Dressage
Winnipeg Shows for 2008
Equine Canada Bronze
and Gold Competitions
Spring
Flowers Bronze & Gold Competitions
May
3rd & 4th 2008
Location: MHC Facility, Bird's
Hill Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Capt.
de Kenyeres Memorial Bronze & Gold Competitions
June
14th & 15th 2008
Location: Bird's Hill Park
Equestrian Facility, Bird's Hill Park, Manitoba
Midsummer
Madness Bronze & Gold Competitions
July
19th & 20th 2008
Location: PineRidge Equine Park, Oakbank, Manitoba
Autumn
Classic Bronze Competition
Gold
Manitoba Provincial Championships
Sept
6th & 7th 2008
Location: Bird's Hill Park
Equestrian Facility, Bird's Hill Park, Manitoba
Western Regional
Championships will be held Sept 13th/14th in Red Deer, AB. Dressage
Winnipeg is encouraging riders to qualify for the Regionals, and
we will be forming a group of riders to go together to represent
Manitoba at the Championships! (travelling assistance may be available).
Stay tuned for more details, and put that date on your show calendar
if you think you may qualify!
Note that for 2008, we are changing the format of our shows to
fit the new Equine Canada/Dressage Canada Competitions System format.
A Bronze show (equivalent of Primary shows) will be held over 2
days and a Gold show (equivalent of National) will be held over
two days.
2007 Dressage Rules are still in effect and are
available for download from www.dressagecanada.org. (substitute
Bronze & Gold for Primary/National in the terminology). There
are new General Regulations for 2008 and those
are available from www.equestrian.ca (Note that Amateur status
must be applied for now per new General Regs and criteria).
CLASSIFICATIONS OF SHOWS - DEFINITIONS:
BRONZE COMPETITIONS:
Bronze competitions are comparable to “Primary” shows
under the previous system. They are now sanctioned by Equine Canada.
Riders must be members of
a) Dressage Winnipeg (or temporary membership),
b) Manitoba Horse Council (or temporary membership, required for
insurance coverage purposes)
c) Equine Canada Bronze Sport License ($20)
Your horse
a) Is NOT required to have Equine Canada identification (passport)
b) The horse’s owner must be a member of Manitoba Horse Council
for insurance purposes
Show results are NOT submitted to Equine Canada or Manitoba Horse
Council. You ARE eligible for Dressage Winnipeg Awards.
Dressage Winnipeg understands that the Bronze Sport License, the
Dressage Canada $7 levy and drug testing fees are additional fees
for competitors under the new system, so we have decided to waive
the Mandatory Tack Stall and make tack stalls optional for competitors
(as long as aisles are still kept clear to comply with fire
and insurance regulation - NO tack, feed or other storage in the
aisles, you will have to keep tack and feed out at your truck or
trailer or in your stall if you choose not to use a tack stall)
and to reduce the admin fee on entries to $15/show weekend for 2008
in order to assist competitors in upgrading from Primary to Bronze
shows in the new system.
GOLD COMPETITIONS:
Gold competitions are comparable to “National” competitions
under the previous system. They are sanctioned by Equine Canada.
Riders must be members of or have
a) Dressage Winnipeg (or temporary membership),
b) Manitoba Horse Council (or temporary membership, required for
insurance coverage purposes)
c) Equine Canada Gold Sport License holder (or temporary)
d) Dressage Canada (Junior or Senior, not just Affiliate)
Your horse must have
a) Equine Canada Horse Identification (passport)
b) The horse’s owner must have an Equine Canada Sport License
c) The horse’s owner must be a member of Manitoba Horse Council
for insurance purposes
Show results ARE submitted to Equine Canada and Manitoba Horse
Council..
You are eligible for Provincial Awards, Dressage Canada National
Gold/Silver Awards, Lauren Dilanni Award for Freestyles, the Dressage
Canada Eight Program, as well as for Dressage Winnipeg Awards.
Both Bronze and Gold competition entries are required to follow
EC MEDICATION CONTROL RULES (FOR RIDERS) and EC DRUG RULES (FOR
HORSES). Entries in both types of show pay pay a drug testing fee
and may be subject to drug testing on a random basis during competitions.
Sign up for your memberships and get your Bronze or Gold Equine
Canada Sport License early, don't leave it till just before the
May show!'
Online show entries will be available this year -
you can enter the show up to midnight of the closing date by filling
in an online form and paying with a credit card via Paypal. If
you wish to pay by cheque or money order, you must still send in
your hard-copy entry with payment so that it ARRIVES to the Show
Secretary by the closing date.
Dressage
Winnipeg Prize List 2008 (Main Body)
Spring Flowers
Entry Forms 2008
DeKenyeres
Memorial Entry Forms 2008
MidSummer
Madness Entry Forms 2008
Autumn
Classic & Provincial Championships Entry Forms 2008
Dressage
Winnipeg Membership Form 2008
Equine
Canada Sport License & Amateur Application Form 2008
Dressage Canada
Membership Form 2008
Manitoba
Horse Council Membership Form 2008
Walk/Trot Test
Prix Caprilli Tests
Equine
Medication Control Rules
General
Overview of our Shows:
(in the event of a discrepancy between this info and the
prize list/rule book, disregard this information!)
Shows normally start with the more basic tests in the morning
and progress to the higher-level tests ridden later in the day. There
are sometimes Musical Freestyles, which are often scheduled as the
last classes of the day and are considered the most entertaining part
of the show for the spectators, to see horses and riders dancing together
to music.
Ribbons, awards and other prizes are presented to the riders
based on their points total. Scoring in dressage is similar to figure
skating in a way.. 100% being the absolutely perfect ideal and the
winner being the one with the highest score, who thus most closely
approximated the ideal. Each movement or figure on a test is given
a mark out of 10 possible points, with the average being around
5-6 points and going up or down from there depending on quality
of the movement and overall performance of horse and rider. The
scores posted as a percentage are thus a combination of the scores
for each movement with some having more weight than others, and
overall impression and technical quality scores factored in.
There are three classes of competitors: Junior (all riders
who have not reached their 18th birthday as of January 1st of the
current year), Adult Amateur (per definition on non-professional status)
and Open (either Junior, Amateur or professional).
Stabling
on the grounds is available, and a lot of riders come in the night
before with their horses to eliminate the stress of trailering in
the morning of the show. Shows often start very early in the morning
(7:30-8:00 am) due to the large number of competitors in certain
shows. They are usually over by supper time each day.
Spectators are more than welcome and admission is free. Parking
is plentiful.
Dressage Winnipeg shows are governed by the rules set by
Canadian Equestrian Federation/Equine Canada.
Dressage tests in use at these competitions may be found
online at http://www.dressagecanada.org/DressageTests/dressagetests.html
Juniors must wear ASTM-approved helmets.
All tests are now held in a 20m x 60m arena. (see diagram)
(all measurements are in metres)
To get your copy of the Prize List, which contains all rules
and official entry forms, please contact:
Show Chair: Sandra Warawa 864-2712
swarawa@mts.net
Show
Secretary: Linda
Milton 437-3073 linda_milton@hotmail.com
