xc stop - how many secconds?

[Baileyhoss]

as per the title. How many seconds do you reckon a stop on a xc course would use up.

I'm talking a simple, canter up to fence, brakes on, circle in trot 3-4 strides out & boot on, smack smack, canter straight over and away in canter. No fuss or fannying about.

I was 1m29s over the ot at aswanley, but with 3 stops, inc one at the water, which took a moment longer to circle as it included getting back in the water. i was wondering how my time would have stood without them. I was in a very forward canter most of the way, but did check a little before all but 3-4 fences and trotted 6-7 strides out from the large drop after my near mishap.

What do you reckon?

 

[Tangaroo]

Sounds about right to me.

 

[riaseed007]

hmm I'm not sure, seems like quite a lot of time faults to me. With my falling off incident, I was slow to get restarted faffing about with stirrups, then had a run out and took the alternative at skinny fence. Was 2 minutes over the time and this is at novice speed.
For each run out you'd probably lose 15-20 seconds(?) if there was no faffing about as you say. So I reckon you'd have lost about a minute, maybe more due to your stops. Don't take my word for it though!
Sure you'll be clear next time, just kick on between fences and you'll make the time no problem

 

[Baileyhoss]

yep, I suspected counting 30 secs for a stop would be a bit generous. Think i'll have to crack on a bit more, although he wasn't truelly helpful and the ground was a bit variable on Sat, only 2 in my section ran under the time.

I'll get the turbo boosters on for Wee Burgie!

 

[Baileyhoss]

omg listen to me. one intro completion & i'm little miss competative!!

 

[AutumnRose]

Thats the attitude

!!! I find it's so variable with time, normally think about 20 secs max for a stop, run out. It often takes a few goes to get the speed at BE and intro/PN speed is faster than some people expect it to be i think. If only 2 inside time in your sec then was obviously a tricky time to get, probably due to ground.
Think about kicking away from your fences as soon as you land, that can save a second per fence easily. Also watch your lines, obviously they dont expect you to cut corners loads etc at intro but you can save lots of seconds by riding a bit cleverly. Don't worry if it takes a few goes to get the feel of it though, it did for me.
Good luck for your next one!!

 

[Horsemad12]

At this stage I really would not worry about the time and ride to your horses level of experience. Once you are sorted and getting clears then think about time, but you may find by then it is fine anyway!

 

[Bubblegum]

That sounds like very good advice. Once your horse is jumping really confidently at Intro you will more than likely find that you are making the time in a nice forward canter without even thinking about it....

 

[Baileyhoss]

I wouldn't ride any faster than I was comfortable with just to make the time, B can be a bit sticky and I'm not that brave. i was just wondering how our time would have stood compared to OT/others in my class.

 

[ecrozier]

Having also done all of 1 intro I was wondering the same thing! I had 1 stop and finished with 3.2 time faults so 8 secs outside the time? Based on what has been estimated above I should be fine with the time if we don't have any stops then? I was at Burnham Beeches so quite hilly and not masses of people made the time.