Choose a Saddle
Name the three primary types of English saddles
Dressage
Close Contact/Jumping
All Purpose/General Purpose
Hunters and Jumpers are the SAME discipline. (True/False)
False
This discipline has 3 phases.
Eventing/horse trials/3 phase
Name the type of saddle you would choose to go on a trail ride.
The one you feel most comfortable in.
Dressage
All Purpose/General Purpose
Close Contact/Jumping
Name the two penalties that are scored the same in a showjumping course.
Refusals and Rails
Dressage tests have an optimum time. Competitors will be penalized if they go over the optimum time. (True/False)
False.
The time designation is for scheduling purposes.
This discipline judges the horse and rider harmony and ride-ability.
Hunters
Name three of the disciplines represented in the FEI.
Dressage (and para-dressage)
Eventing
Endurance
Show Jumping
Vaulting
Combined Driving
Name the type of saddle that is designed to do a little bit of everything.
General Purpose/All Purpose
Describe the difference between stadium jumping and cross country jumping.
Stadium is in an arena with jump standards/rails
Cross country is in open fields with natural, solid obstacles.
Going off course results in a penalty. (True/False)
True
This discipline judges if the horse can go clean (no rails/refusals) and inside the time.
Jumpers
Name the saddle you would bring with you to a hunter/jumper show
Close Contact/Jumping
What does MPM stand for/mean?
Meters Per Minute
The average speed at which a horse needs to be going for an entire course to meet the optimum time.
Which letter does the primary judge sit at?
C
Name the TWO saddles you would bring with you to a three phase/horse trial?
Dressage (used in the dressage phase)
Close Contact/Jumping (used in the stadium and cross country phases)
What is the penalty PER SECOND for going over optimum time in a jump course AND cross country course.
.4 points per second
Name the TWO disciplines that have a level called "training." Please note, the distinction of "training level" exemplifies very different levels of skill for the horse.
Dressage
Eventing