PRESS RELEASE
The new collaboration between IDOC, the International Dressage Officials Club, and Black Horse One, the company behind well-known equestrian innovations, opens new opportunities for online training and education for Dressage Officials.
The purpose of this collaboration is to jointly offer services for all aspiring or active dressage judges to benefit from innovative education possibilities.
Dressage judges anywhere in the world can participate in interactive online webinars and practice judging the same competitors remotely. Under the guidance of distinguished course directors, judges receive immediate feedback on their practice judging. Additional statistics about their own marks and marking patterns are made available to Dressage judges and course directors in real-time through the functionality of SAP HANA Cloud. Successful pilot projects have shown that this interactive education is highly desired and considered to have strong potential to further improve the quality of judge education
Hans Christian Matthiesen, President, IDOC:
“Education of the Officials has always been one of our top priorities in IDOC. When this opportunity saw the light of the day, we didn’t hesitate and welcomed Black Horse One. We continue to work for the Officials in order to give them the best possible platform. Especially in these difficult times, where in-person meetings are restricted, I think we should offer our Officials the chance to improve their judging skills in a good and safe environment with professional course directors and the technology of Black Horse One. Everything will be according to the FEI rules and Education System and we will strive to offer seminars and training for all levels of Officials. So far we are working on seminars/webinars for Dressage and Para Dressage Judges. And we are happy to help National Federations and other officials’ groups as well.”
Daniel Göhlen, CEO and founder of BlackHorse One:
“We always challenge ourselves to provide the most technologically advanced Dressage scoring solutions and support judges in their work wherever possible. We understand judges’ desire to stay connected and have access to interactive and more frequent high-quality education, not only during a global pandemic. Using our existing software, namely eDressage™, the eDressage™ Dashboard and our recent virtual training platform Equestrian on Demand, we have helped to enrich discussions in the past. Together with the IDOC and the lasting support of SAP, we can now offer a completely new range of exciting training opportunities and strengthen the development of Dressage education.”