Cones
Grand Oaks HDTCompetitionCones 

Cones Arena: Approx. 30M x 70M, grass footing, outdoor arena ring in front of museum. Possible multiple obstacles for all levels.

 

CANTERING NOT PERMITTED AT TRAINING LEVEL.

CANTERING IS PERMITTED AT PRELIMINARY LEVEL

 

Cones settings are based on STANDARD SETTINGS from Article 952. 

ANY  CARRIAGE SIZE CAN COMPETE**:

 

Standard Cones Setting
  Vehicle Track Training Preliminary Intermediate
Marathon Vehicles        
  Ponies and Horses 125-130 cm 165  cm* 160 cm* 155 cm*
Presentation Vehicles        
  All Pony, Single Horse 138-145 cm 180 cm 175 cm 170 cm
  Tandem & Pair Horse 138-155 cm 190 cm 185 cm 180 cm
  Horse 4-in-hand 148-155 cm 200 cm 195 cm 190 cm
VSE Vehicles        
  Width A  98-106 cm* 140 cm* 135 cm*  125 cm*
  Width B 107-115 cm* 150 cm* 145 cm* 135 cm*
* increase settings 10cm for tandems or fours for marathon or VSE vehicles
** Any carriage size that does not fit one of the ranges in the vehicle track column
will revert to standard settings of track width plus 40cm (Training), 35cm (Prelim),
30 cm (Intermediate), 20cm (Advanced)

 

You should have your wheels measured at the safety check 10-15 minutes prior to dressage. Immediately following your dressage, proceed to the cones ring.

 

Dress is the same as for dressage.

 

Scoring: This is a FAULT competition where there is an allowed time based on your division's speed and the distance of the course.  Completing the course faster than the allowed time incurs no time penalties.  3 penalty points per ball knockdown.