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Attention Eventers! Exhibition Eventing Qualifier Entries Closing Soon!

Published on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 in General

Entries close on 29 July for the Exhibition Eventing Qualifier - number two - being held in Melbourne on 30 September!

Exhibition Eventing is coming to the Royal Melbourne Show. This is your chance to qualify for the Equestrian Grand Final to be held at EQUITANA 10-13 November.

The first Exhibition Eventing class was held with great success at Sydney Royal in April and was won by Shane Rose (pictured).

How does the class work?
In the morning competitors ride a short Dressage test (of 3 star level movements). The results from the Dressage will seed the riders for the jumping  and according to their position in the standings they start with seconds on the clock fir the jumping.
The winning rider after the Dressage starts the jumping with 0 penalties (seconds) on the board. The second placed rider will start the jumping with 2 secs on the board and the third best with 3 seconds on the board, and so on, if there a 14 horses in the class the rider in 14th place has 14 seconds on the clock before the jumping starts.
The jumping is held in the afternoon. There is just one course, combining cross country (up to 2 star height) and show jumps (up to 3 star height). Riders start in reverse order. There is an optimum time, riders will be penalised 1 time fault per second over the optimum time and 1 time fault per second if they are more than 5 seconds under the optimum time.
There will be a joker fence (a show jump up to 1.45m) on the course, which is optional. Jump it clear and 5 secs will be removed from your time, knock it down and you have 10 seconds added to your time.
There are no penalties for stops – but you lose time as you have to represent.
Penalties are awarded as below:
Rail down                      5 penalties
Third refusal                  Elimination
Fall of horse or rider       Elimination
Joker Fence:     
Jumped clear                -5 penalties
Knocked down              10 penalties
Time penalties               1 penalty per second over the optimum time or if more than 5 seconds under the optimum time
The combination with the least penalties wins!
 What is the Equestrian Grand Final?
The Equestrian Grand Final (EGF) will be a multi discipline event held at EQUITANA Sydney 10-13 November. This competition will showcase the ‘best of the best’ and include nearly 50 of the top riders from around the country.
This premiere event will bring together Australia’s elite Equestrian competitors in Dressage, Jumping and Exhibition Eventing.  Riders will qualify through a series. The EGF promises big prizes, big action and big excitement. See here for more information on the Equestrian Grand Final

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