Area 2 Spring Festival Dressage Qualifier

Entries via Horse Events Entry fee for all classes £15 Entries close on 22nd December

All 20 x 40 m tests

PC Test sheets are available to download from: The Pony Club Website pcuk.org

BD test sheets available from BD

The competition will be run in an express format.

All queries please contact Michelle Macaulay (area2@pcuk.org)

The competition comprises:

• The individual competition – the scores for all competitors in the competition automatically count for this competition. It is also open to all competitors in the team competition (below).

• The team competition – open to teams that must consist of three members from each Branch/Centre with all three scores to count.

TEAM COMPETITION

Branches/Centres may enter a team of three members in each section of the Area Qualifier competitions. The team members must compete in the same level of competition. The team must comprise of three members and all three scores count.

Area/Mixed Teams will not be eligible to qualify for the Championships.

The current Pony Club saddlery and dress rules for each sport apply.

GENERAL ELIGIBILITY

• All competitors must be members of the Pony Club both at the closing date for entries to the competition and at the date of the competition.

• A combination of horse and rider can compete at two adjacent levels of the same sport.

• No horse may be ridden more than once in the same class.

• Riders may ride a maximum of three horses at the Area Competition and two horses at the Championships in any one class.

• Horses may only be ridden by one rider in a class at the Area Competitions and at the Championships.

Please note;

• Horses left tied to wagons /trailers must not be left unattended. Please do not feed hay nets outside.

ELIGIBILITY

Grassroots PC80: A combination of horse/pony and rider are NOT eligible if they have:

• Completed at an Intermediate level or above Summer Dressage Area Competition or Championships in any previous year.

• Completed above Prelim level with British Dressage

• Completed at BD Novice My/Team Quest

Novice: A combination of horse/pony and rider are NOT eligible if they have:

• Completed at an Open level Summer Dressage Area Competition or Championships in any previous year.

• Won any BD points (BD Preliminary points do not count for the purposes of this rule)

• Completed at BD Elementary level or above (BD Team/My Quest competitions do not count for the purpose of this rule)

• Completed in BD Novice Music classes.

Intermediate: A combination of horse/pony and rider are NOT eligible if they have:

• Previously ever finished 1st to 3rd as an individual at the Summer Championships at Intermediate level or above on two or more occasions in the last five years.

• Won any BD points at Elementary level or above.

• Completed at BD Medium level or above (BD Team/My Quest competitions do not count for the purpose of this rule)

COMMANDERS

Novice/Intermediate/Open – commanders are not permitted at Area Competitions or the Championships.

Grassroots PC80 – commanders are permitted at Area Competitions but not at the Championships.

Commanders are permitted for warm-up classes.

Reasonable Adjustment may be considered if required, please see https://pcuk.org/officials/equality-diversity/reasonable-adjustment/.

Classes 3, 5, 7 & 9 qualify for the Spring Festival Championships to be held at Addington Equestrian on 1st – 2nd March 2025