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<p dir="ltr">You've seen the number: a rider halts at the end of a test, salutes, and something like 74 percent goes up on the board. But why that number? How does everything you just watched get distilled into a single percentage, and why does one test score so much higher than the next?</p>
<p dir="ltr">In <a href="https://www.usequestrianopen.org/stories/piaffe-passage-and-pirouette-a-beginners-guide-to-grand-prix-dressage-movements" target="_blank" rel="noopener">part one</a>, we covered the movements you see in the arena. This one covers how the judges turn those into a score.</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">The Mark Out of Ten</h2>
<p dir="ltr">Every movement on the test sheet is scored from 0 to 10, and half-points are allowed. Ten is excellent, eight is good, six is satisfactory, on down to zero for a movement not performed at all. Several judges sit at different points around the arena and score the same movement from their own angle, which is why a horse can pull a 7 from one judge and an 8 from another on the same piaffe. Those marks get averaged into one number at the end of the test.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A 6 may look like a bad grade, but it isn't. On a report card it would be a D, but in dressage it is a satisfactory mark, and a common one. Most marks land between 6 and 8, and to win you want to at least be in the 7s. Anything 8 and up signals real quality, and a <a href="https://www.usequestrianopen.org/stories/isabell-werth-sets-new-us-equestrian-open-of-dressage-record-in-wellington" target="_blank" rel="noopener">9 is a rare sight</a>.</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">Why Some Movements Count Double</h2>
<p dir="ltr">Not every movement counts the same. The most important ones carry a coefficient, which doubles their points on the score sheet. These are the movements that define the level, and at Grand Prix they tend to be the hardest ones too: the piaffe, the pirouettes and the one-tempi changes are all doubled. It is why a horse that struggles in the piaffe pays extra for it, and why a bobble in the one-tempis stings more than it looks.</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">The Collective Marks</h2>
<p dir="ltr">Alongside the movement scores, tests have long ended with collective marks: the judge's big-picture verdict on the whole ride rather than any single movement, covering the horse's gaits, its impulsion, its submission, and the rider. These are also scored out of 10. You will still see the full set of these at a national US show. At the international Grand Prix level, though, the FEI has pared them down. It cut the marks for gaits, impulsion and submission in 2018 and kept a single overall mark, now called Harmony, for the partnership and the training behind it. It still carries a coefficient, so it counts for more than any one movement.</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">Turning Marks Into a Percentage</h2>
<p dir="ltr">Add up every mark, apply the coefficients, and you have a point total. Divide that by the most the horse could have scored if every mark were a 10, multiply by 100, and you have that judge's percentage. Average the judges and you have the number on the board.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Those numbers are also thresholds. A horse needs at least 60 percent in the Grand Prix just to advance to the Freestyle, and for the US Equestrian Open, 67 percent in a qualifying Freestyle to be eligible for the Final in the first place.</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">What Makes the Freestyle Different</h2>
<p dir="ltr">The Grand Prix Freestyle uses the same marks out of ten, but splits the result in two: technical and artistic. If that sounds familiar, it is the same idea as figure skating, one score for how well you execute the elements, another for the performance. The technical half works just like the standard dressage test. The horse still has to show a required list of movements, the same piaffe, passage, pirouettes, tempi changes and half passes from part one, each judged on quality. The artistic half is where the Freestyle differentiates itself. Here, judges score the choreography, the rhythm, the music, the harmony of the partnership, and the degree of difficulty. That last one is what it sounds like, how hard a program the rider builds, and like diving, a harder routine can score higher, but only if the horse delivers. Those marks each carry a coefficient of four, which is the reason Freestyle scores tend to run higher than the same horse's Grand Prix scores. But the artistry is still tethered to how well the horse actually goes. A great soundtrack cannot rescue a shaky ride. Technical excellence still drives the score.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Put the two parts of <a href="https://www.usequestrianopen.org/stories/piaffe-passage-and-pirouette-a-beginners-guide-to-grand-prix-dressage-movements" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this series</a> together and you can follow a Grand Prix from the first halt to the final score. Next time a rider finishes, salutes, and the percentage flashes up on <a href="https://www.usef.org/network" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USEF Network</a>, you will know exactly where it came from.</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;">The United States has named five combinations for the FEI World Championships in Aachen this August.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 28, 84);">First up is </span><strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Tamie Smith</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Lillet 3</strong><strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 28, 84);">, </span></strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 28, 84);">who</span> lead the US Equestrian Open Eventing Series. The pair won the Carolina CCI4*-S in March, the highest-rated performance of the 2026 Series, then won the Cosequin Lexington CCI4*-S at Kentucky in April. Aachen will be the ten-year-old's first big stage.