Eventing in the Nation's Capital
There have been a few changes to the draw, as there have been some scratchings, but your times have not changed. If you want a second round, please come and find Kate and she’ll work it out.
This is a video from 4 years ago – breaking up the ice in the water jump!
The course will consist of 15 cross country obstacles, all with a 60 cm option and with several also including options at 80 cm and/or 95 cm.
∙ The optimum time will be calculated at a speed of 350 metres per minute (the usual pace for 60 cm cross country).
∙ Time will be taken when the second rider crosses the finish line and time penalties will be calculated in the normal way for unofficial eventing (i.e. penalties for being more than 20 seconds inside the optimum time as well as for exceeding that time).
∙ Refusals will be penalised in the normal way, with three refusals at a single fence (by the same horse) constituting elimination for the pair who must then leave the course at a walk.
∙ Similarly, any fall of horse or rider constitutes elimination.
∙ There is no set number of total refusals allowed on course by the pair collectively, but the XC controllers reserve the right to pull up any competitors who they believe are not coping safely with the course and ask them to leave at a walk.
∙ Three of the obstacles will be designated as Dressing Fences, where the object is for the two riders to jump as closely as possible together, with marks (0-10) being awarded based on how closely synchronised the jumps are. The fence judges’ decisions on these marks are NOT subject to any form of appeal.
∙ Any time and/or jumping penalties incurred will be deducted from the Dressing Marks and the winning Pair will be the one with the highest score.
Ben has created XC course maps for all the classes. Remember to check the offical course distances and time allowed.
The draw is almost ready to publish!
To help you prepare for the event – here are a few more tips.
Write out your times for each phase, the arena your dressage test will be in, and what day each phase will be. Work out how long you need to warm up and then from then, you can work out what time you need to get on.
Remember to check the toner levels in your printer – so you can print your backnumbers out – you need to print TWO!
As we have so many horses coming, we are limiting the number of horses into the warmup area (with the exception of those in Arena 6). There is plenty of space in the camping area for riding, just follow the signs.
XC courses are being published on the cross country app – search the library to find your course!
| Class | Dressage | SJ | XC |
| 60 2020 Eventing Test A | Sat PM | Sun PM | Sun AM |
| 80 2020 Eventing Test A | Sat AM | Sat PM | Sat PM |
| 95 2020 Eventing Test A | Sat AM Jnrs PM | Sat PM | Sun AM |
| 1* Test A | Sat PM | Sun AM | Sun AM |
| 2* FEI CCI 2* Test A (new 2022) | Sat PM | Sun PM | Sun AM |
The venue is looking brilliant and we can’t wait for you all to join us here in the nation’s capital!
Remember that we have a record number of tradestands attending the event.
FEED delivery:
We are very pleased that Neigh Hay are providing feed/shavings delivery service for those attending the event.
Visit their website to order, and select delivery to NCHTA
https://neighhay.com.au/about-us-horse-hay-sale-canberra/
Here are the links to the tests being used at the upcoming event:
| Class | Test | |
| 2* | 2021 CCI2* Test A | |
| 1* | 2020 CCN1* Test A | |
| EvA95 | 2020 Eventing Test A EvA95 | |
| EvA80 | 2020 Eventing Test A EvA80 | |
| EvA60 | 2020 Eventing Test A EvA45&60 |
On the 11th of December, NCHTA is hosting a XC day. The course will be flagged for the EvA60 to 1* courses. The course is a shortened course for the 80 – 1* courses in that the course will finish at the stone apex.
Many hands will be needed to get the course ready – as you can imagine the grass growth is pretty impressive!
If you’re wondering why not whole XC isn’t being used, here’s one reason:
Flagging and preparing the course will be underway in the week leading up to the 11th, so please put aside some time to help.
