The Three Phases

    In dressage you are judged on your horse and how well he or she moves, how well you two work together, and also how well you and your horse preform the movements. The lower the score, the better you did on the dressage test. In cross country you are scored by how many refusals you have and how close you are to the optimum time. In stadium you are scored the same way as you are in cross country. In the two jumping phases you do not want any refusals and you want to be the closest to the optimum time to get the best score.