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HKEF Online Dressage Series via Dressage Anywhere continues in April
2021-03-31

HKEF Online Dressage Series via Dressage Anywhere continues in April

 

 

The online dressage series via the Dressage Anywhere platform organized by HKEF and supported by The Hong Kong Jockey Club has been resumed in March and will continue in April. Same as last month, Hong Kong dressage judges will be involved in the judging of some of the training classes. Despite the previous postponement for a few months, it was still encouraging to see a total of 147 entries to all classes in the March series. The April series will be using the same tests as in last November. A total of 14 classes from Introductory to Advanced Medium in both short and long arenas for Senior (over 16 years old) and Junior (16 years and under) sections are now available:

 

Level Test No. Arena Size
Introductory (Senior riders) B(2009) 20 x 40m
Introductory (Junior riders) C(2016)  20 x 40m
Preliminary 2(2016)  20 x 40m
Preliminary (Junior riders) (2002 Revised 2016)  20 x 40m
Preliminary 12 (2005 Revised 2016)

20 x 40m
Preliminary 19 (2008 Revised 2016)  20 x 60m
Novice 23 (2012 Revised 2016)  20 x 60m
Novice (Junior riders) 27 (2007)  20 x 40m
Novice 28 (2008)  20 x 40m
Elementary 44 (2002)  20 x 40m
Elementary  57 (2007)  20 x 60m
Medium 71 (2002)  20 x 40m
Medium 76 (2016)  20 x 60m
Advanced Medium 98 (2002)  20 x 60m

 

 

Points to note

 

  1. Dressage Tests

 

  1. Entry

  • Create your own account to enter to the classes, you may register at https://www.dressageanywhere.com/Account/Register?reference=alt
  • For easy reference, please kindly register with rider’s name and respective riding school
  • Entry fee will be directly paid to the platform for every entry, price subject to the class entered
  • Make sure only letters and numbers are included in the postcode field of the billing/shipping address. A postcode is a requirement for our payment system, but 0 is fine to use.
  • No late entry will be accepted under any circumstances

 

  1. New Entry Deadline

  • Owing to the overwhelming entries recorded, our judges will need more time on the judging and the new entry deadline for April is 23 April 2021 (Fri).

 

  1. Rules

  • All tests will run under Dressage Anywhere Rules (Please check the rules on the website)
  • All participants are highly recommend to read the rules before taking the video for the series. For example, Sheepskin padding on a bridle is not permitted under BD rules and 2 marks were deducted from one rider.

 

  1. Video taking and uploading

  • Videos should be filmed at C marker outside arena of rider’s home stables
  • Sound must be recorded
  • Video format: MOV, MOD, AVI, MP4, M4V, WMV
  • Videos can be uploaded to Dressage Anywhere, YouTube, Dropbox or WeTransfer by competitors

 

For details, you may refer to the Video Guide at https://www.dressageanywhere.com/Help/VideoGuide

 

  1. Judging (TBC)

We are pleased to announce that some of our Hong Kong Judges will continue to take part in the judging of HKEF Online Series in April. Details will be updated in due course, please stay tuned.

 

  1. Announcement and Distribution of Results

  • Results and leader board will be updated on the platform after judges finish judging all entries recorded. The HKEF will be assisting in the announcement of results
  • Virtual score sheet with marks and comments will be sent to individual rider via email
  • Rosettes are kindly sponsored by HKJC and will be sent by Ms. Wendy Hung from BREC to other Riding Schools for distribution

 

  1. Monthly League Champion

  • All riders will have to declare the riding school that they represent as part of the entry process
  • Riding school representatives are invited to open team accounts to include your riders and accumulate scores for the Monthly League Champion. For details, please visit https://dressageanywhere.lpages.co/hk-team-account/
  • Monthly team score will be calculated by the total points earned by riders from the same riding school and contribute to the monthly “League Champion”. Percentage scores were converted into points as the below scale:
55% – 59.99% 2 points
60% – 64.99% 4 points
65% – 69.99% 6 points
70% or above 8 points
  • In case of tied place, the two schools will both be determined winners

 

  1. Photo Collection from March Series participants

The HKEF is now collecting photos from all participants to the HKEF Online Series via Dressage Anywhere – March 2021. You are invited to submit photos, whether action photos riding the rounds, or photos with the rosettes to https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PCZJMv3U0XtK2S-mrtMfUemzgUW2_swN?usp=sharing

 

Please kindly name the photos with the name of you and/or horses.

 

 

Social distancing

 

 

With the latest development of COVID-19 in Hong Kong, all competitors are reminded to maintain social distancing and all pandemic measures during the video recording at respective riding schools at all times.

 

If you are interested in joining the series, please visit Dressage Anywhere website (link TBC) and submit entries by 23 April 2021 (Fri) 23:59 (GMT+8).

 

Please feel free to contact us if you have any question.

 

Best regards,

Hong Kong Equestrian Federation