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2021-07-29

Dear members,

 

Updates on HKEF Online Dressage Series via Dressage Anywhere in August

 

On top of the schedule for HKEF Online Dressage Series via Dressage Anywhere in August that was published at https://www.dressageanywhere.com/Competitor/EnterCompetition/712, the HKEF would like to share with you the following judges allocation for the HKEF Online Series in August:

 

 

The August series will include a mix of new tests and existing tests from previous months, with a total of 16 classes from Introductory to Advance in both short and long arenas for Senior (over 16 years old) and Junior (16 years and under) sections:

 

Level

Test No

Arena Size

Judge

Introductory

(Junior)

C (2016)

20 x 40m

Angela Kong

Introductory

(Senior)

C (2016)

20 x 40m

Suzanne Yau

Preliminary

1 (2006)

20 x 40m

Jennifer Ho

Preliminary

(Junior)

2
(2016)

20 x 40m

Catherine Sing

Preliminary

12

(2005 Revised 2016)

20 x 40m

Boris Yue

Preliminary

17A (2017)

20 x 60m

Boris Yue

Novice

30 (2006)

20 x 40m

Catherine Sing

Novice

(Junior)

27

(2007)

20 x 40m

Peta McAuley

Novice

37A (2017)

20 x 60m

Danny Tong

Elementary

40 (2010)

20 x 60m

Boris Yue

Elementary

42 (2008)

20 x 40m

Danny Tong

Medium

63 (2002)

20 x 40m

Danny Tong

Medium

75 (2002)

20 x 60m

Peta McAuley

Advanced Medium

93 (2004)

20 x 40m

UK Judge

Advanced Medium

98 (2002)

20 x 60m

UK Judge

Advanced

101 (2019)

20 x 60m

UK Judge

 

Other 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
  • Please be reminded that if a rider (or his or her guardian) makes a mistake when entering the class, no refund will be arranged by the DA. For example, if a rider has entered the wrong class before uploading a video, he or she should contact us before moving his or her entry to the correct class.

 

  1. Entry Deadline
  • For the August series,  entries deadline will be on 26 August 2021 (Thu) 23:59 (GMT+8).
  • If a rider has paid their entry fee by 23:59 on 26 August but not uploaded their video by 23:59 on 26 August, his or her entry fee will be forfeited and cannot be refunded or transferred to next month’s competition.

 

  1. Rules
  • All tests will run under Dressage Anywhere Rules (Please check the rules on the website)
  • All participants are highly recommended 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. 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 July Series participants

The HKEF is now collecting photos from all participants to the HKEF Online Series via Dressage Anywhere – Jul 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/1wrVtwzEK6RTVKK9_QKzvFk3_TU-n9T_E?usp=sharing

 

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

 

According to the riding school pandemic measures, all the riders should wear a face mask at all times when not riding a horse or showering. Thus, please wear a face mask when taking photo at riding school.

 

We would also like to share with you the highlight video with some of the awarded riders from the HKEF Online Dressage Series between October 2020 to May 2021: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-3R9e0dfhrjcQS2nY5551nINCAq1cCH_/view

 

  1. 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.

 

Thank you for your kind attention.

 

Best Regards,

Hong Kong Equestrian Federation