Page 56 - Brandon Sun - Royal manitoba Winter Fair 2019

56 THE BRANDON SUN • ROYAL MANITOBA WINTER FAIR • MARCH 25-30, 2019

A jumper competes during the 2018 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair at the Keystone Centre. (File)
» Continued from page 55 Mixed: Show jumping is one Prize money: The perfor- competitors at the end of the
of the very few sports in which mances in a show jumping class. The most common is
Course-designer: The de- male and female competitors competition are rewarded by the “Table A” where jumping
signer must consider the level (both horses and riders) com- money. The first 30 per cent of faults or the first refusal gen-
of the competitors and of the pete in the same classes. the placed riders receive prize erate four penalty points. Time
class, the table, and its relevant money and the winner alone faults may be added to the final
rules. The goal is to adjust the Obstacles (fences or receives 30 per cent of the total result: one point for every four
level of difficulty to favour the jumps): There are two ma- prize money of a class. seconds over the allowed time.
best riders while allowing all jor types of obstacles: wide In “Table C” classes, jumping
competitors to complete the (spread-jumps) and vertical. Stride: One of the main dif- faults are converted into sec-
course safely. The latter is a fence compris- ficulties of show jumping lies in onds added to the time taken
ing at least two poles arranged the way the riders will manage to complete the course.
Elimination: After a second vertically. On the other hand, a the strides of their horses be-
stop (refusal) or a fall of the spread is wide as well as high. It tween the fences. One canter- Walking the course: Once
horse and/or the rider, the pair may be wider than it is high and ing stride of a horse covers ap- the course has been built by the
is eliminated. be lower at the front (rising) proximately 3.50 meters. The course-designer and his team,
or the same height (parallel). rider can shorten or lengthen the riders are allowed to “walk
Jump-off: It’s the “tie- A spread with two elements is the strides in order to adjust the course” with their coaches
break”: the jump-off takes called an over. A rising spread their number between two in order to memorize the de-
place at the end of some Table with three or more elements is fences so that the horse can sign the route, to calculate the
A classes to decide between the called a triple-bar. A normal jump the obstacle in good con- number of strides between the
competitors placed equally after course comprises between 11 ditions, taking off neither too obstacles positioned close to-
the main round. The jump-off and 14 obstacles. A combina- close nor too far. gether and to locate the short-
course is shorter and different tion of jumps is considered as cut and other way to save time
to that of the first round and is one obstacle. Table: Different scoring in case of a speed-class or in
against the clock. systems are used to place the view of a prospective jump-off.