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With so much confusion about Balloting thought I would post the updated rules on it.
From the meeting I attended no more than 280-300 can run safely in one day and I presume this is in summer hours so maybe 30-40 less in winter hours.
Oversubscription at One and Two Day Events
Whether or not a class is oversubscribed, the Organiser may reduce the number
of horses ridden by any rider because of timetabling constraints. Hors concours
entries will be treated in exactly the same way as all other entries.
If an event is oversubscribed:
a) Day ticket entries are balloted in the following order:
1st - Day Ticket Riders on Day Ticket Horses
2nd - Full Members on Day Ticket Horses OR Day Ticket Members on
Fully Registered Horses
3rd - Day Ticket riders on fully registered horses with a ballot sticker.
b) Organisers are to give priority to higher classes over lower classes, e.g.
Intermediates over Novices etc.
c) CIC** entries take precedence over Intermediate entries.
d) Intro and Pre-Novice entries, sections or even the whole class must be
rejected before any Intermediate or higher classes, with cross country on the
same day, are balloted. Where Intro, Pre-Novice or Novice classes have cross
country on the same day, if any class is being balloted, Intro, Pre-Novice and
Novice sections must be run in the ratio of 1 Intro:1 Pre-Novice:1 Novice.
If the Advanced class is over-subscribed:
e) Organisers are to accept as many advanced class entries as possible, but
i) May reduce the overall number by rejecting horses from riders with
several horses entered in that class, e.g. rejecting all riders' 4th or more
horses, then their 3rd, etc. and then
ii) May ballot in accordance with sub-para g) below.
If any other classes on that day are over-subscribed:
f) Organisers must restrict the number of horses ridden across country by one
competitor to three in one day, unless all the horses to be ridden by that rider are
in the Advanced class (when five cross country rides is the maximum).
g) Sub-paragraphs a), b), c), d), e) and f) above apply. Subject to those subparagraphs,
organisers must accept entries in the following order:
i) Super Special entries (ballot sticker returned balloted from another
event) or a 'super ballot' sticker.
ii) Two special entries per rider (ballot stickers)
iii) Entries which the Organiser specially wishes to accept.
iv) Multiple riders' Special entries (ballot stickers)
v) Normal entries one per rider (without ballot sticker)
vi) Multiple riders Normal entries.
vii) Entry forms incorrectly submitted or completed.
From the meeting I attended no more than 280-300 can run safely in one day and I presume this is in summer hours so maybe 30-40 less in winter hours.
Oversubscription at One and Two Day Events
Whether or not a class is oversubscribed, the Organiser may reduce the number
of horses ridden by any rider because of timetabling constraints. Hors concours
entries will be treated in exactly the same way as all other entries.
If an event is oversubscribed:
a) Day ticket entries are balloted in the following order:
1st - Day Ticket Riders on Day Ticket Horses
2nd - Full Members on Day Ticket Horses OR Day Ticket Members on
Fully Registered Horses
3rd - Day Ticket riders on fully registered horses with a ballot sticker.
b) Organisers are to give priority to higher classes over lower classes, e.g.
Intermediates over Novices etc.
c) CIC** entries take precedence over Intermediate entries.
d) Intro and Pre-Novice entries, sections or even the whole class must be
rejected before any Intermediate or higher classes, with cross country on the
same day, are balloted. Where Intro, Pre-Novice or Novice classes have cross
country on the same day, if any class is being balloted, Intro, Pre-Novice and
Novice sections must be run in the ratio of 1 Intro:1 Pre-Novice:1 Novice.
If the Advanced class is over-subscribed:
e) Organisers are to accept as many advanced class entries as possible, but
i) May reduce the overall number by rejecting horses from riders with
several horses entered in that class, e.g. rejecting all riders' 4th or more
horses, then their 3rd, etc. and then
ii) May ballot in accordance with sub-para g) below.
If any other classes on that day are over-subscribed:
f) Organisers must restrict the number of horses ridden across country by one
competitor to three in one day, unless all the horses to be ridden by that rider are
in the Advanced class (when five cross country rides is the maximum).
g) Sub-paragraphs a), b), c), d), e) and f) above apply. Subject to those subparagraphs,
organisers must accept entries in the following order:
i) Super Special entries (ballot sticker returned balloted from another
event) or a 'super ballot' sticker.
ii) Two special entries per rider (ballot stickers)
iii) Entries which the Organiser specially wishes to accept.
iv) Multiple riders' Special entries (ballot stickers)
v) Normal entries one per rider (without ballot sticker)
vi) Multiple riders Normal entries.
vii) Entry forms incorrectly submitted or completed.
