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2009 Rules for Eventing, Rulebook
The USEA offers the convenience of having the latest version of the USEF Rules for Eventing online for our members! Click on the image to the right to view a .pdf version of the rulebook. This file is large, so please be patient when opening the document, especially if you are using a dial-up connection. (You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 6.0 or higher installed on your system to view and print the following documents. If you do not have this program, go to www.adobe.com to download the latest version and install it.) 2009 Policies and Guidelines for USEA Recognized Competitions and Members of the Association (146K PDF) 2009 USEF Rules for Eventing, Rulebook (1.1MB PDF) How Do You Qualify for an FEI Competition? (282K PDF) The following extraordinary rule changes were approved by the USEF Board of Directors. The below rules are not in the adobe formatted rule book. EXTRAORDINARY RULE CHANGES FOR 2008 The rule changes below were approved by the USEF Executive Committee on February 19, 2008, effective immediately. EV113 Dress EV174 Cross Country Course Advisors APPENDIX 3 2. SECTIONS. 2.3 SENIOR RIDER (S) - Open to competitors from the beginning of the calendar year of their 19th birthday. [The remaining sentences have been removed. The definition of a rider division is under 2.5] Technical Elimination = TE "Technical Elimination" is a term now adopted for use at recognized horse trials effective immediately. Abbreviated as "TE" for the score sheets, technical elimination is to define an error strictly related to the actions of the rider; such as, but not limited to: entering the arena with prohibited saddlery; prohibited dress, missing a jump, mandatory flag or finish line, etc. As with any final decision, is it at the discretion of the Ground Jury, in consultation with the Technical Delegate, if the term "TE" should be applied - it is very important for the event personnel responsible for noting infractions to be very specific in their explanation of said infraction. This information will enable the officials to properly assess and inform the scorers what to apply to a rider's score and, ultimately their performance record. Note: This new definition does not replace the definition and term elimination (E) used to determine the disobedience of a horse during competition. Master Score Sheet – Dangerous Riding Heretofore, when dangerous riding (DR) had been assessed, it was unclear where to apply the 25 penalties. (Should it go in the jump column or as time penalties? Obviously neither was quite accurate). A column has been added to the score sheet titled "DR," to be used specifically for the 25 penalty points that may be assessed for Dangerous Riding as noted under Article EV11 of the Rules for Eventing. This column is located before the final points/placing column. Regardless of where a "DR" may be sited, this column is to indicate the 25 penalties and the penalties added to the final point classification. |
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RULEBOOK What's New
Hard copies of the 2009 USEF Rules for Eventing are now available for purchase. To order the new rulebook, click on the "Rules for Eventing" link under the "Competitions" logo on the USEA homepage. On the top of the Rules for Eventing page, click the link (March 17, 2009) The rules for Eventing Jumping (EV 143 - EV154) were re-written in the 2009 United States Equestrian Federation rule book. The reason for this was to bring them in line with F.E.I. rules for Jumping and to make it easier for competitors and officials c (February 25, 2009) |
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