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    THREE PHASE EVENT

    May 21-22, 2011

RULES

 Qualifying Horses: All horses must be 3 years of age or older according to their actual date of birth. Must have a current coggins and travel papers. As strong advocates for sound horses, only bare foot or flat shod shoeing is permitted. No artificial devises are permitted. All horses must go through a vet check prior to competing. Any foreign substances or other cruel, unsafe and/or unsportsman like practices will be grounds for disqualification. A horse may have only one rider and may be entered into only one division of choice (beginner novice, novice or training). A rider may chose to ride more than one horse, but due to scheduling constraints, no more than three horses may be entered under one rider.

Starting Order: The starting order will be determined by draw after the close of entries. A rider competing with more than one horse must indicate on the entry form which horse will be ridden first.  Rides will be scheduled with adequate spacing between starts. Approximately one week before the event, the riders will be mailed (if postage paid envelope is attached with entry form) or emailed their course and their riding times for each phase of the event..  Courses will also be posted at the event.

Schedule: The Three Phase Event Dressage and Stadium Trail Obstacle tests will be conducted on Saturday  unless the number of entrants warrant test on Friday as well.  The Three Phase Cross Country course will be held on Sunday.

Identification:  Each horse will be given an individual number and the horse must wear its number whenever it is being exercised or is competing.

SCORING PROCEDURE

The event is composed of three phases. Each phase starts with 100 points, total starting value of 300 points.   The competitor with the fewest deductions, therefore the highest total points, is declared the winner.

Scoring Dressage: The tests used in this event are official USDF, USEF and NWHA tests where the trot has been replaced by the natural gait of the competing breed of horse.  Event tests for the beginner novice, novice and training dressage tests may be found under the "dressage tests" located at top of page.   Those wanting to compete additional tests may obtained them by going to the NWHA web site at www.nwha.com. 

Each test has a maximum possible points (MP).  Each horse will receive points based on performance (PP).  The performance points are divided by the maximum points to obtain the percent score (PP divided by MP to obtain % score)  The percent score will be the score that is carried forward as a plus score ( i.e 66% will go forward as +66) and becomes the score of the dressage phase.

Scoring Stadium Trail Obstacle:  There will be 10 obstacles, each assigned ten (10) points.

Each error on the course including failure to follow the course pattern will be penalized as follows:

Each tick or pole, cone or obstacle                                                    ½ point

Hit or step on obstacle, minor break in gait                                        1 point

Skipping over or failing to step into required space                             1 point

Slip pole                                                                                            1 point

Knock down, step out or jump off bank                                             3 points

Drop object                                                                                       5 points

Loss of control at gate                                                                        5 points

Each refusal or evade (max 3 per obstacle)                                         5 points

Judge waves horse off obstacle after 3 refusals                                    5 points

Obstacle performed in the wrong direction                                         10 points

By pass obstacle                                                                               20 points

The final score for the Stadium Trail Obstacle will consist of the maximum points (100) less the accumlated penalty points (for no more than 100 total). There will be a 10 point bonus for those ridden on a snaffle bit.   This becomes the score of the stadium obstacle phase.

Cross Country:  The obstacles will be natural in design such as one would experience on a trail ride, including mazes through the woods, logs, rocks and water crossings.  The distances will vary from two to five miles. The emphasis here is not so much on the obstacles but a good ride through the country side where the horse is required to willingly traverse the obstacles, allow the rider to accumlate the required tags and complete the course in the ideal time window.  Horses will be checked at the end of the course by a veterinarian for fitness and recovery time.

Scoring Cross Country:  The course will consist of ten (10) course obstacle destinations with buckets and tags.  Each tag has a value of ten (10) points.  Each missing tag’s value is deducted from the total score at the check in.

The riders will ride against an ideal time. The ideal time is one (1) minute.   A horse arriving at the check in station within the 60 second ideal time window will receive twenty(20) bonus points.  A horse arriving at the check in sooner then the ideal time, will incur a penalty of five (5) points for each 30 seconds sooner for a maximum penalty of fifty (50) points.  A horse arriving in more than the ideal time will incur a penalty of five (5) points for each 30 seconds over the ideal time for a maximum penalty of fifty (50) points.

