Hunter Trials??

[ecrozier]

I've only ever done one HT, and am planning on doing another at the end of April. I was going to do the 2'9 individual and the 2'9 pairs - but the girl I am doing the pair with said I'm mad and should only do one or the other as there will be about 40 fences in each course

Now, the one I did before was 2'3 - 2'6. but had about 17 or 18 fences, so I did the individual and pairs that day, my horse is a fairly fit (and hyper!) arab, and went much better the second time around.
Is it normal to do 2 classes or am I being over ambitious? Its at Snowball Farm if anyone happens to know approximately how many jumps there are there??

 

[Tempi]

ive done two before on Blossy, shes very fit tho. Did the 2'9 and the 2'9 pairs at a local event near me.

 

[Ferdinase514]

40 fences?! That sounds a lot for a HT

 

[ecrozier]

Thats what I thought! Maybe she is thinking of a sponsored ride?
Hmm, maybe I shuold just ring the venue and ask. Wouldn't expect him to do 40 fences, twice! He's fit, but that is just silly.

 

[sj_xc_hannah_]

HT's are usually only up to 20-25, never come across one longer

 

[Thistle]

Usually around the 20 mark. Often do 2 if horse is fit. A pairs and an indiv.

 

[ecrozier]

So is 2 classes in a day more than most people would want to do?

(can you tell I'm used to SJ and Dress?!

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[MagicMelon]

Can you call them and ask how many fences? Cant believe there'd be 40, thats crazy.

I have done 2 HT classes before (like you - individual and pairs) with no problems. As long as the horse is fit, your ok.