DRESSAGE SA CHALLENGE (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE SANEF COMPETITION)

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1 WITH THE WESTERN CAPE DRESSAGE COMMITTEE PRESENTS THE CDN GRADED WC LEG OF THE DRESSAGE SA CHALLENGE (PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE SANEF COMPETITION) Together with graded warm-up classes, qualifying classes, Prelim Classes, and Para Equestrian graded classes at Stellenbosch District Riding Club (off R44, Stellenbosch) Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May 2016 POSTPONED TO 2 ND and 3 RD July 2016 AMENDED SCHEDULE (29 TH March 2016) New Closing date for entries: Friday 10 th June 2016 This Recognized Event will be run under Dressage SA Rules & Regulations 2016, General Regulations (Dressage) 1 December 2015, including the SAEF Veterinary Regulations & Directives. Para-Equestrian classes will run under FEI rules.

2 PLEASE READ THE DSA RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE DRESSAGE SA CHALLENGE Rules are available on the DSA website Appendix DS/8. Officials Entry Fees Late Entries Show Levy Horse Stall Hire per Day Prize Money Pony Riders/Children/ Juniors Order of Riding Important Notes i. President of the Ground Jury & Judge at C: Anita Adendorff Judge at E: Debi van Wyk ii. SAEF Representative: Di Arnold iii. National Steward: Chris de Vries iv. DSA Riders Representative : Charles Manning R270 each DSA Challenge class for Adult riders - All classes inclusive of DSA levy R51.30, EDS levy R5.13, judges levy R45 plus a further DSA levy of 15.4% (inclusive of Vat) of total prize money deducted - Payable to DSA R230 each warm up/qualifier class for Adult riders All classes inclusive of DSA levy R51.30, EDS levy R5.13, judges levy R10 plus a further DSA levy of 15.4% (inclusive of Vat) of total prize money deducted - Payable to DSA R240 each DSA Challenge class for PR/Children & Juniors inclusive of DSA Levy R17.10, EDS levy R5.13, judges levy R45 plus a further DSA levy of 15.4% (inclusive of Vat) of total prize money deducted - Payable to DSA R200 each warm up/qualifier class for PR/Children & Juniors - inclusive of DSA Levy R17.10, EDS levy R5.13, judges levy R10 per class plus a further DSA levy of 15.4% (inclusive of Vat) of total prize money deducted - Payable to DSA PRELIM Classes : R190 per class inclusive of DSA levy of R11.40 & EDS levy R5.13 and judges levy R10 If accepted will be subject to a penalty of R100 per class R260 per horse ( inclusive of SDRC ground levy of R140, & administration & officials levy of R120) *SDRC members must pay the full levy as it is not a SDRC show R80 for the day. Please book with entries The allocation of Prize money will be in accordance with relevant General Regulations as referred to above except for Prelim classes. 60% of entries less all levies & Medic cost per class (see entry fees above) 15.4% DSA levy of Prize Money - paid to DSA Prelim Classes: Rosettes only All Prelim classes Class 5,6,16,17 Please ensure you put the name of your school you attend on the entry form for the new rankings for schools in DSA program A random draw will establish the order of riding for the Dressage Challenge in each section. Advanced warm up will be the day before, only one test per day allowed for Advanced *JUNIOR NOVICE, ADULT NOVICE, ADULT ELEMENTARY, & ADULT ELEMENTARY- MEDIUM competitors must enter the qualifying class for their grade at this event as well as the Dressage Challenge classes to be eligible for the Dressage SA Challenge. A minimum of 12 horses will qualify in each of these sections and in the event of more places being available the judges of the qualifier may select more combinations to compete in the Dressage SA Challenge event. The maximum number of entries is 100 combinations including para-equestrian classes. Non-qualifiers will be automatically entered in the relevant consolation class. Consolation classes will only be held if time permits. If less than 12 entries per section of the Dressage SA Challenge are received, the qualifier will automatically become a warm up class and all competitors will go through to the dressage challenge

3 Liability Rules and Regulations Neither SAEF, DSA, CDE, SDRC or any of their officials or representatives will be held responsible for accidents, injury, damage, loss or illness to horses or persons or personal property arising from any cause whatsoever at the DSA Challenge Show By entering you agree to acquaint yourself with and abide by the rules relevant to SAEF, DSA, SDRC and this competition, including: 1. ALL DRESSAGE SA CHALLENGE CLASSES FEI TESTS & DSA N5 & A2 TESTS MUST BE RIDDEN FROM MEMORY 2. NO WHIPS ALLOWED for the DSA Challenge Classes, and must be dropped before circling the arena 3. Whips and callers will be allowed in the warm up/ qualifier classes. This however excludes FEI PSG and higher tests, and the DSA Challenge classes which must be ridden from memory and with no whip 4. Identification Numbers must be worn at all times whenever a horse leaves the stable- in warm up arenas as well as competition arenas. 5. BITS ALLOWED FOR ALL FEI TESTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: a. Novice 5 test Snaffles only b. Elementary, Medium and Advanced Snaffles or double bridles are allowed c. Advanced 2, FEI Small Tour Snaffles or Double bridles are allowed 6. SPURS are optional in all tests 7. All horses must enter the grade they are registered in with DSA as at closing date of entries 8. PRELIM Entries will be limited on a first come first serve basis, and not by closing date of entries Enquiries Janeese Silen - Cell Number / janeese@telkomsa.net Confirmation of entries and payment received will be ed to you. If you do not receive confirmation then I have not received your entries from the online system - please call me if this is the case. Entries All entries are to be done online. Riders need to visit the DSA Website using the following link in order to register online - Payment receipts must be sent to janeese@telkomsa.net no entry will be confirmed without payment receipt Bank Details Limits on Entries Riding Times Bank Name: Nedbank Bank account name: Cape Dressage Events Bank account number: Branch code: Reference: rider name + show date (direct deposits) *Proof of payment must be sent to janeese@telkomsa.net * Only in exceptional circumstances due to oversubscription Competitors supplying a address with proof of payment will receive the riding order or program by

