Rule of the Week - Article 283 Point System for Jumping Horses

Article 283 – Points System for Jumping Horses
1. Points
It is the responsibility of the judge to forward the correctly completed results sheets to the relevant Equestrian Australia office within 14 days of the completion of the competition.

The National Jumping points system is based on an allocation of points to the top three places in competitions, which count for points.

• First place 4 points
• Second place 2 points
• Third place 1 point

Where an equality of places occurs, the points allocated to these places will be added together and divided by the number of athletes sharing those places. Fractions of 0.5 and more will be rounded up, fractions of less than 0.5 will be rounded down. A horse will commence with 0 points. A horse who at an event becomes ineligible for a restricted height class has to either move to the next height or compete in the open division of the height class, if there is one, unless otherwise stated in the schedule.

2. Imported Horses
Owners of foreign horses imported into Australia must provide documentation on the previous jumping performances of the horse to the branch. There will be an appeal system if the automatic allocation is not appropriate for the imported horse. Imported horses ages will be determined as at 1st January for horses born in the northern hemisphere, and as at 1st August for horses born in the southern hemisphere. Imported horses must be assessed by the Points panel within 3 months of their importation.

• 5 year old and below - 0 points
• 6 year old – 16 points
• 7 year old - 40 points
• 8 year old and above - 80 points

3. Competitions which count for points
All EA competitions, 1.05 meters and above with 10 or more horses and which carry a total of $100 or more in prize money and or goods, excluding trophies advertised in the schedule, will count for points with exceptions of Art.283.4
This includes:

• All Table A competitions under Art. 238 both against and not against the clock:
• Competitions judged under Table C Art. 239
• Competitions judged under Art. 238 2.2 and Art 245.3
• Grand Prix Competitions Art. 261
• Accumulator Competition Art. 269
• All competitions judged under Art. 273
• All competitions judged under Art. 274
• Competition with Winning Round Art. 276
• Derby Art. 277
• Power and Skill Art. 262
• Fault and Out Art. 266
• Hit and Hurry Article 267
• Top Score Art. 270
• Take-Your-Own-Line Art. 271
• Knock-Out Competition Art. 272

An exception to the above: Competitions with less than 10 athletes. Athletes may elect at the time of the presentation to receive the allocated points. The decision to take this option must be made at the competition and be communicated to the judge, who will mark the results sheet that is sent to the EA office so that the office can allocate the correct points to the horse

Athletes or owners may elect to take 1 point if a horse jumps two clear rounds The decision to take this option must be made at the competition and be communicated to the judge, who will mark the performance card with a circled numeral “1” and must initial the entry. The judge should then record this decision on the results sheet that is sent to the EA office so that the office can allocate the correct points to the horse.

This rule applies to official classes that are conducted under Table A rules.

• Articles 238.1.2 ; 238.1.3; 238.2.2 ; 238.2.3; 245.3;
• all competitions under Article 273
• Competition in Two Phases – all sections of Article 274 excepting sub-clauses 5.4 and 5.5.

4. Competitions which do not count for points

• Competitions specifically for Junior or Young Rider Athletes.
• Competitions for Amateurs
• Competitions for Young Horses
• Competitions less than1.05 metre in height;
• Competitions with less than $100 in prize money and or goods.
• Competitions that involve teams (two or more athletes combining to win a competition) eg, relays, jigsaws, representative teams etc.

5. Split Concurrent Height Competitions
When more than one competition is run within the same height competition, only the competition(s) with the relative restrictions and that meet the point system criteria will count for points. Horses will only be eligible to compete in one competition. To reduce the time required to run these competitions, separate draws are recommended.

6. Competition License
6.1. The President of the Ground Jury or their delegate, athlete/owner are to enter all details and sign the current competition license for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places, prior to prize money being awarded. All unsigned and non-validated points will remain on the horse’s performance cards and will be recorded as rider declared points. Valid competition licenses are the responsibility of owners and/or athletes to be true and correct

6.2 Where an athlete is unable to produce a current competition license he/she has 10 days to produce the competition license complete with all endorsements required in 6.1 to the Organising Committee to receive his/her prize money. “Current” means financial at the time of the event.

6.3. After 10 days the prize money may be forfeited to the Organising Committee.

6.4 Where a prize is not awarded due to 6.1 and the athlete is found to be ineligible for the competition, the EA will correct the allocation prize money. This athlete will be reported to the EA.