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Three squad members arrive with serious five-star form.&nbsp;<strong>Will Coleman</strong> &amp; <strong>Diabolo</strong> won the Kentucky CCI5* in April, with <strong>Caroline Pamukcu</strong> &amp; <strong>HSH Blake</strong> second at the same event, a gelding whose CV already includes the Paris Olympics. <strong>Boyd Martin</strong> &amp; <strong>Cooley Nutcracker</strong> were third at Pau CCI5* in October. That horse also competed at Paris, under Liz Halliday, who produced him up to the highest level.</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;">Abdulrahman Alrajhi</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Ventago</strong> won the ATCO Queen Elizabeth II Cup, the CSI5* 1.60m Grand Prix at the Spruce Meadows North American in Calgary. The Saudi pair were the only combination in a 40-strong field to jump two clear rounds.&nbsp;</p>
<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;">Lillie Keenan</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Kick On</strong> led the Americans in a tie for fifth, with just one pole in the first round.&nbsp;<strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Hallie Grimes</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Jon Snow</strong> followed in seventh on five faults, and <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">McLain Ward</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Lestro VD Valckenborg</strong> rounded out the US contingent inside the top ten.</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;">Attention turns to Sweden, where <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Kent Farrington, </strong>World No. 1 and the champion of $1 million Rolex US Equestrian Open Grand Prix at Wellington in March,&nbsp;headlines the Falsterbo Horse Show.&nbsp;</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The field behind him is deep. World no. 2 <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Richard Vogel</strong>, third to Farrington at Wellington, is entered, along with <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Ben Maher</strong>, <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Shane Sweetnam</strong>, and <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Steve Guerdat</strong>, to name a few.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Falsterbo is one of seven Rolex Series events, and there is a Championship subtext. Course designer <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Frank Rothenberger</strong> builds both here and at the FEI World Championships in Aachen next month, giving riders a run on grass weeks before the sport's biggest test of the year. The Agria Falsterbo Nations Cup runs Friday, the Falsterbo Derby Saturday, and the Rolex Grand Prix closes the international programme on Sunday.</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;">With the Series paused for the summer, several of its top riders took their form to Europe this weekend.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Series leader <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Ashley Holzer</strong> put together the standout campaign at Hartpury International in England. Aboard <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Hawtins San Floriana</strong>, she was third in the CDI3* Grand Prix on 71.957 percent, a combination best, behind Britain's Sadie Smith (72.652) and Charlotte Dujardin (74.804). She went one better in the Grand Prix Special, taking second on 72.574 percent, another combination best, with only Dujardin ahead. Holzer is spending the summer training at Carl Hester's yard as she chases a place on the US squad for the World Championships.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In Germany, a young US team finished third at the FEI Dressage Nations Cup CDIO4*, part of the Covalliero Dressage Days at Hof Kasselmann. <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Christian Simonson</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Fleau de Baian</strong> opened with a combination best of 70.478 percent on their European team debut, while <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Jordan LaPlaca</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Gold Play</strong> produced the day's best American score, a personal best of 70.631 percent. <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Meagan Davis</strong> &amp; <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Toronto Lightfoot</strong> added 68.656 percent, and <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Ge&ntilde;ay Vaughn</strong> anchored on 69.848 percent aboard <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Gino</strong>.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Simonson returned to take third in the CDIO4* Freestyle on 76.570 percent, LaPlaca posted another personal best for fourth in the Special on 71.745 percent, and Vaughn was fifth in the Special on 71.383 percent.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"We came here with a young team with minimal experience in international competition in Europe up to this point, and for them to step right into a Nations Cup and finish in third means we are moving in the right direction," said Chef d'Equipe <strong style="font-weight: 600; color: #001c54;">Christine Traurig</strong>.</p>
<p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.72; color: #1a1a2e; margin: 0 0 16px 0; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vaughn sits fifth in the Series standings and Simonson tenth, both currently inside the eighteen who will contest the Final. Qualifiers resume at Dressage at Devon in late September.</p>

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