Army & Royal Artillery Hunter Trials 2024

ENTRIES, START TIMES & RESULTS

Entry Fee:

Individual Classes: £32.00 in advance, £37.00 late entry/entry on the day

Entry Fee per pair: £45.00 in advance, £50.00 late entry/entry on the day.

1. Entries in advance close by COP 16 October 2024 and are to be made online at:  www.horse-events.co.uk   Late entries will be accepted after the closing date if there are places still available and will be subject to a late entry fee as per class details.

2. Requests for start times will be noted, but it may not be possible to accommodate them.

3. To qualify as a Service entry the rider must be a serving member of the Regular Forces, Reserve Forces, University Officer Training Corps, Cadet Force, or Police.  For entry as a Service Pair, both riders must meet these criteria.  Please enter the correct Class in each section: Service or Civilian.

4. The Open section will be run first followed by Restricted Novice, Novice, Novice Pairs, and then Intermediate.

5. Start times will be available on www.horse-events.co.uk and www.eventingscores.co.uk from Thursday 17 October 2024 at 1800hrs or by phoning the entries secretary (07899 033133) between 1800hrs and 1900hrs on that day.  Please note that missed calls will not be returned.

6. Withdrawals – entry fees will only be refunded if a vet or doctor’s certificate is provided by 12 noon by Monday 14 October 2024. Any entry fees refunded will be less a £5 administration fee.

Start times will be available on www.horse-events.co.uk and www.eventingscores.co.uk from Thursday 17 October 2024 at 1800hrs or by phoning the entries secretary (07899 033133) between 1800hrs and 1900hrs on that day.

Please note that missed calls will not be returned.

Competitors must print their own numbers and supply their own bibs. 

Competitors will be able to print bib numbers directly from Eventing Scores.

Results will be available via:  https://www.eventingscores.co.uk

All Service competitors are to wear uniform, in accordance with unit standing orders and a high standard of turnout is required.  Service or MSC cross country silks may be worn instead of MTP smock jackets.

All competitors are to wear a back protector and protective headwear in accordance with current British Eventing rules.  Air Jackets are permitted but only when worn with an authorised back protector.

The wearing of stopwatches and/or head and/or body cameras are not permitted. BE approved whips are permitted only; no schooling whips are permitted

COURSES & COMPETITION

The Course will be open for walking on foot only from 1400hrs on Friday 18 October and any amendments after this will be published in the Secretary’s Room and at the start.

Scoring:

a. There will be no timed section.

b. The course will be run on an optimum time, which will be published in the Secretary’s Room and at the Start on event day. 0.4 penalty points will be awarded for each commenced second recorded over the Optimum Time. Those who come in under (faster than) the optimum time (OT) have 15 seconds’ grace. Those who come in more than 15 seconds under (faster than) will start incurring 0.4 penalty points per second. If several riders have no time penalties, the closest to the OT is the winner”. Faster beats slower.

c. Jump penalties will be awarded in line with BE rules with additional penalties relating to the dressing fences for the Pairs section only (see below).

d. Pairs Dressing Fences will be published ahead of the walk-round and each dressing fence will be marked “Dressing”.  Each dressing fence will be scored:

i.   Pairs who jump the fence side-by-side in union, with no gap between horses/ponies will attract 0 penalties.

ii.   Where there is a gap between the pair 5 penalties will be awarded.

iii.   Where the gap between the pair exceeds a horse length 10 penalties will be awarded.

e. In the event of equality, the combination closest to the optimum time will be the winner.

Queries and appeals about scores must be made to the Secretary, submitted in writing accompanied by a £10 deposit, within 10 minutes of the posting of results at the event.  The deposit is liable to be forfeited if the objection in not upheld or the appeal is considered frivolous.

All prizes, cups and rosettes will be presented by Sponsors or their representatives as soon after completion of each class, apart from the Novice prizes which will be presented following completion of the Pairs event.  As a matter of courtesy and as a thank you to the sponsors, competitors are urged to come to prize-giving.  Those with a chance of winning are to make arrangement to receive prizes when called. Please be smartly turned out, military winners are required to pay appropriate compliments.  Failure to attend the prize giving will lead to the forfeiture of prizes by winners.  Prize money is awarded by BACS.

All efforts will be made to ensure entries and sponsorship allow for full prize money to be awarded.  Please see the class details for the minimum number of entries to ensure the full prize money is given, if the minimum entries are not received then notices will be posted in the Secretary’s with the amended prizes.