Eventing rule question.

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Can anyone here help with a little debate that has been going on this weekend.
If a horse jumps the wrong steeple fence should that be elimination?
Have been at Burgie this weekend where they were running a novice and intermediate taster 3 day (long format) A novice horse jumped the intermediate steeple fence, circled round then jumped the novice and from that the debate began. There was no flags crossed over the fence, but it was flagged intermediate.
 
I dont think that you would be, I have done that before and it was fine. As long as you jump the actual jump I dont think it matters, just adds loads on to your time!
 
I have seen horses at a BE event chuck the rider off, run off to the car-park with rider in hot pursuit, recover the horse, remount and rejoin the course where they left it.

The question I have for the BE technical advisor at out next ODE is "If a rider dismounts before a water hazard, leads the horse through the water, remounts and continues, do we penalise them?"
 
i think if you jump an extra fence by accident, you just have to then jump your proper jump and carry on. Dont think it results in elimination
 
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I'm with 4 faulter on this one..

Pretty sure the rider has to be mounted for the jump to count also.

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What made me think of this was BSJA introducing the new rule this year that riders have to have saddles. If you don't have a rule specifically against it, than someone will try to do it!

I presume that BD, BSJA, etc. actually mandate that you have a horse with you?
 
Id say it should be elimination surely? Because if you have a stop SC then its 20 penalties just like for XC isnt it? Therefore surely the same rules apply - you get eliminated for jumping a flagged fence not part of your course?
 
You see I think the same as you. She was a novice entry but she jumped the intermediate, ok it wasnt her choice, horse came round the corner and took off with her and she had no control.
 
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