Rules for ability test

The 7 regional ability tests are in September and October, and only 4-year-old DWB's registerd at birth as DWB's, can enter. The finals are called the young horse championships, which take place in Herning as part of the National Stallion Show in March the following year.

The rules in full are not translated at present.

See video from an ability test here
- NB: only mares that also are entered for grading, need to come for measuring and shown on hard ground, so if your horse is entered for dressage, he only needs to be there for the riding and the subsequent prize ring. This video shows both jumper- and dressage discipline, and how mares for grading are measured and judged on hard ground initially.

A dressage horse must be shown in trot, canter and walk, and the scores given are for those three gaits + rideability and capacity. No test rider in the qualification, but in Herning, if it is qualified for the finals in March, a test rider will give his scores as well.

The jumper horse is shown in freejumping and jumping a small parcours, and the scores given are for technique, canter, balance & scope in freejumping as well as canter, rideability, technique & scope in jumping with own rider.

To pass the test, the minimum total score is 700 p. In order to be qualified for Herning in dressage discipline, he must be one of the 35 best in Denmark - this is calculated shortly after the last ability test, and reserves are listed up as well. Most of the years, a total score of at least 800-850 has been necessary in order to qualify for Herning, but this varies each year.
The total score is found through an average x 100 in dressage, and for jumping, a weighted average is used. The scores given are from 0-10 with 10 as the highest.

A horse can only enter one qualification.