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: Jane Bushby
Barrel Race: TBA
Handy Handler: Julie Robins

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 3 tasks:

• Carrot stick handling;

• Knot tying; and

• Driving a float

You will be competing with people from the Open class.

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.

The entry fee will vary depending on whether you’re an ANTs member; a member of another ATHRA club; a member of the AEC or club at the AEC; or none of the above. 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 Handy Handler and the Barrel Race. Be sure to check them out so you and your horse are prepared on the day.