OPTIONAL CLASSES

FRIDAY SCHOOLING SHOW — $20 per test – riders will add up their own scores ­ awards by percentage ­ time will be allowed for judges to make verbal comments to the riders ­ send fee with entry ­ check website on August 1 to sign up for ride time.

Schooling Test Ride — Held on Friday. A 10-minute session to ride a test in one of the show arenas. There is no judge. Coaching is allowed. First-come, first-served basis. A $10 fee paid directly to the Ring Steward. Do not put this on your entry form. Sign up for time on arrival. Availability may be limited. Rings will be open 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM. To be held Saturday Any rider entering an arena without the permission of the ring steward collecting $10 fee will be eliminated.

DT Dressage Trail Class — riders will guide their horses through a preset pattern that will demonstrate the practical goals of Dressage training. This may include backing between poles, getting a letter out of a mail box, crossing a bridge, etc. To be held Sunday Entry fee $25

PRIX CAPRILLI – Dressage test with jumps ridden in a standard dressage arena. Copies of the tests are available at www.dressage4kids.com. To be held Sunday.

Please see Training Level Prix Caprilli Test #1. Test contained on blank page for printing.
Please see First Level Prix Caprilli Test #2. This test is for horses with jumping experience. Test contained on blank page for printing.

PCT. Training Level — Training Level movements with jumps no higher than 2 feet. Open to all riders except Walk Trot. Entry fee $25.00
PCF. First Level — First Level movements with jumps no higher than 2'6". Open to all riders competing First Level and above. Entry fee $25.00
TC. USDF Region 8 Youth Team Championships — made up of 3 or 4 riders of any levels except Introductory. Highest 3 scores of each section count. Teams and team name must be declared on the Entry Form, or no later than 6 PM on Friday, August 11. This is not a separate ride. A rider may be on only one Team. Scores are used from the rider's higher Division. Riders do not need to be from Region 8 or be members of USDF. Entry fee.- $5 per rider
100. Leadline — Open to riders at least 4 years old, but no older than 8, to be led at a walk both directions of the ring. Rider may be asked to turn, halt, salute, and will be asked to answer a simple question about the pony or tack. No qualifying requirement. To be held Sunday. Entry fee $10.00 per rider.
MF Musical Freestyles —.riders may ride any USEF or FEI Freestyle. – To be held Sunday Riders must have received one freestyle score of 60% at the level to be eligible. Entry fee $25.

OTHER COMPETITIONS — no entry fee

Tack Room Competition — Teams or groups of riders who are stabled together may enter this competition. Stall Areas/Tack Rooms will be judged on set-up, cleanliness, and originality. Emphasis will be placed on the youth’s originality. No flammable materials or lights. Teams must sign up with the Show Secretary on the Stall Area/Tack Room Competition sheet no later than 8 AM on Saturday, August 13. To request stabling together, use the Entry Form and the same stable name. Judging will take place between 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM, Saturday.

Safety Inspection (REQUIRED – not a competition) — All riders not doing the Turn Out Inspection must present themselves for a safety inspection before their first ride where the following will be checked:

ASTM/SEI Helmet fitted correctly
Safe stitching on reins, billets, and stirrup leathers
Unstretched holes in billets
Legal bit (as per USEF rules), spurs, whip

Turn Out Inspection — On Saturday riders may present themselves before their first ride for an inspection of horse, rider, and tack. Awards for the top 10.

Cover Art Contest: One drawing by anyone under 21 will be chosen to appear on the cover of the Program for the show. All artwork should be no larger than 5" x 7" black and white, or color (up to 3 colors may be used). Deadline is July 1, 2006. All Artwork is to be submitted to:

Lendon Gray
25 Lake Avenue
Bedford, NY 10506

If you wish to have your artwork returned, please send along a self-addressed stamped envelope.

FEES:

The Division fee ($70.) includes the three sections (Written, Equitation, and Dressage Test). Any changes to the Entry for any reason after closing date will be accepted only with a $10 office fee.

Prix Caprilli Class is $25.
Leadline Class is $10. Post entries accepted at $15.
Musical Freestyle Class is $25.
Dressage Trail Class is $25.
Schooling Show Classes (Friday) $15per class.

Golf Carts available — to be driven by licensed drivers only — $55 per day for a 2-seater — $75 for one with a back seat. Carts may be picked up after 3 PM on the previous day. Reserve carts on Entry Form.
Hay and Shavings available to buy. Every stall will have 3 bags of shavings in it. To be available on arrival hay and additional shavings must be ordered by Wednesday, August 9.
Camper hookups $125.
Saturday Dinner $12.50

Please note that in Entry Form, Farm name is the farm/stable where you ride. Team name is the name of the team for the USDF, and stable name is the name that all riders who want to stable together will give.

Checks payable to Dressage4Kids, Inc. Late or incomplete entries may be accepted at management's discretion with a $10 office fee. Post entries may be accepted to fill scratches at management’s discretion with a $10 office fee. Do not expect to be able to change entries after closing date. Please check your entries very carefully for accuracy and legibility.

Secretary to choose most legible, correct, and neatest early entry for a special award.
No refunds after closing date. A $10 office fee for refunds made before closing date or for incomplete entry. Non-negotiable checks will be charged $25.
No entry accepted without a negative Coggins dated within 12 months of show.
Please specify your birth date on your entry.
Management reserves the right to combine, divide, or cancel classes.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:

 8:00 AM
10:30
 4:00 PM
 5:30
 6:00

OTHER RULES:
• ASTM/SEI Helmets are required (except for FEI Young Riders) at all times when mounted. The wearing of an improper helmet will be grounds for disqualification.

