jcberry
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i thought they were both the same?
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Difference between XC and a Hunter Trial?
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TiaPony
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XC is practice normally, you don't normally find xc comps whereas hunter trails are basically competing at XC with a fancy (perhaps fitting) name
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CastleMouse
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They're both the same, although some hunter trials (not many though) have a timed section where you have to open and shut a gate whilst mounted
FloElla
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I thought that in XC you had to wear xc coluors and in hunter trials you had to were your hunter/hacking jacket? Might have heard wrong though? not sure?!
CastleMouse
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Years ago people used to wear their usual hunting attire (tweed or hunting jacket) for hunter trials, but nowadays everyone wears cross-country colour. I haven't seen anyone in hunting attire at hunter trials in the past few years, and when I was a spectator when I was a lot younger I didn't see many either from what I remember.
kirstyfk
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Cross Country is the jumps in the field/course while Hunter Trials is the compeition if that makes sense.
vickers22
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isnt cross country timed overall?i know HT only have a timed section...
clairencappelli
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I thought they were the same too we all wear colours at our ht down here and its a whole timed course with no timed section in all the ht ive ridden in.
WelshRareBit
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I thought XC was only as part of a ODE/TDE whereas HT are a competition in their own right... I dont know though!! xxx
Blizzard
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I thought a hunter trial was more spaced out, ie a large stretch between each jump, as if you were hunting? Yet XC the fences are pretty much closer together?
Santa_Claus
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depends where you are in the country and who is organising the competition.
a true XC competition is timed all the round just like the XC phase of a ODE.
a True HT competition has a timed section traditionally including a gate and you must wear either hacking jackets or a plain black sweatshirt.
BUT nowadays you see a mixture of the two. Here in devon a HT means an XC with a short timed section in one field as far easier for the organisers with no gate and wear whatever you like.
on the other hand friend competed in Notts i think it was this weekend where her HT had gate and someone was actually eliminated for not wearing a hacking jacket as they turned up in XC colours!
This is why it is best to read the individual competition rules. True HTs are most commonly run by pony clubs I have found.
Katie
a true XC competition is timed all the round just like the XC phase of a ODE.
a True HT competition has a timed section traditionally including a gate and you must wear either hacking jackets or a plain black sweatshirt.
BUT nowadays you see a mixture of the two. Here in devon a HT means an XC with a short timed section in one field as far easier for the organisers with no gate and wear whatever you like.
on the other hand friend competed in Notts i think it was this weekend where her HT had gate and someone was actually eliminated for not wearing a hacking jacket as they turned up in XC colours!
This is why it is best to read the individual competition rules. True HTs are most commonly run by pony clubs I have found.
Katie