Can AI judge dressage? The technology exists – but is the sport ready for it?

Could a machine really judge dressage: a sport built on nuance and interpretation?

As the sport wrestles with questions of fairness, welfare and public trust, Oscar Williams explores whether AI could help judges and whether it may force dressage to confront deeper questions in this exclusive article for H &H subscribers

Dressage judging is a hell of a job. Judges are asked to do the near-impossible: absorb dozens of movements in real time, weigh technical correctness against harmony and expression as well as several other criteria, and distil it all into marks awarded in seconds before moving on to the next movement. To add to the […]