Tristone Stables Bloemfontein

08/02/2025

DRESSAGE SA RULES - DRESSAGE SCORING

The Judges will award marks for each movement of the test in a range of 10 to 0.

The scale of marks is as follows:
10 - Excellent
9 - Very good
8 - Good
7 - Fairly good
6 - Satisfactory
5 - Marginal
4 - Insufficient
3 - Fairly bad
2 - Bad
1 - Very bad
0 - Not executed

“Not executed” means that no element of the required movement has been performed.

Where marks of below 6 are awarded, Judges are obliged to record the reason why the
mark was given next to the movement on the test sheet.

All half marks from 0.5 to 9.5 may be used for movements and collective marks.

In the case of one Judge, the points are added up to give the competitor's score. In the case of two or more Judges, the totals are added together to give the competitor's score and a percentage calculated.

Penalty points are deducted from each individual Judge’s total.

07/02/2025

05/02/2025

JF-BUITESPORT: PERDRY
Baie geluk, Jo-Anne en Chy-Ann 🐴

02/02/2025

FEI SHOWJUMPING RULES - ARTICLE 236 TABLE A FAULTS

Faults are penalised in Penalty points or by Elimination according to the following:

(i) First Disobedience: Four Penalties
(ii) Obstacle knocked down while jumping: Four Penalties
(iii) One or more feet in the water jump or an imprint made by the foot or shoe on the lath defining its limits on the landing side: Four Penalties
(iv) Fall of Horse or Athlete or both in all Competitions: Elimination
(v) Second Disobedience or other infringement set forth under JRs Art. 241: Elimination
(vi) Exceeding the time limit: Elimination
(vii) Exceeding the time allowed: One Penalty for each second commenced.

Penalties for the Disobediences accumulate not just at the same obstacle but throughout the entire round.

20/01/2025

SHOWJUMPING EXPLAINED - THE 2-PHASE COMPETITION

17/01/2025

GREEN JACKETS

In the competition ring, green jackets are used to acknowledge riders who have been awarded their SA Protea Colours. To be awarded SA Protea Colours, a rider has represented South Africa in a competition.

Receiving a green jacket is a huge achievement for a rider, so out of respect for their hard work, if you are wondering if a show jacket may be viewed as a shade of green, then it's better not to wear it.

17/01/2025

09/01/2025

07/01/2025

One of the responses that I have learned to expect when I post photos of good riders doing various activities in basically well balanced ways is having other people provide photos of highly skilled riders in unorthodox positions, with the “Yeah, but look at So And So, she isn’t like that and yet she wins everything---.”

Bernie Traurig (pictured) has the perfect response:
“Don’t be a bad copy of a genius.”

I don’t know if Bernie heard that or came up with it, but the point that it makes, I think, is that just because some agile and gifted rider has certain stylistic departures from the norm, they probably do well in spite of rather than because of those “different” methods.

Copy the riders with better basics, and let the unorthodox geniuses do what works for them---.

A bad copy of a genius is still bad, and probably worse than if the copycat had tried to mirror a rider with a more balanced and centered style.

19/12/2024

Pony Camp Day 3. Build and ride your obstacle course! Ride up and down hill!

18/12/2024

18/12/2024

Lots of fun!!

18/12/2024

Pony Camp Day 2!

17/12/2024

The first race of the day was on foot!! They also chose their own names!