This was the first year of competition for Otterbein College's Dressage Team.
Riders can show individually, or as a group of three.
The three divisions within dressage competition are beginner, novice and intermediate. In group competition, the group includes one rider from each division. The group chooses the horse names out of a hat, and then the coach decides which rider will ride each horse. Riders are given a ten minute, timed schooling session, and then enter the ring to perform a first level or training level test. This is a required pattern that the horse must follow, much like compulsory ice skating.