walk, trot and canter work. The horse and rider must also demonstrate their ability to perform the Soulder-In, Travers, Rein-Back, Simple Lead Changes and Collection at both the Trot and Canter. Each second level test is shown below next to its corresponding video clip.

Required movements for second level dressage include:
Trot - Medium & Collected
Walk - Medium, Free and Shorten Stride
Canter - Medium & Collected, Counter-Canter & Simple Lead Changes
Halts - trot to halt

Freestyle Requirements - maximum of 5 minutes in length -
Total of 240 points (120 pts each for technical & artistic marks)
Walk - 20m minimum continuous freewalk
Trot - Medium
Shoulder-In at trot - must be performed on each rein
Travers and/or Renvers at Trot - at least one must be performed in each direction. must be performed on each rein.
Canter - Medium - 10m circle & simple lead change - must be performed on each rein

Second Level Dressage Video Clips & Tests
(These tests are based on the 2007 USDF Dressage Tests.)

Video Clips	Second Level Tests
Second Level Dressage - Test 1	Second Level Dressage - Test 1 (2007 USDF Dressage Test) 1 A - Enter Collected trot X - Halt, Salute Proceed Collected Trot 2 C - Track Left HXF - Medium Trot F - Collected Trot 3 Transitions at H & F 4 K - Circle Right 10m 5 K-E - Shoulder-In Right E - Turn Right 6 B - Turn Left B-M - Shoulder-In Left 7 M - Circle Left 10m 8 C - Halt, Rein Back 3-4 Steps , Proceed Medium Walk 9 C-H - Medium Walk 10 H-P - Free Walk P-F - Medium Walk 11 Before F - Shorten the Stride in Walk F - Collected Canter Right Lead 12 A-C - Serpentine 3 Equal Loops Width of Arena, No Lead Change 13 M-E - Change Rein Between Quarterline & E - Simple Lead Change 14 V - Circle Left 10m 15 F-R - Medium Canter R - Collected Canter 16 Transitions at F & R 17 C-A - Serpentine 3 Equal Loops Width of Arena, No Lead Change 18 F-E - Change Rein Between Quarterline & E - Simple Lead Change 19 S - Circle Right 10m 20 M-P - Medium Canter P - Collected Canter 21 Transitions at M & P 22 A - Collected Trot KVM - Medium Trot M - Collected Trot 23 Transitions at K & M 24 E - Turn Left X - Turn Left G - Halt, Salute Leave Arena at A in walk on a long rein
Second Level Dressage - Test 2	Second Level Dressage - Test 2 (2007 USDF Dressage Test) 1 A - Enter Collected trot X - Halt, Salute Proceed Collected Trot 2 C - Track Right MXK - Medium Trot K - Collected Trot 3 Transitions at M & K 4 F-B - Travers Left Before B - Straighten B - Turn Left 5 E - Turn Right E-H - Travers Right Before H - Straighten 6 C - Halt, Rein Back 3-4 Strides, Proceed Medium Walk 7 C-M - Medium Walk 8 MXF - Free Walk 9 F-A - Medium Walk 10 Before A - Shorten the Stride in Walk A - Collected Canter 11 V - Circle Right 10m 12 E - Turn Right X - Simple Change of Lead B - Turn Left 13 R - Circle Left 10m 14 H-K - Medium Canter K - Collected Canter 15 Transitions at H & K 16 F-E - Change Rein E-H - Counter Canter 17 H - Simple Change of Lead 18 M-F - Medium Canter F - Collected Canter 19 Transitions at M & F 20 K-B - Change Rein B-M - Counter Canter M - Collected Trot 21 HXF - Medium Trot F - Collected Trot 22 Transitions at H & F 23 A - Down Centerline X - Halt, Salute Leave Arena at A in walk on a long rein
Second Level Dressage - Test 3	Second Level Dressage - Test 3 (2007 USDF Dressage Test) 1 A - Enter Collected trot X - Halt, Salute Proceed Collected Trot 2 C - Track Left HXF - Medium Trot F - Collected Trot 3 Transitions at H & F 4 K-E - Shoulder-In Right 5 E - Circle Right 10m 6 E-H - Travers Right Before H - Straighten 7 MXK - Medium Trot K - Collected Trot 8 Transitions at M & K 9 F -B - Shoulder-In Left 10 B - Circle Left 10m 11 B - M - Travers Left Before M - Straighten 12 C- Halt, Rein Back 3-4 steps, Proceed Medium Walk 13 H - Turn Left Between G&M - Shorten the Stride and Half Turn on Haunches Left, Proceed Medium Walk 14 Between G&H - Shorten the Stride and Half Turn on the Hanunches Right, Proceed Medium Walk M - Turn Right 15 Medium Walk - CHG(M)G(H)GM 16 M-R - Medium Walk R-K - Free Walk K-A - Medium Walk 17 Before A - Shorten the Stride in Walk A - Collected Canter Left Lead 18 F-M - Medium Canter M - Collected Canter 19 Transitions at F & M 20 H - Circle Left 10m 21 Between H & S - Cimple Change 22 S-E - Counter Canter E-F - Change Rein 23 K-H - Medium Canter H - Collected Canter 24 Transitions between K & H 25 M - Circle Right 10m 26 Between M & R - Simple Change 27 R-B - Counter Canter B-K - Change Rein 28 K - Collected Trot A - Down Centerline X - Halt, Salute Leave Arena at A in walk on a long rein
Second Level Dressage - Test 4	Second Level Dressage - Test 4 (2007 USDF Dressage Test) 1 A - Enter Collected trot X - Halt, Salute Proceed Collected Trot 2 C - Track Right MXK - Medium Trot K - Collected Trot 3 Transitions at M & K 4   F-B - Shoulder-In Right 5 B-M - Renvers Right 6 HXF - Medium Trot F - Collected Trot 7 Transitions at H & F 8 K-E - Shoulder-In Right 9 E-H - Renvers Left 10 C - Halt, Rein Back 3-4 Steps, Proceed Medium Walk 11 Before R - Shorten Stride in Walk R- Half Turn on the Haunches Right, Proceed Medium Walk 12 Before C - Shorten Stride in Walk C - Half Turn on Haunches Left, Proceed Medium Walk 13 Medium Walk (CMRMCM) 14 M-V - Free Walk 15 V-K - Medium Walk Before K - Shorten Stride in Walk K - Collected Canter Left Lead 16-18 A-C - Serpentine of 3 Equal Loops Width of the Arena, with a Simple Change of Lead Each Time Crossing the Centerline 16 Score for first simple change 17 Score for second simple change 18 Score for quality of serpentine 19 H-K - Medium Canter K - Collected Canter 20 Transitions at H & K 21 A - Down Centerline L - Circle Left 10m 22 X - Simple Change of Lead 23 I - Circle Right 10m C - Track Right 24 M-F - Medium Canter F - Collected Canter 25 Transitions at M & F 26 A - Down Centerline L - Collected Trot 27 I - Halt, Salute Leave Arena at A in walk on a long rein
Second Level Dressage - Musical Freestyle

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