Exploits

By ccannova, 18th August 2026 12:53:50
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I was reviewing the results of one of the competitions and noticed that one of the horses obtained an exploit:

1 exploit and 86.52%

Can someone explain the above, what exploits are, and how they're obtained?
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By Becky Barnes, 18th August 2026 13:07:10
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An exploit is when your horse performs a movement in a dressage test (competition) with a 100% score. They happen randomly, there's really no way to help your horse perform one.

The 86.52% is the horse's total score on the whole dressage test.
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By Becky Barnes, 18th August 2026 13:28:10
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This is an FEI (Fédération Equestre Internationale/International Equestrian Federation) article about how dressage tests for real horses are scored/judged:

Dressage Scoring: The Basics

Howrse's scoring, the percentage you see in the results, is set up to reflect at least something of how real tests are scored.
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