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proximately 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 condi- tions, taking off neither too close nor too far. Table: Different scoring systems are used to place the competitors at the end of the class. The most com- mon is the “Table A” where jump- ing faults or the first refusal gener- ate 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 seconds added to the time taken to complete the course. Walking the course: Once the course has been built by the course-designer and his team, the riders are allowed to “walk the course” with their coach- es in order to memorize the design the route, to calculate the number of strides between the obstacles po- sitioned 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.
Mixed: Show jumping is one of the very few sports in which male and fe- male competitors (both horses and riders) compete in the same classes. Obstacles (fences or jumps): There are two major types of obstacles: wide (spread-jumps) and vertical. The lat- ter is a fence comprising at least two poles arranged vertically. On the oth- er hand, a spread is wide as well as high. It may be wider than it is high and be lower at the front (rising) or the same height (parallel). A spread with two elements is called an over. A rising spread with three or more ele- ments is called a triple-bar. A normal course comprises between 11 and 14 obstacles. A combination of jumps is considered as one obstacle. Prize money: The performances in a show jumping competition are rewarded by money. The first 30 per cent of the placed riders receive prize money and the winner alone receives 30 per cent of the total prize money of a class. Stride: One of the main difficul- ties of show jumping lies in the way
Lynne Stephenson leaps over an ob- stacle atop WH Coconut during the Manitoba Cup show jumping event at the Royal Manitoba Winter Fair at the Keystone Centre in 2018. (File) the riders will manage the strides of their horses between the fences. One cantering stride of a horse covers ap-
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