 A rider attempting to adjust his finish time when arriving early by halting, circling or doing serpentines will be penalized 25 points

Cross Country Score:  Ideal time window bonus points or penalty deductions, and missing obstacle destination tag deductions becomes the score of the cross country phase  

 TOTAL SCORE FOR EVENT:  The cross country score is added to that of dressage and stadium trail obstacle for a total score for all three phases.

GENERAL INFORMATION

 Maps: Riders will be furnished maps of the stadium obstacle and cross country courses.

Course Walk: There will be a course review no later than the day before the cross country ride.  Competitors may walk the course on their own at any time prior to the start of the cross country, but horses are not allowed on the course. After the course has been shown to competitors, alterations to the course or time allowed may only be made under exceptional circumstances such as heavy rain, extreme heat or other dangerous circumstances.

Course Markings:

Directional Markers: Black arrow on Orange  background;

Obstacle Markers: Indicate direction of obstacle to be taken and will be placed on RIGHT side of obstacle.

Color Coding for Divisions:

Beg. Novice: Black Numbers on Yellow background

Novice: Green numbers on White background

Training:  White Numbers on Black background

Disqualifications: The following are grounds for disqualification: a horse injured on the course, abusing a horse, pressing an exhausted horse, dangerous riding, failure to wear protective headgear and boots, obstructing the path of an oncoming horse, passing through an obstacle in the wrong sequence. If a horse is too slow on the course, it must let the faster horse pass it by.  An OUT RIDER has the right to stop a horse which has been overtaken, notifying the timekeeper of the delay, and then restarting the horse once there is sufficient distance between the horse that passed by. 

 NO HORSE OR RIDER MAY PRACTICE ON THE STADIUM OR CROSS COUNTRY COURSE AFTER MAY 1ST WITHOUT PENALITY OF DISQUALIFICATION. ANY COMPETITOR FOUND TRYING TO PRACTICE THEIR HORSE ON THE CROSS COUNTRY COURSE OR WHO SCHOOLS A HORSE TOO CLOSE TO THE STADIUM COURSE WHERE THE HORSE MAY VIEW THE OBSTACLES WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.  Prohibited areas will be marked.

DISQUALIFIED HORSES ARE NOT ELIGIABLE FOR AWARDS

EQUIPMENT:

Dressage: Use of English saddle and bridle, (Click on " Test" and go to Legal Dressage Bits to make sure your bit is approved for USEF and USEA competitions) is permitted.   A regular English cavesson or a figure eight or dropped nose band may be used it if is not so tightly fastened as to cause discomfort to the horse.  A person must be able to insert a finger comfortably between the cavesson and the face of the horse.  Gag bits, bits with chain or wire or twisted wire mouths are prohibited.

Cross Country: Use a saddle customarily worn on trail rides.  A shank bit no longer than 7 inches may be used on the Cross Country Trail Obstacle course but no chain or wire mouth pieces will be allowed.  Curb chains and nose bands must be comfortably fastened.  No martingale or _tie-down_ device is permitted.

Stadium Trail Obstacle: Either English or western tack may be used but all tack must conform to one or the other discipline. 

Spurs: Only smooth end, blunt spurs with NO ROWELS - spurs capable of wounding a horse are forbidden.

Whips: A whip no longer than 43.3 (110cm) inches will be allowed.

ATTIRE:  

Dressage: Dressage, Saddle Seat, or Western attire suitable for daytime show ring performances.

Cross Country: Comfortable, neat, trail riding attire.

Stadium Trail Obstacle: Either daytime dressage, saddle seat or western show attire or neat shirt with sleeves and show pants or breeches. Western shirt and jeans if in western tack (no chaps) is allowed.

Boots with a smooth sole and a minimum of one inch heels.

Safety Helmets, ASTM CERTIFIED in all events.