January 22, 2007
Greetings Fellow Competitors
Thank you for you support and the 300 Entries so far. Mary and I, your faithful, fun loving Secretary and Organizer have now spent 50 yours trying to sort out the information on this new Entry Form so that Amateurs, Juniors, Young Riders, Horses, Seniors etc could be put in appropriate classes of competition and we have just had to throw in the towel. So many people do not fully understand the new definitions, which are in the new rulebook (page 67 Section 2) only available online but we have pasted below. In fact, even to us the definitions seem contradictory! The Eligibility statements are so confusing that building appropriate classes has become very difficult. We need your help.
The other confusing thing that occurred with the new entry form left it not clear about our A 1-day and our B 2-day divisions. ALL 2-day divisions for prize money are OPEN only. If you want to be in Amateur, Horse, Rider, Junior, etc, it will have to be in the 1-day division. We do offer an Open 1-day also, A. So heres what we WOULD LIKE to offer if we have enough eligible entries in any group to fill a division:
Please check the definitions below referred to in the division listings
A 1-day divisions
IP-A Intermediate/Preliminary
POP-A Open Preliminary
PJYOP-A Junior/Young Rider Open Preliminary (section 2.1/2.2)
PAmP-A Amateur Preliminary (section 2.4)
TOT-A Open Training
TJTR-A Junior Training Rider (sections 2.1 & 2.5)
TAmT-A Amateur Training (section 2.4)
THT Training Horse (section 2.6)
NON-A Open Novice
NJNR-A Junior Novice Rider (sections 2.1 & 2.5)
NAmN-A Amateur Novice (section 2.4)
NHN Novice Horse (section 2.6)
BNR Beginner Novice Rider (section 2.5)
BNH Beginner Novice Horse (section 2.6)
BNO Beginner Novice Open
B 2-day divisions (at this time it is LIKELY that all B divisions will do XC & SJ on Sunday)
IP-B Intermediate/Preliminary
POP-B Open Preliminary
TOT-B Open Training
NON-B Open Novice
Please clarify your division in writing by email or fax.
From the USEA Rulebook
▲ 2 SECTIONS
2.1 JUNIOR (J) - Open to competitors through the end of the calendar year of their 18th birthday.
2.2 YOUNG RIDER (YR) - Open to competitors through the end of the calendar year of their 21st
birthday.
2.3 SENIOR RIDER (S) - Open to competitors from the beginning of the calendar year of their 19th
birthday who have not competed above next highest level, e.g. a Novice Senior Rider may have
competed at Training level, but not Preliminary level or higher; a Training Senior Rider may have
competed at Preliminary level, but not Intermediate level or higher, etc.
2.4 AMATEUR RIDER (AR) - For the purposes of Eventing an Amateur is a senior rider whose remuneration
from the activities listed in GR808 does not exceed $2500 in either the preceding or current
calendar year. In order to compete as an amateur a rider must possess either a USEF amateur card
or have on fi le in the USEA office a signed affi davit stating that he/she is in compliance with the
above definition. Amateurs in Eventing are subject to the relevant provisions of GR809-GR810.
2.5 RIDER (R) - Levels restricted by rider are limited to those competitors who have not completed
more than two Horse Trials at the next highest level or higher in the previous 24 months. e.g.
Training Rider - the competitor may not have completed more than two Horse Trials at the
Preliminary Level or higher in the previous 24 months.
2.6 HORSE (H) - Open to competitors of any age, horse may not have competed above the level,
e.g. a Novice Horse may not have competed at Training level or above, a Training Horse may not
have competed at the Preliminary level or above, etc.
2.7 YOUNG HORSE (YH) - Open to competitors of any age, horse may not have competed
above the level and meets the following age restrictions:
2.7.1 Novice - four or five years of age.
2.7.2 Training - four or five years of age.
2.7.3 Preliminary - five or six years of age.
2.7.4 Intermediate - six or seven years of age.
2.7.5 Advanced - six or seven years of age.
2.8 OPEN (O) - Both horse and rider may have competed at any level.
2.9 CHAMPIONSHIP (CH) - open to all qualified riders on qualified horses.