3-Day Stallion Sport Test Format
Discipline Specific - Dressage or Jumpers
Exception - sport ponies required to do both dressage & jumper tests
Each stallion is presented by their usual trainer/rider
Test requirements are age specific
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Day 1
The testing begins with the initial Vet Exam, like an FEI jog, for each of the stallions. In the afternoon, an observed schooling session (flat work only for the jumpers) is offered for every stallion with a bit of feedback for each rider from the Discipline Expert.
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Day 2
The morning of Day 2 starts with the 2nd observed training session. Feedback is offered to the riders as well as to the audience. The afternoon sessions are the official ‘test’ with horses completing their age specific dressage test or jumper course.
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Day 3
The test rider component is the focus for Day 3. Each stallion’s regular rider will warm them up, and then a test rider will ride them for approximately 5-10 minutes working on some of the same requirements that were executed in the prior day’s testing.
Age Requirements
Dressage
The tests are comprehensive and the 3-days of testing requires a well-conditioned horse that is confident in the work at the specified levels. We’ve seen a consistent correlation between competition results and the NASST scoring.
The panel of judges and guest riders will be individuals who are approved by the German Equestrian Federation (FN).
Sport Pony Test
Sport ponies are required to do both dressage and jumping test elements in both the North American and German test formats. However, they are only required to complete one year of the sport test.
Ponies can participate at ages four to six years old. All registries also have sport options for performance approval and we recommend talking with your registry of choice and our NASST representative to figure out if this test is appropriate for your pony.
2 Locations
East & West Coast
NASST participants have come from all over the US and Canada. While prior testing formats had only been available in one centralized location, part of our initial mission with NASST included offering both East & West Coast venues to better serve the stallion owners around all of North America.