SJ rules - showing horse a fence?

[poacher82]

I thought it was against the rules to show a horse a fence? Watching Olympia on TV there seem to be several riders showing horses fences before their round. I thought maybe it was just a puissance thing, but noticed one or two do it in the world cup too.
Any ideas?

 

[Luci07]

there was a long discussion on this recently - whenever I have watched SJ with top riders, they always manage to get in and show their horses the spooky fences... not sure if they are supposed to!

 

[lar]

It used to be a rule I believe but hasn't been for numerous years

 

[flyingfeet]

It was a rule, but they abandoned it as people still did it on the sly.

So now you can blatantly show your horse a fence as its allowed

 

[Katie]

i walk past the spooky jumps close enough for him to spot them and look if he wants, lol. he usually does

 

[ArcticFox]

I always thought it wasn't allowed but as I am sitting here bored (as off work with nothing to do) I have just scrolled through the rule book.

Maybe I am missing it and someone can enlighten us, but I cannot find anything in the rules to say you can't show a horse the fence, however if your horse decided to try and jump it then you would be eliminated!

 

[fleabittengrey]

Showing a horse a fence in my interpretation is riding a turn or a line of the course and clearly riding the horse towards a fence, not in way of going over it but way of letting a horse see a tricky angle or line and heading at the middle of the fence. Walking parrallel to a fence or past a spooky filler upon entering the arena is ringcraft!

 

[Benjamin Brown]

No longer just ringcraft - perfectly legal and why shouldn't it be ! It was a daft rule anyway

 

[dieseldog]

They changed the rules a few years ago, perfectly legal now.

 

[DuckToller]

Yes, I looked this up and queried it and it is no longer a rule. However not all local judges are aware of that so you need to be careful at unaff shows - still worth keeping it subtle!

 

[fleabittengrey]

No longer just ringcraft - perfectly legal and why shouldn't it be ! It was a daft rule anyway

Not sure if you are questionning me, might have read it wrong!
By ringcraft I of course mean something that is legal, good ringcraft is a trick of the trade that enables you to gain best advantage in competition.

 

[JessandCharlie]

Sorry, hijacking but I have a query too. On friday I went to go the shopping village at about half ten ish and got lost Thought I'd be able to cut across the grandstand to get back where I came from and saw a number of horses schooling around the fences. I was quickly ushered back out of the grandstand by a steward, but I wondered whether this is technically allowed? Further to that - should it be allowed?

I expect I'm being dim, please explain

 

[poacher82]

Thanks for all the replies, answered my question. I thought the ringcraft bit of walking past/near a spooky was normal and sensible, but had totally not realised you could actually walk your horse right up and park it with it's nose on the fence for a look!