Judging dressage competitions in the view of improving horse performance assessment

The objective of the study was to devise methods that assess judging of horses in the dressage discipline. Classes run at the Olympic Games were analyzed. The data contained 30,055 marks awarded for single movements. The accuracy of the judging was measured with the Index of Disagreement that compar...

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Published inActa agriculturae Scandinavica. Section A, Animal science Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 92 - 102
Main Authors Stachurska, A, Bartyzel, K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 01.06.2011
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
breeding
Dressage discipline
games
horses
judges' disagreement
ranking
sports
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Summary:The objective of the study was to devise methods that assess judging of horses in the dressage discipline. Classes run at the Olympic Games were analyzed. The data contained 30,055 marks awarded for single movements. The accuracy of the judging was measured with the Index of Disagreement that compares the horse ranking in a movement determined by a judge, to the ranking resulted from the marks awarded by other members of the jury. The authors proposed Horse Mean Placing Standard Deviation to test the consistency in judging particular horses. The study showed that the horse's scores were not sufficiently reliable and should be processed by checking the quality of judging before using the results both in breeding or sports and in further scientific analyses.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09064702.2011.600323
ISSN:1651-1972
0906-4702
1651-1972
DOI:10.1080/09064702.2011.600323