DRESSAGE ARENA: Trick to remember

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There's a nice trick that helps remember the letters of the dressage arena, that you may not know…

Clockwise: All King Edward Horses Can Manage Big Fences.
                   A Kindly Elephant Has Crushed My Blinking Foot!

Counterclockwise: A Fat Black Mother Cat Has Eight Kittens

Try them and let me know if they helped!

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