FAQ & Errata
What tests have changes in 2025?
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When will the current tests change?
| TEST | EFFECTIVE | NEXT CHANGE |
| WDAA Western Dressage Tests | Dec 1, 2021 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| USDF/USEF - Intro, Training, thru Fourth Level | Dec 1, 2022 | Dec 1, 2026 |
| USEA Eventing Tests | Dec 1, 2023 | Dec 1, 2027 |
| FEI Juniors & Young Riders | Jan 1, 2021 | ???? |
| FEI Seniors | Jan 1, 2021 | ???? |
| FEI Young Horse | Jan 1, 2023 | ???? |
| FEI Eventing | Jan 1, 2022 | Jan 1, 2025 |
| USAWE | 2023 | Jan 1, 2025 |
How do I know I have the current test?
Look on the date on the front cover lower left of the book. That date is the effective date and should match the year of the above effective dates. If no date on the front, check the test titles, if they have a date, that is the effective date. FEI is not consistent and makes small updates every year. Hence the FEI test title dates do not match the book cover dates. Feel free to ask us about the current date for any test.
What is the difference between the Judge's tests books and the rider's test books?
The Judge's tests have the diagrams reversed to show them with A (at the top of the diagram) because the Judge sits at C looking toward A. The Riders Tests have the diagrams shown from C (at the top of the diagram) because the riders enter from A riding toward the Judge at C. That is the only difference. Both Judges and Riders Tests contain the directives (text) which instruct the Judge what performance factors to judge in each movement. Many riders find the Judges diagrams confusing because they are reversed. Judges prefer the diagrams from A because they appear the same as the judge sees the arena.
ERRATA
2023 USDF/USEF Dressage Tests Errata
2023 USDF 4th Level Freestyle Judges and Instructors books only. Test text for Technical Execution #10 should not be a coefficient movement and #13 should be a coefficient movement. To correct, cross out the "2" in the Coeff column at the right of #10 and add a "2" to the Coeff column to the right of #13 with a pen. Corrected in books after 8/31/2023.
2022 FEI Eventing Dressage Tests Errata
CCI1* Test B, Movement 5, change rein show a few lengthened trot strides should be from K to R, not K to B. Changed after Jan 1, 2025
2022 WDAA Dressage Tests Errata by Level
Intro Test 3 Movement 3 Callers Handbook only test text should read "Circle right 20 meters" instead of "Circle left 20 metere" We recommend the error be corrected with a pen, cross out "left" and write "right" below it. Handbooks shipped after 12-25-21 are correct.
Basic Test 2 Movement 14 Callers Handbook only test letters should read
"H - X - K" instead of "M - X - F" We recommend the error be corrected with a pen, cross out "M - X - F" and write "H - X - K" below it. Handbooks shipped after 6-3-22 are correct.
Level 1 Test 1 Movement 8 Judges book only, the diagram needs to slide one letter toward A to start at R and end at K. Judges books shipped before 12-7-21 have the error. It can be corrected by drawing a new diagram line with a green sharpie and crossing out the old line as shown in the picture below. For a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one.
Level 1 Test 4 Movement 3-4 The end of M3 and the beginning of M4 should be working jog instead of working lope. The error can be corrected with a pen as shown below. For a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one. Books shipped after 2-5-22 are correct.
Level 1 Freestyle Test Points the Total Possible Points on the top right of the test was corrected to 340 points from 280 points. This is a change made by WDAA. We recommend crossing out the 280 and writing in 340. Dressage Illustrated books will be corrected as inventory is depleated. Books shipped before 4-5-22 do not have the change.
Level 2 Test 2 Movements 6,7
WDAA revised the text completely effective Monday, May 23rd. The new words can be written with a black pen beside the movements in the space below the right column. Books shipped after 5-25-22 will have the new words. This change will be part of a replacement page update for instructors and judges.
Level 2 Test 2 Movement 11
Movement 11 should be collected canter K-R-S instead of K-M-S. The error can be corrected with a pen to match the diagram shown below. For a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one. Books shipped after 3-5-22 should be correct.
Level 2 Test 2 Movements 15
WDAA has decided to clarify the transition by adding a transition statement of "V Collected jog" at the end of movement We recommend writing the new text into the bottom of movement 15. For a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one. Dressage Illustrated will cut this addition into our masters 3-30-22, but not into our inventory. It will propagate into shipments as the inventory is reprinted.
