Hunters & Jumpers

["Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>]

Kat, when you bring up Hunters vs. Jumpers you totally lose me.  As I understand

it, they may use the same jumps, but the goal is totally different.  Hunters are judged

on form/pace, and jumpers are judged on time and least number of faults.  Endurance

rides are judged the same whether or not they are FEI or AERC because whoever

gets over the finish line first is first in competition.  Veterinary criteria may differ

some for BC and/or completion, but the goal is the same.  The head vet makes

the call for what criteria and vetting procedure is going to be in place at an AERC

ride within AERC rules, and if he/she is smart she would probably make the

vetting criteria fall within the FEI vetting criteria anyway.

 

The ride entries that I have seen for the two FEI rides out West are cross

entered FEI/AERC if you choose to ride FEI.    The finishers get AERC miles

and qualifications to ride in Pan Am and the World Championships.  It's not

an either/or thing like the hunter/jumper analogy.  I doubt very much that

you will ever see an FEI only endurance ride in USA unless its the Pan Am

or World Championships.  And to ride FEI as a US participant you have

to be a member of AERC and have your mileage reported via AERC for

qualifications, I believe.  The finish order is reported to include all AERC

riders as well whether or not you are an FEI rider.  So you are riding the

same ride and competing in the same conditions as if you are riding

an AERC ride.  All the other stuff about collars, head gear, stirrups, etc.

etc. you can just consider "additional rules" imposed on FEI riders.

 

When you enter the ring as a hunter -you will be riding a totally different

strategy as you would as a jumper.  You will not be competing as a hunter

AND a jumper in the same ring ride, but an endurance rider would be competing

as an AERC/FEI rider simultaneously if they are riding an FEI ride out here.

AERC is the governing body recognized by the AHSA for endurance riding

anyway.

 

K.

 

 

 

 

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