Arena Eventing............................Why.....

[Toby_Zaphod]

.....are you given 4 penalties for having a pole in the 'Show Jumping' stage however when you ride the 'Cross Country' Stage you can knock as many poles over as you want & don't get penalised?

I was out at the weekend & my daughter went totally clear over both sections & then someone else rode round & had 4 poles in the Cross Country Section & was given a clear round? This doesn't seem fair to me, can any one explain why this happens?

 

[PorkChop]

Any arena events that I have attended do give penalties for knock downs in the cross country section - that does seem unfair.

Well done to your daughter for having a double clear

 

[ester]

ditto the ones I have attended LJR.

 

[supagran]

Each venue can (and do) have their own rules for arena eventing. It makes it difficult some times, but the rules should be on their schedules.

 

[FfionWinnie]

Are you sure it wasn't to do with time faults or something. That sounds a bit strange.

 

[LouisCat]

It must be down to the venue. When I've done arena eventing there were penalties for knocking down both

 

[silvershadow81]

What was the venue?

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

The venue was Weston Lawns.

 

[Fun Times]

Presumably its designed to replicate the rules of eventing as closely as possible. I.e. if you touch a fixed xc fence at a proper event, it won't fall (unless of course you have a horrific accident) and therefore no penalty accrues. It seems reasonable to me. But only if the xc element isn't judged by reference to fastest time - it should be judged against an optimum time. Otherwise, it does encourage crazy fast riding in which case you should be penalised for having poles.

 

[Horsemad12]

Its an optimum time at Weston Lawns and yes poles down in the XC phase doesn't count. They always done it that way. They do also run a dressage phase so scoring reflects actual eventing.