Scoring

Dressage. The horse must be obedient, graceful and submissive, the rider poised and elegant. Marks between 0 and 10 are awarded by each judge to a competitor for each numbered movement of their dressage test. The movement marks and collective marks awarded by each judge are totalled, any errors of course are deducted and the resulting total is converted into a percentage of the maximum possible marks.

Average percentage for the competitor is obtained by adding together the percentage for each judge and dividing by the number of judges always rounding the result to two decimals.

In order to convert average percentage into penalty points, this must be subtracted from 100 and multiplied by 1.5, with the resulting figure being rounded to one decimal digit. The result is the score in penalty points for the test.

Cross Country. The Cross Country course consists of 20 to 30 fixed natural obstacles for the horse to negotiate over a 6km distance. These include jumping a variety of straightforward and technical jumps including spread fences, ditches, banks, drops and into water.

Faults at obstacles:	First refusal, run out or circle	20 penalties
	Second refusal, run out or circle at the same obstacle	40 penalties
	Third refusal, run-out or circle on XC Course	Elimination
	Breaking a frangible obstacle/device	25 penalties
Falls:	Fall of athlete and/or horse on XC Course	Elimination
Dangerous riding:	Penalties (Yellow Warning card, Fine, Disqualification, etc) will be determined by the Ground Jury in accordance with the General Regulations; in addition to or instead of the penalties prescribed by the General Regulations the Ground Jury may penalise the athlete with	25 penalties and will count as obstacle penalty on the Results
Time faults:	Exceeding optimum time	0.4 penalty per commenced second
	Exceeding time limit	Elimination

 

Showjumping. The horse and rider must be able to take a short cut back to the base jumping the fences on the way.

Showjumping scoring:	Knocking down an obstacle	4 penalties
	First run-out, refusal or unauthorised circle in the whole test	4 penalties
	Second run-out, refusal or unauthorised circle in the whole test	Elimination
	First fall of athlete or horse	Elimination
Time faults:	Exceeding optimum time up to the time limit	1 penalty for each second or part of a second in excess of the time
	Exceeding time limit	Elimination