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In the future I would like to affiliate my gelding with the BSJA, and I was just wondering how different it is to unaffiliated showjumping, and how you all prepared your horses for going affiliated?
 
and me and me... answer this for me too please,
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Aw, why??

I wanna affiliate my gelding who has had 2 injuries in the past 8 months, and when he recovers from this abcess, I think we will be back to square one, but eventually we will affiliate.
 
I would say the jumps are built more upto height and the oxers are wider. However the courses often flow better. For preperation you should be capable of jumping slightly higher than the class you are entering and you should be comfortable with cominations i.e doubles and trebles.
If you think you are happy doing this then either go and try a clear round or get a day ticket and try a class. Alternatively ring a show centre and hire the course after bsja and see how you find it.
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I affiliated for the first time with Gem just before xmas, and really wish i hadnt cos ive just not been able to get her out from injuries and other unforseeable things
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As previously said, the courses will be up to height, a british novice class (90cm) will seem scarily bigger than an unaffiliated at the same height
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! One of the main bonusses though is the standard of the course you get with bsja shows, very often the unaff shows dont have a course builder, and some of the turns and distances you can get, are, well not good to put it politely! Although if you do trailblazers, they use the same builders as the bsja, so thats worth considering.

Id say, stick with unaff for now, certainly until you can go round 3ft-3'3 confidently on a regular basis. Then if you really want to progress, are ready, and can afford it (its about £160!) go for it, but in the meantime there are a lot of good unaffiliated venues around, including qualifiers and championships, so theres not that much difference if your not a professional and competing every weekend, which im certainly not!
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Hope this helps Nat x
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It is totally different from the majority of unaffiliatedf shows.
The BSJA courses are built correctly, at the lower level there should be no difficult strides between fences, the course should flow & the fences will be built to height & the spreads will be the correct distance as well.
Unaffiliated courses are in the main built by well meaning people but who don't have the knowledge, training & ability of the BSJA course builder. This means that invariably some distances are a little strange, courses don't flow & there can be other problems aswell.
There are lower classes than British Novice but I would aim for that. Ideally you & your horse should ber able to jump a 1 mtr course comfortably then go along & have a go. Don't register with BSJA initially, go along & enter on a ticket. It will cost you a little more over the top of the entry price but you will be able to sample the jumping without the affiliation costs of around £160. (On a ticket however you cannot win prize money)
If all goes well & you are happy then consider affiliation. Good Luck.
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The jumps are more colourful, they sometimes put them on corners or at angle and all of the jumps are up to height. whereas unaff they sometimes do a few smaller ones beneath the actual height, the spreads are wider but the courses are always built really well with good strides.
 
My daughtered joined just over a year ago, i would recommend it, you know the courses are going to be built properly, in the unaff they are catering for horses and ponies so the striding may not be right. Unaff classes are about £7.50 - 8 a class and you get a rosette and there is often 25 in a class whereas the bsja class is £10ish and you have the chance to win money and put value on the pony since it is all on record and there is alot fewer in the class.
 
BSJA is way more expensive than unaffiliated, it costs me about £8 a class unaffiliated and generally £15 - £20 a class BSJA. And BSJA costs about £180 to reg I think. You do win money BSJA though of course. Classes are generally a lot bigger (depending on your area, in my case they are often less!).

BSJA courses are better built, you know they will be up to height and properly built.

The only reason I do BSJA is purely to try and win money and because obviously there are bigger height classes. Before registering, Id have my horse jumping intermediate level (1m) unaffiliated before doing BN. They are built up to height so jumping slightly bigger unaffil. should prepare you.
 
my feeling towards affiliating to both bsja and be is that it is very expensive and you have to be able to justify why to to do it.
i always find it a bit strange when i go to some of the junior bsja around here that people pay all that money for a 70cm class which could be jumped for half the price the next day...
likewise for BE i don't really see the point in be80 and be90 which would only cost £25 if it were pc or riding club event. does any one feel the same way about this, or am i just abnormal !
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I agree with post of the post here. BSJA built courses are generally more flowing especially in the smaller/novice classes to encourage the young/inexperienced horses and/or riders. Also striding will be correct for horses if a senior or ponies if a junior. Alot of show centres offer a clear round class at the start of the day which you don't have to be affiliated for, it is normally the same course as the British Novice but a hole smaller, this would give you a idea of what to expect without the pressure. May also be an idea to go a watch a few classes at different centres to get the 'lay of the land' so to speak!
 
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