All tack and bits must follow USEF dressage rules. Bits used in competition must be the same bits used in the warm-up immediately preceding the competition. No draw reins are allowed at any time on the show grounds. Boots and/or polos allowed in warm-up areas only. Boots and polos are not permitted while competing. Whips and blunt spurs are allowed.

All riders must wear proper attire when mounted and must wear both numbers on their bridle at all times when waiting to enter and/or in the show ring. Back numbers must also be worn in Equitation along with the bridle numbers.

No coaching is allowed any time the rider is competing. The only person allowed to ride the horse on the show grounds is the competitor (s) entered on that horse. Any rider receiving coaching while in the competition ring will be disqualified whether the rider requested such assistance or not. Any visual or verbal communication with the rider is considered coaching.

Readers are allowed for Prix Caprilli only. All other tests must be ridden from memory.

The Show Management reserves the right to inspect any rider and their equipment at any time for compliance with these show rules. Non-compliance will be grounds for disqualification.

There will be no ring stewards at the arenas to assist riders. Riders will need to know for themselves in which ring they ride, the numbers of the riders ahead of them, etc.

AWARDS:
Award recipients must be in neat competition attire (unmounted) to receive their Division awards. Management will do their best to inform riders about award times, but it is the riders’ responsibility to be on time for awards.No awards will be mailed.

• Ten Ribbons and Prizes for each Division. The trainers of each Division winner will receive an award.
• Three Ribbons for each section (Written, Equitation, and Dressage Test) within each division. Section awards may be picked up at the awards table after awards are posted.
• Grand Champion and Reserve Ribbons and Prizes for overall highest score.
• Award and 6 ribbons in each class.
• Awards for top scorers in Turn Out Competition and the Stall Area/Tack Room Competition.
• USDF Region 8 Junior/Young Rider Team Awards.
• Roving Judge Awards to be presented throughout the show.
• Parents Award/Volunteer Award by random draw.

Special Awards —Walk Trot riders are not eligible except where noted by #:
*American Connemara Pony Society Perpetual Award — highest scoring rider on a Connemara in Dressage
Beppo Memorial Award — to the 6 top riders in FEI, Third, and Fourth Level Divisions for a free clinic with an international trainer during the 2006-2007 season.
Susie Dutta Award Clinic — to the top 8 riders in Training, First, and Second level under 14. Only Equitation and Written scores count towards this award
Big Ben Memorial Award — Highest scoring competitor aged 18 to 21 in the Written Test
Crown Juel Memorial Award — Highest scoring rider on a mare in Dressage or Prix Caprilli
Fakir Rouge Perpetual Trophy — highest scoring rider in an FEI Dressage Test
*Festive Pandora Trophy — highest scoring rider on a Welsh
*Finally Phantom Perpetual Trophy — Highest scoring rider on a Thoroughbred
*Jacqueline Harris Memorial Trophy — Highest scoring rider on a Connemara
Katherine Boyer Perpetual Trophy — Highest scoring FEI Junior
*Kitwell Consul Memorial Trophy — Highest scoring rider on an Arabian or Half Arabian.
Later On Memorial Trophy — Highest scoring rider traveling a long distance competing on a borrowed horse
Last Scene Perpetual Trophy — Highest scoring rider on an FEI Pony
Lindekrona Memorial Trophy — Highest scoring male rider
#Maple Magnum Memorial Trophy — Oldest horse or pony. (Leadline not to count)
Miss Jane Marple Memorial Trophy — Highest scoring rider with a disability
*Pikona Memorial Trophy — highest scoring rider on a Hanoverian
#Poise Under Pressure Award — Competitor demonstrating poise and sportsmanship under adverse circumstances.
Russells Mills Memorial Trophy — Highest scoring hunter or equitation rider (must have competed in USEF recognized hunter show in 2006).
Seldom Seen Memorial Trophy — Highest scoring rider on a pony.
Shavano’s Pride Memorial Trophy — Highest scoring rider on a non solid-colored horse (Appaloosa, Paint, etc.)
*Superstar Perpetual Trophy — Highest scoring rider on a Quarter Horse
Two Swan Farms Perpetual Trophy — Youngest rider in a division
Umego Perpetual Trophy — Highest scoring rider on a Schoolmaster – rider must speak to Lendon Gray or Fern Feldman by 5 PM on Saturday during the show to explain why the horse qualifies for this award
U.S. Pony Club Perpetual Trophy — Highest scoring Pony Clubber
*UVM Roseanna Memorial Trophy — Highest scoring rider on a Morgan.
Vakhos Memorial Trophy — Highest Dressage score for event riders competing at or above First Level (having competed in a sanctioned event in 2006).
Victor Hugo-Vidal Memorial Trophy — Highest scoring rider in the Prix Caprilli classes.

*for these awards proof of registration is required and must be submitted with entry.

Highest score means the overall highest score (total scores for all sections – Written, Equitation, and Dressage) unless otherwise stated.

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Directions:

From NY Thruway Exit 20 (southbound): Exit tollbooth and make a right onto Route 32. Continue for 2 miles to Old Kings Highway, bear right. At the stop sign of the 4-way intersection of Old Kings Highway and Malden Turnpike (CR 34) make a right. Continue on Malden Turnpike (CR 34) to the stop sign at the intersection with Route 9W. Make a right, heading south, on 9W to Mike Krout Road (this is the next road on the right, approx. 1 mile). Make a right onto Mike Krout Road. The entrance to the showgrounds is the second driveway on your left.

From NY Thruway Exit 20 (northbound): Exit tollbooth and make a left onto Route 212/Route 32. Get into the right hand lane and bear right onto Route 32 just before the traffic light. Follow the remaining directions above.