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STRIDE One of the main difficulties of show jumping lies in the way the riders will manage the strides of their horses between the fences. One cantering stride of a horse cov- ers approximately 3.50 meters. The rider can shorten or lengthen the strides in order to adjust their number be- tween two fences so that the horse can jump the obstacle in good conditions, taking off neither too close nor too far. TABLE Different scoring systems are used to place the competi- tors at the end of the class. The most common is the “Table A” where jumping faults or the first refusal generate four penalty points. Time faults may be added to the final result: one point for every four seconds over the allowed time. In “Table C” classes, jumping faults are converted into sec- onds added to the time taken to complete the course. WALKING THE COURSE Once the course has been built by the course-design- er, the riders are allowed to “walk the course” with their coaches in order to memorize the design the route, to cal- culate the number of strides between the obstacles posi- tioned close together and to locate the short-cut and other way to save time in case of a speed-class or in view of a prospective jump-off.
Piet Van Genugten stands tall in the saddle as he and Kannamara Equites attempt a jump in the Westoba Place Arena during the 2024 Royal Manitoba Winter Fair. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)
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