Horse Sport Ireland Affiliate Combined Training Challenge 2022

Horse Sport Ireland are once again delighted to be sponsoring the HSI Affiliate Combined Training Challenge in the Spring of 2022, run by Eventing Ireland. Following on from the success of previous year’s sponsorship of Combined Training Leagues and off the back of the positive HSI Autumn Development Series in 2021, this initiative is crucial to the beginning of a successful competition season and the production and training of young horses in Ireland.

The HSI Affiliate Combined Training Challenge aims to encourage members of all HSI affiliates to compete at levels to suit their abilities, and to encourage the use of correct training on the flat and jumping. Qualifiers are open to all Horse Sport Ireland affiliate members including Eventing Ireland, Dressage Ireland, Showjumping Ireland, Irish Pony Club, Irish Pony Society and Riding Clubs (please see full list of HSI affiliates at www.horsesportireland.ie/about/affiliates). All athletes must be a member of one affiliate at the time of entry.  Horses/ponies may compete on a day registration.

This HSI Affiliate Combined Training Challenge will fall under Eventing Ireland rules and will cover the three disciplines of eventing, and incorporating, where possible, some cross-country fences. Prize money will be on offer for every class in every qualifier including the final.

The dates for the 2022 Horse Sport Ireland Affiliate Combined Training Challenge are as follows:

• Saturday 29th January – The Meadows (Northern Region) **10th January ENTRIES NOW OPEN**
• Sunday 13th February – Milchem (Western Region)
• Sunday 13th February – Wexford (Leinster Region)
• Saturday 19th February – Barnadown (Leinster Region)
• Saturday 26th February – The Meadows (Northern Region)
• Sunday 27th February – Roscrea (Munster Region)
• Sunday 6th March – Claremorris (Western Region) 

2022 HSI Combined Training Challenge Final:

• Sunday 13th March – CoilÓg Equestrian Centre (Leinster Region)

All rules, regulations and entries are available on the Eventing Ireland website: www.eventingireland.com

All dressage tests can be downloaded from the Eventing Ireland website HERE

RULES AND INFORMATION

Levels of competition

•         Combined Training 80cm  EI90 Dressage Test and Jumping max height 80cm

•         Combined Training 90cm  EI90 Dressage Test and Jumping max height 90cm

•         Combined Training 100cm  EI100 Dressage Test and Jumping max height 100cm

•         Combined Training 110cm  EI110 Dressage Test and Jumping max height 110cm

Eligibility for qualifying competitions 

All athletes must hold a minimum of one current membership with an affiliate at time of entry and competing.  Athletes must declare which discipline they are registered with at time of entry (in the “Any Special Competitor Requests” at Step 3) stating their membership number and this will be recorded and checked.

Horses/ponies may compete on day registrations.  Passports and vaccinations must be up to date as per the Eventing Ireland rules.

Qualifiers are open to horse/pony combinations at all levels or grades below the following:

•         Show jumping – not above 1.10m

•         Eventing – not above EI110

•         Dressage – not above Medium

Children in the calendar year in which they age of 12 year to end of 16^th year may ride ponies (minimum 138cm, aged 5yo).  Children may ride horses from the beginning of the calendar year in which the age of 14 is reached.

Pony and Horse Eligibility

• Horses and ponies will compete together unless there are enough ponies to have a separate class
• Ponies must measure between 138cm -148cm and must be minimum of 5 years old
• Horses must measure minimum of 148cm and must be minimum 4yo.
• A leading Pony prize and Junior prize will be awarded at the Final of each class for the highest placed Pony and Junior Athlete in the top ten.
• A horse/pony may only compete in one class on the day
• Entries online through Eventing Ireland
• Eventing Ireland will publish an online a bib template for athletes to print their own numbers

Qualification for the Affiliate Combined Training League Final

•         Combinations may compete in any leg in any of the regions.

•         The top two horse/rider combinations from each class will qualify for the Final.

•         A combination may only enter one class at the Final.  If qualified for more than one class, the entrant must select their preferred class for the Final.

•         Qualification will ONLY pass down if either combination placed in the top two in the class have already qualified. If a qualified combination does not take up entry for the Final, the next placed combination at that qualifier will be invited to enter the Final.

•         Only qualified combinations can enter the Final.

•         Any combination not qualified will have their entry fee refunded

The Affiliate Combined Training League will be run under Eventing Ireland Rules.

Dressage will be the first phase followed immediately by the jumping phase.  The same horse and athlete combination must complete both phases.

Dressage phase

•      Dress and tack rules as per EI rules

•      Dressage Ireland listed dressage judge required

Jumping Phase

•       Dress and tack rules as per EI rules

•       Penalties as per EI Rule book

Scoring of the Competition 

•         The results will be scored as per EI Combined Training (dressage penalties plus any jumping penalties) giving a final result, so lowest result wins.

•         Elimination from one phase involves elimination from the whole competition.  However, if eliminated in the dressage, an athlete may ask permission from the organiser to participate in the show jumping phase, but the final result will state Eliminated

In the event of equality: 

•         If the final score gives equality of marks to two or more athletes, the lowest jumping penalties apply

•         If there is still equality, the classification is decided by the lowest marks for the dressage test.  If there is still equality, the combination with the highest collectives in the dressage wins.

•         If still equal after the above has been applied, then equal placings should be awarded and prize money divided equally.

PLEASE NOTE:   TRAINING WILL RUN UNDER HORSE SPORT IRELAND COVID-19 PROTOCOLS IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT.

How to become a member and register your horse

New to Eventing Ireland

Prize Money Allocation