The Clinic 42 Open Hunters Derby Classic
Winner of Class 7 Clinic 42 Open Hunter Derby Classic 2008
- Tarnia Morris on BMW Fjola with Drs Joanna Romanowska and Lynn Theron from Clinic 42.
Photo courtesy www.takethemoment.co.nz
Eventing Auckland will again be running the Clinic 42 Open Hunter Derby Classic at The Manukau City Puhinui 3 Day Horse Trial programme in December 2009.
The Format
Riders will be required to jump a total of approximately 15 fences—half cross country and half show jumping/ show hunter type fences. The jumps will be no more than a 1 meter in height.
Our Format
Riders will be required to jump a total of approximately 15 fences—half cross country and half rustic show jumping/show hunter type fences. The jumps will be no more than a 1 meter in height.
The course will be approximately up to 1 km long and will be held over very easy undulating ground.
For those riders that have been to the Puhinui Reserve, it is planned to run this event beside the main oval arena at
Puhinui.
Our Purpose
The purpose of this competition is to bridge the gap between the Eventers, Show Hunters, Hunters and Show Jumpers;
to demonstrate a sporting horse’s ability to perform accurately and willingly for the rider; to be a platform of basic
training for any jumping horse and rider; to educate in a natural progression of experience; to give large and small
horses and ponies a more equal playing field, to eliminate straight jumping lines and increase pace requirements; to
encourage disciplined riding style and technique; to help horse and rider combinations assess their training and progress
as they move towards other disciplines and competitions of their choice.
Conditions of Entry/Equipment/Tack
Horses must be 4 years of age or older
Horses and riders do not need to be registered with ESNZ
Allowed equipment:
- A correctly fitted cavesson or noseband
- Spurs
- Short crop
- Leg boots and or bandages
- Standing or running martingale
- Breastplate
- Any form of snaffle bit where the primary action is on the horse’s mouth, including corners of the mouth, bars and tongue.
- Pelhams and Kimblewicks if used in their entirety, where the primary action is on the horse’s jaw. Pelhams must be used with either two separate reins or joiners.
- Double Bridle
- Stud Guards
Equipment not allowed
- A Drop or any kind of noseband below the bit
- Unconventional bits where the primary action of the bit is on the poll, including a leverage action causing downwards poll pressure ie Butterfly bit, gags, pessoas or Dutch gags, Filcher snaffles, hanging bits or fixed rein bits
- Bitless bridle with the primary action on the poll of nose
- Hackamore and Elevator bits
- Unconventional bit used as an artificial turning aid
- German martingales, Market Harboroughs
Judging
There will be 2 judges and judging will be based on style and smoothness.
Horses are judged on their way of going, manners, conformation and appearance as they negotiate a course of fences. The ideal mount with the ideal jumping form is the frontlegs nicely tucked and coming together over fences, forearms at horizontal or above, good use of head and neck. Mount must be willing, and foreward movement throughout the course using a steady, ground covering canter and overall quality of the horse. The horse and rider should present an overall elegant picture of conformation, way of going and turnout. Judges are supposed to pace the entry to determine the implied takeoff point in which a perfect jump should be roughly the same distance from the fence as the fence is high.
Start and Finish: Each competitor is allowed an optional and starting and finishing ‘courtesy circle’ without penalty—one before the first fence to establish pace and one after the last fence to quietly wind down to a walk and leave the finish area. There will be start and finish flags to assist riders.
Any of the following will result in elimination:
- three refusals or disobedience on course
- fall or horse and or rider
- use of banned substance
- presenting the horse to the fence without the intention of jumping it
- leaving the designated course
Judging will start as the competitor enters passes through the start flags and finishes as moving through the finish flags.
Scoring sheets will be available for riders from the judges at the completion of the event.
A score out of 100 is given
