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Greenacres Stud , its Horses and its Riders
are all affiliated to the BSJA in area 21
The British Show Jumping Association was
formed in 1923 and is the governing body of show jumping in GB.
The BSJA like many organisations , is run by
a number of sub. committees reporting to an executive committee. The
association is also broken down into regions and areas , with their own
Secretaries and Chairmen. The show jumping venues within each area
host both BSJA Junior and Senior competitions throughout the year.
As Greenacres Stud do not have involvement with any pony activities , we will
only refer to the senior competitions on this page.
The BSJA oversee a number of competitions
such as Age classes , Open Competitions and Handicaps , but in the
main , the core classes are referred to as "Novice" , "Discovery" ,
"Newcomers" and "Foxhunter" . The starting heights for these classes
are 0.9m , 1.00m , 1.10m , and 1.20m respectively. Novice and
Discovery classes are classified as 'progressive' and Newcomers and
Fohunter as 'advanced' .The basis of
these competitions is that when a horse has accumulated the maximum
total amount of prize money allowed in each of these classes , then
the horse must progress to the next class level. ( A horse is still
allowed to jump in a lower class , but only "non - competitively"
i.e. no placing nor prize money , but a horse may jump in a higher
class if it is wished , accumulating and being accredited with
places and winnings for that higher class) . Recently , the BSJA
have introduced a new category , which they have labelled as '
Intro' . Unlike progressive and advanced , there is no compulsion
for a horse to advance out of this category ( that has a maximum
height of 1.00m. ) due to its achievements. Instead , there is a
points system and an annual regional award scheme is in operation.
With regard to the prize money awarded in the
'progressive and advanced categories , although there is only one amount actually paid , ( Actual Prize
Money ) , the horse is only accredited with a fixed "Notional Amount"
in any one class, depending upon its placing on the day.
E.g. A horse may win a novice class where the
first place prize money on the day is £40 , but only a
maximum of £15 in this class is allowed to be accredited to the
horse's
winnings record.
Whilst the main object of the exercise is to
see a progression of the horse from a starting grade of C
and ending as a grade A horse through all totalled
accumulated winnings , there is another element to each class
competition. A horse that can achieve "4 double clear" rounds in any
one pre determined year , ( irrespective of placing on any one
particular day ) , competes in the second round knockout
competitions later that year ( i.e. 4 separate opportunities
allowed per horse ) to progress to the final itself. The starting
height is raised for these second round competioins. The finals
themselves have recently been held at the Scope/BSJA Festival of
Show Jumping and further horses qualify for the Horse of
the Year Show in the Newcomers and Foxhunter classes only.
Judges , Associate Judges , Time Keepers and
Course Designers/Builders are appointed by the Rules Committe.
Appointments and re-appointments are made on January 1st. each year.
As a rule , judges retire at the age of 75 .
There are four categories of course builder.
It is outside of the scope of this web page to name each individual
competition that each category of course builder is allowed to
construct. As a general guide however :
Assistant : Adult Competitions
with £50 1st. prize or less
Associate : Adult Competitions with
£150 1st. prize or less
Median : Adult
Competitions with £800 1st. prize or less
Advanced : Any National Event in Great
Britain of any value .
All the information contained in this web
page is basic and in a simplistic form. The full reading
of the BSJA Rules and Yearbook is required to appreciate all aspects
of the BSJA Affiliation rules and competition regulations !
A useful feature recently added to the BSJA
web site is the "Horse Search" feature. For a nominal fee , winnings
and double clear round details, together with the venues and classes
in which achieved , together with details of the rider on that day
may be viewed and printed off.
Another feature is for the "printing off" of
application forms ( both horse and rider ) as well as up to date
news and details of forthcoming events etc.
Many BSJA areas now have their own web sites
, but the main BSJA web site may be found at
www.bsja.co.uk
Horse Forum
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