Everything you need to know your test cold.
CENTERLINE is a phone app for dressage riders, coming first to iPhone. It isn't released yet: we're finishing it now, and testing with a small group of riders starts soon. Here's what it does, and what's still being built.
What's in the app (pre-release)
Test caller
Calls each movement about six seconds before the letter. Two modes: Call only (the default), which waits for you to say "next", and Automatic, which keeps riding at your pace.
Arena map
Every movement drawn on a 20 x 60 m arena, coloured by gait: walk blue, trot green, canter red, halts white. Landscape view shows the map and the words side by side.
My horse
Set your horse's breed, height and level, then fine-tune to your own times so the calls land when you need them.
Learn it
Quick quizzes on letters, movement order, leads and changes, so the test is in your head before you're in the saddle.
Car mode
Big, simple, listen-only practice for the drive to the show. Eyes stay on the road.
Ménage Mapping
Ringcraft help: where to set up each movement, how to use corners, and how to ride accurate figures.
Your own test sheets
Take a photo of a test sheet you own and turn it into a test you can practise.
Horse record
One page per horse that pulls everything together: its best and average scores, the rides you've logged, and its real paces, so the calls land when your horse needs them.
Your arena, your units
Standard 20 x 60 m arena by default, 20 x 40 m for tests that use it. Horse heights in cm or hands, arena sizes in metres or feet.
Your language
Menus in 50 languages. Calls spoken in English, Spanish and German, with more voices on the way.
Score diary
Your show results, sheet by sheet: the marks and judge's comments for every movement, so you can see what's improving. They feed into each horse's record.
Coming soon
Here's what we're working on next. Items marked testing are being tried out privately. Planned means it's designed but not built yet. Dates and details may change, and we'll only call something ready once it's been properly tested.
Test reports testing
Upload a video of your test and get a movement-by-movement breakdown with what went well and what to work on. We're testing this privately and won't publish accuracy figures until it's been checked on rides it has never seen.
On-demand test scoring testing
No show needed: film a test at home whenever you like, upload it, and get an early report. It works out which test you rode, then asks you to confirm.
3D movement guide in progress
A 3D horse that shows what each movement looks like when it's ridden correctly, built from published movement studies.
Your own horse in 3D planned
Enter your horse's breed and height to see the 3D guide scaled to a horse like yours. Breeds we have measured data for come first. For the rest, the guide is an estimate, and we'll tell you which.
Ride the test in 3D planned
Watch the whole test ridden on the arena from the judge's seat or from the saddle, with the calls in time.
Horse wellbeing notes planned
Alongside a test report: notes on rhythm, frame and signs of comfort, with a clear fix or "keep doing this" for each. A learning guide, not a vet check.
Rider position check planned
A private look at your own position in the saddle from your video, with simple exercises to help.
Training plans planned
Turn what your reports show into a week-by-week plan of exercises for you and your horse.
Coach homework planned
Coaches send riders a test, the movements to focus on, and the exercises to practise between lessons.
Freestyle and course walk planned
Plan a freestyle floor plan, and walk the arena in the app before you ride.
Apple Watch planned
The test caller on your wrist, so you can leave your phone in your pocket.
Website and Android planned
Use CENTERLINE on a computer, with the map and the words side by side, and on Android phones after the iPhone launch.
About the tests
Dressage tests are written and owned by the organisations that publish them. We only include an organisation's official tests with its written permission, and we credit them on every test. Today the app includes our own original practice tests, plus any test sheet you add yourself for your own practice.
Test owners: here's what we'd do with your tests.
Memberships
One app, three memberships. Prices are yearly, in Australian dollars.
Black free
- Our practice tests, called aloud and drawn as you ride
- The How to compete course: the arena and every beginner movement, Prep to Novice
- Build your own lesson (1 saved) and keep a score diary
- 1 horse
Gold A$100 a year
- Everything in Black
- Every test from your organisation (1 major organisation, as each one gives us permission)
- Add more organisations whenever you like
- Advanced movements to Grand Prix, each point measured exactly
- Trainer: short drills for the movements you lose marks on
- Car mode and Learn it, unlimited saved lessons, and 2 horses
Diamond coming later
- Everything in Gold, for every organisation
- Watch each test ridden in 3D, from the judge's box and from the saddle
- 3 horses
Official tests appear only once their organisation has given us written permission. Same price in the app and on this website.