International competitor and trainer Pammy Hutton FBHS shares her thoughts on judging, rollkur and the downside of social media

A judges’ box pictured from behind with a judge and their writer sitting inside facing away from the camera, with an outdoor dressage arena behind.
“Judges are only human” – Pammy Hutton wonders if more training can help to reduce mark disparities in dressage scoring? Library image.
Who else spotted variations in the judging at the National Championships? Even accounting for judges seeing tests from different positions, were the inconsistencies too large and too frequent? In some cases, of course, these discrepancies will have been reviewed. But at the nationals, one might expect better spreads than second to 23rd, second to 20th […]