Combined training

[maxapple]

I might have a go at combine training next weekend. I know it's a dressage test then a jumping round ... But not sure how it actually works.

Which one do you do first and how do the scores work ?

 

[jester_ben]

You do the dressage first as thats the main source of points then you go on and do the show jumping and if you have any time faults or refusals or knocks it adds onto the dressage, and the jugdes at up the final score.

If you do so it good luck and have fun

 

[Eriskayowner]

You ride your dressage test first (eventing tack is fine) and you get your penalties added up - you want the lowest score possible. (In pure dressage you obviously want the highest score possible).

You then ride your showjumping round. Any faults or time penalties are then added to your dressage score.

It is the person with the lowest score at the end of the event that wins.

 

[arwenplusone]

In my experience it differs depending on what the EC running it wants to do.

I last did one where DR was marked as normal and there were placings. Then the SJ was held & there was a score for each fence (out of 10 so how good is your line/style/ getaway), penalties for knock down etc and there were SJ placings.

Then there were overall placings based on combined score.

 

[monkeybum13]

dressage first then sj
some places run it like an ODE with penalites, some work out your percentage for dressage and then take points away ie a pole down = 4% from your dressage score.
I prefer the penalites way, much easier to understand

 

[cyearsley]

Just to add to the good advice, some places run it by BE rules so no callers or whips..........others may not mind, best to check first. Good luck, they are great fun, we don't like stressage too much but followed by a round of jumps, it makes it more bearable

PS practice your jumping, the last couple I've done the standard of jumping was better than the dressage, at least three competitors were eliminated on the jumping phase and it suprised me how many horses did a really nice test and then wouldn't jump a filler. Our dressage isn't great but each time we pulled back the marks on the jumping and gave me a morale boost