Level 2 Test 4 Movement 2. Haunches-In right is not shown correctly. The error can be corrected with a pen to match the diagram shown below. For a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one. Books shipped after 2-5-22 are correct.
Level 2 Test 4 Movements 8,9
WDAA revised the text completely effective Monday, May 23rd. The new words can be written with a black pen beside the movements in the space below the right column. Books shipped after 5-25-22 will have the new words. This change will be part of a replacement page update for instructors and judges.
Level 2 Freestyle Test Movement 10 the words "through jog" should be deleted. This is a change made by WDAA. We recommend you cross out the words with a red pen. Books shipped before 1-5-22 do not have the change
Level 3 Test 2, Movement 11
Level 3 Test 2 Movement 14
Level 3 Test 3 Movement 4
The Shoulder-ins and the Renvers in the above three movements are incorrect. The correct movements are shown below. We recommend crossing out the wrong movement with a pen and drawing the correct movement beside it. For a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one. Books shipped after 2-6-22 for M11, 14 and those shipped after 12-24-21 for M4 are correct.
Correct Level 3 Test 2 Movement 11
Correct Level 3 Test 2 Movement 14
Correct Level 3 Test 3 Movement 4
Level 4, Test 1, M10
The half pass left ends between P & F. It should end at B as shown below per the test text. For a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one. Books shipped after 8-1-22 are correct.
Level 4, Test 2, M3
Level 4, Test 2, M6
The Renvers movement symbols are incorrect. The correct symbols are shown below. The error can be corrected with a pen. For a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one. Books shipped after 2-14-22 are correct.
Correct L4T2M3
Correct L4T2M6
Level 4, Test 4, Diagram for Movement 20 shows the path to the final halt as collected lope (red solid line). It should be collected jog (blue dashed line). The error can be corrected with a pen as shown below. For a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one. Books shipped after 12-4-21 are correct.
Level 4, Freestyle has been changed by WDAA. Movement 7 is changed to the words "Lengthening of stride in lope." This change can be made most simply by crossing out the word "collected" in Movement 7. Movements 9 & 10 have an L|R added. The L|R is removed from Movement 11. These changes can be made by adding L|R in Movements 9 & 10 and crossing it out in
Movement 11. Due ot the complexity of this change, for a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one Books shipped after 3-1-22 should be correct.
Level 5, Test 1, M1 has been changed by WDAA to add the words “left lead” after collected lope. The change can be entered with a pen. Dressage Illustrated will not be providing a correction page for any of our books. Dressage Illustrated will cut this addition into our masters 5-15-22, but not into our inventory. It will propagate into shipments as the inventory is reprinted.
Level 5, Test 1, M16
The halfpass movement symbols are reversed. The correct symbols are shown below. The error can be corrected with a pen by writing "left" for the symbol from D to E and writing "right" by the symbol from E to G. For a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one. Books shipped after 2-24-22 are correct.
Level 5, Test 2, M16 is a coefficient movement but does not have a shaded background. The correct movement is shown below The correction can be made with a pen by writing "coefficient" beside the movement or showing some shading inside the arena. For a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one. Books shipped after 2-24-22 are correct.
Level 5, Test 3, M1 has been changed by WDAA to add the words “left lead” after collected lope. The change can be entered with a pen. Dressage Illustrated will not be providing a correction page for any of our books. Dressage Illustrated will cut this addition into our masters 5-15-22, but not into our inventory. It will propagate into shipments as the inventory is reprinted.
Level 5, Test 4, Diagram for Movement 19,20,21 shows the path to the final halt as collected lope (red solid line). It should be collected jog (blue dashed line). The error can be corrected with a pen as shown below. For a replacement test page for judges and instructors books please contact Dressage Illustrated and request one. Books shipped after 1-6-22 are correct.
2022 Western Dressage Equitation Tests: Tests Retired 11/30/2022
2023 Western Dressage Equitation Tests: Added using the new Walk-Jog, Intermediate, and Advanced categories 12/1/2022.
New 2023 printed tests may be purchased from Dressage Illustrated.
Titles changed from "Test" to "Pattern" 2/20/23
The title change can be entered with a pen. Dressage Illustrated will not be providing a title correction page for any of our books. Dressage Illustrated will cut this addition into our masters Q2 of 2023, but not into our inventory. It will propagate into shipments as the inventory is reprinted.
Updating 2022 WDAA Dressage Tests
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