3 Activities:

The Trail Horse Challenge consists of 3 activities:

• Trail Obstacles,

• a Barrel Race, and

• a Handy Handler Competition.

You are invited to participate with one or 2 horses and can either ride AND/OR lead your horse in any or all of the above.

Novice or Open Classes

There are 2 levels of competition: a Novice or an Open Class. If you nominate a horse in the Novice Horse section, it cannot compete in the Open section. Similarly, an Open Horse cannot compete in the Novice Horse section however you can compete in both Ridden and Online with the same horse if you wish.

Judges:

Obstacle Course: Louise Hillman
Barrel Race: To be confirmed
Handy Handler: To be confirmed

Each of your judges will be focussing on assessing your relationship over and above achieving the obstacles. They will be evaluating the following:

Novice

Obstacles:

Confidence (20) | Relaxation (20) / Connection (20) / Turnout (20)
with the Obstacle’s total score of 10 (10 x 12 obstacles) (120)
Maximum potential score of 200

Barrel Race:

You will be assessed on passing around each barrell in the correct sequence and direction and the person with the fastest time will win.

Handy Handler:

This will be assessed on your ability to perform 2 tasks, one without your horse and one with. Details coming soon.

Open

Obstacles:

Confidence (20) | Relaxation (20) / Connection (20) / Turnout (10)
with the Obstacle’s total score of 10 (10 x 13 obstacles) (130)
Maximum potential score of 200

Barrel Race:

As for Novice.

Handy Handler:

As for Novice although your activities will differ.

The entry fee will vary depending on whether or not you’re a member. See the fees here.

Details

There are 2 categories in the Obstacle section, each with a Ridden and Lead (online) component. You may choose to do both components, or just the one.

Below are links to the Obstacle Challenge activity for all 4 categories, together with the scoring sheets.

The Barrel Race and Handy Handler activities will be announced in the coming weeks.