Dizzy socks
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Can someone please give me a description of what exactly this is?
Pick-A-Fence?
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jomax
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rhino
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I've seen it used to mean different things, which probably doesn't help.
For cross country, a pick-a-fence means that you follow a set course but at each fence there are options of different height, and you simply pick the one you feel comfortable jumping If you get clear over the fences (at whatever height you choose) you normally get a rosette. I've done a few, my old boy used to be really 'backwards' for the first couple of jumps, then would jump anything you point him at, so it helped to get him going forward from the start
I've also seen it applied to show jumping competitions where each fence is given a certain number of 'points' (dependent on height/technicality) and you have a set time - say 60 seconds - to get as many points as possible, by jumping any combination of fences in any order. The 'proper' name for this is an accumulator, however
For cross country, a pick-a-fence means that you follow a set course but at each fence there are options of different height, and you simply pick the one you feel comfortable jumping
If you get clear over the fences (at whatever height you choose) you normally get a rosette. I've done a few, my old boy used to be really 'backwards' for the first couple of jumps, then would jump anything you point him at, so it helped to get him going forward from the start I've also seen it applied to show jumping competitions where each fence is given a certain number of 'points' (dependent on height/technicality) and you have a set time - say 60 seconds - to get as many points as possible, by jumping any combination of fences in any order. The 'proper' name for this is an accumulator, however
Kallibear
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Ditto rhino: I've usually seen it for XC. Basically a clear round or even just 'have a go'. Does what it says on the tin : pick a fence! Sometimes you're to choose a size but often you can just miss out a fence if you don't want to try it.
Zeb93
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I have only seen XC pick-a-fences.
All the ones I have been to there has been a choice of 3 different sized jumps (A, B and C) for each fence with points awarded for the different ones (eg A=30 points, B=20 points aand C=10 points). You normally get 3 attempts to jump each fence (moving down a size after each refusal) before you have to move on and get 0 for that jump. The winner is the person who scores the most points (normally someone who was clear round the biggest options) closest to the optimum time.
They are great for a first time XC as you can take it as it comes and do whatever you feel is best depending on how the horse is going on the day. They are normally more relaxed than hunter trials or ODE, good for a schooling round in a competition environment.
All the ones I have been to there has been a choice of 3 different sized jumps (A, B and C) for each fence with points awarded for the different ones (eg A=30 points, B=20 points aand C=10 points). You normally get 3 attempts to jump each fence (moving down a size after each refusal) before you have to move on and get 0 for that jump. The winner is the person who scores the most points (normally someone who was clear round the biggest options) closest to the optimum time.
They are great for a first time XC as you can take it as it comes and do whatever you feel is best depending on how the horse is going on the day. They are normally more relaxed than hunter trials or ODE, good for a schooling round in a competition environment.
3bh
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I've not seen it at XC, but I would understand it to be a showjumping competition also known as an accumulator, a few jumps designed to be jumped from either direction, and varying from tiny easy options to something a bit challenging, at a club near me it is usually big airy planks - each jump has a different score related to their "difficulty" and you have a set time to accumulate as many points as possible by picking whichever jump(s) you want to do.