Are you familiar with the hunter/jumper rule changes that will go into effect Dec. 1 for the 2022 show year?
There is a long list of them, but here are some of the most important to know:
Find out before your hunter class how you will jog after you jump. A show can hold a jog in the traditional way, when you run in with your horse after your number is called, or it can use the 2020 Covid-inspired Presidential Modification of trotting a circle on a loose rein at the end of each over-fences performance.
- The changes for hunters also include an expansion of offerings, with low adult amateur hunter and low children’s hunter horse added to the rated sections.
- In the jumpers, management will be allowed to change the table under which a class offering less than $25,00 is run for a variety of reasons, including bad weather or encroaching darkness.
- There is no longer an amateur-owner jumper section, only an amateur jumper division, though an amateur-owner high-score award will be offered in the Horse of the Year ranks. Oh, and if you have a mule, it is now allowed to compete in U.S. Equestrian Federation jumper classes.
One more thing–after much discussion over the years, it has been decided that earbuds and earphones cannot be worn in schooling or exercise areas.