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» Show jumping
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PRIZE MONEY
The performances in a show jumping
competition are rewarded by 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 of a class.

STRIDE
One of the main difficulties of show jump-
ing lies in the way the riders will manage the
strides of their horses between the fences. One
cantering stride of a horse covers approxi-
mately 3.50 metres. The rider can shorten or
lengthen the strides in order to adjust their
number between two fences so that the horse
can jump the obstacle in good conditions, tak- points. Time faults may be added to the final course designer and his team, the riders are
ing off neither too close nor too far. result: one point for every four seconds over allowed to “walk the course” with their
the allowed time. In “Table C” classes, jumping coaches in order to memorize the design,
faults are converted into seconds added to the the route, to calculate the number of strides
TABLE time taken to complete the course. between the obstacles positioned close to-
Different scoring systems are used to place
the competitors at the end of the class. The gether and to locate the shortcut and other
way to save time in case of a speed-class or
most common is the “Table A” where jumping WALKING THE COURSE in view of a prospective jump-off.
faults or the first refusal generate four penalty Once the course has been built by the

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