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Prize money: The performances in a
show jumping competition are rewarded
with money. The first 30 per cent of the
placed riders receive prize money and the
winner alone receives 30 per cent of the
total prize money in a class.
Stride: One of the main difficulties of
show jumping lies in the way the riders
manage the strides of their horses
between fences. One cantering stride of
a horse covers approximately 3.50 meters.
The rider can shorten or lengthen their
horse’s stride in order to adjust their
number between two fences so that the
horse can jump the obstacle in good
condition, taking off neither too close nor
too far.
Table: Different scoring systems are
used to place the competitors at the end
of the class. The most common is “Table
A,” where jumping faults or the first
refusal generate four penalty points. Time
faults may be added to the final result:
one point for every four seconds over the Riders in the practice ring before a show hunter competition at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair.(File)
allowed time. In “Table C” classes,
jumping faults are converted into seconds designer and his team have built the design, the route and calculate the
added to the time to complete the course. course, the riders walk the course with number of strides between the obstacles
Walking the course: Once the course their coaches in order to memorize the positioned close together.

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