What letters are in the dressage ring?

No it's not the first 8 letters of the alphabet - would be nice if it was! Here's an image of your basic outline of an arena.

http://www.equiworld.net/uk/sports/dressage/arena1...

To remember the letters around the outside starting from A going clockwise I've always used the rhyme 'All King Edward's Horses Can Make Big Fences'

There are also letters that you occasionally get inbetween, sometimes used for bigger arenas or a higher degree of accuracy - I'm sure there's a rhyme to remember these but to be honest I've never used the extra letters and don't really know anyone who has.

http://www.equiworld.net/uk/sports/dressage/arena....

In a 60 x 20m arena the letters would be: A K V E S H C M R B P F. Clockwise from A.

A and C are at either end of the centreline, B and E are on the edges in the middle. X is smack bang in the centre. There is 6m from the wall up to the first letters (F and K) then 12m between the bigger gaps (between K and V for example). There are the letters in the middle but I'm shocking at remembering them. I would add a photo but I'm on my phone. Hope this helps :-)

how I remember them by:

A - all

K- king

V- victor

E- Edward

S - show

H- horses

C- can

M- manage

R- really

B -big

P- Purple

F- fence