4 PROPOSED PROVISIONAL PROGRAM SATURDAY 2 nd MAY 2015 FOREST ARENA ARENA 1 LOWER ARENA 3 CCLUB HOUSE ARENA ALL DRESSAGE CHALLENGE TESTS JUNIOR NOVICE QUALIFIER NOVICE QUALIFIER(AM) PARA PRE WARM UP PREM/M WARM UP PRE PREM/M JUNIOR NOVICE JUNIOR ELEMENTRY WARM UP JUNIOR ELEMENTARY ADVANCED 1 WARM UP NOVICE CONSOLATION NOVICE (PM) PROPOSED PROVISIONAL PROGRAM SUNDAY 3 rd MAY 2015 FOREST ARENA ARENA 1 LOWER ARENA 3 CLUB HOUSE ARENA ALL DRESSAGE CHALLENGE TESTS JADV 2 & PRIX ST GEORGE 2015 J /A MEDIUM WARM UP ELEMENTARY QUALIFIER (AM) ADV 2 and FEI PRIX ST GEORGE 2015 JEM WARM UP PRELIM 1& 3 FEI INTERMEDIATE A 2015 & Note INT 11 has movement changes ADULT ELEMENTARY- MEDIUM J/A MEDIUM QUALIFIER ADULT ELEMENTARY J/A ELEMENTARY MEDIUM CONSOLATION ADULT ELEMENTARY MEDIUM CONSOLATION ADULT ELEMENTARY (PM) PLEASE NOTE: THE PROVISIONAL PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE IF ENTRIES WARRANT THIS CHANGE

5 DRESSAGE CLASSES PONY RIDERS /CHILDREN JUNIOR ADULT 1. PRE - Warm up 2. PRE - SA Dressage Challenge Classes 1 & 2 open to E Ponies/horses 3. PREM/M - Warm up 4. PREM/M - SA Dressage Challenge Classes 3 & 4 open to EM & M Ponies/Horses with no penalties 5. J PRELIM A PRELIM J PRELIM A PRELIM JN QUALIFIER DSA Novice 5 Test (a) JN - SA Dressage Challenge (b) Consolidation Class for non- Qualifiers DSA Novice 5 Test JE - QUALIFIER 10. JE - SA Dressage Challenge 11. JEM - WARM UP 12. JEM - SA Dressage Challenge 13. JM - Warm Up FEI WC Advanced Test JM- Dressage SA Challenge FEI WC Advanced Test JA Dressage SA Challenge FEI Prix St George Test AN QUALIFIER DSA Novice 5 Test (a) AN - SA Dressage Challenge (b) Consolation class for nonqualifiers DSA Novice 5 Test AE - QUALIFIER 21. (a) AE - SA Dressage Challenge (b) Consolation class for nonqualifiers 22. AEM - QUALIFIER 23. (a)aem - SA Dressage Challenge (b) Consolation class for nonqualifiers 24. AM - Warm-up FEI WC Advanced Test AM Dressage SA Challenge FEI WC Advanced Test AA WARM UP DSA ADV TEST AA Dressage SA Challenge DSA ADV Test FEI level - Dressage SA Challenge FEI Prix St George Test FEI level - Dressage SA Challenge FEI Intermediate A Test FEI level-dressage SA Challenge FEI Intermediate 11 Test 2016 Please note: All entries online through DSA website All tests are available on the DSA website PARA-EQUESTRIAN CLASSES CLASS CLASS DESCRIPTION TEST 31 FEI PE Grade Ia Team Test (2013) (warm up) 32 FEI PE Grade Ib Team Test (2013) (warm up)

6 33 FEI PE Grade II Team Test (2013) (warm up) 34 FEI PE Grade III Team Test (2013) (warm up) 35 FEI PE Grade IV Team Test (2013) (warm up) 36 FEI PE Grade Ia Individual Championship Test (2013) 37 FEI PE Grade Ib Individual Championship Test (2013) 38 FEI PE Grade II Individual Championship Test (2013) 39 FEI PE Grade III Individual Championship Test (2013) 40 FEI PE Grade IV Individual Championship Test (Updated Feb 2013) Please note the following for Para classes: The tests to be ridden are current FEI tests (2013) Horses and riders must compete in their registered grade Please submit Dressage SA Challenge Entry Form PLEASE READ THE NOTES BELOW CAREFULLY. THEY ARE SPECIFIC TO THE DRESSAGE SA CHALLENGE. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT THE ORGANISERS PRIOR TO ENTERING AS ONCE ENTRIES CLOSE NO CHANGES WILL BE ALLOWED. RULES: All current DSA Rules 2016 and General Regulations (Dressage) 2015 shall apply. SADDLERY AND DRESS As per DSA Rules, Section 33, all prize winners in the Dressage SA Challenge must present themselves mounted and correctly dressed. Failure to comply may result in the forfeiture of prize money, grading points, and any trophies and rosettes as per the relevant General Regulations as referred to above PROTESTS AND APPEALS As per the relevant General Regulations (Dressage) 2015 as referred to above. Any protests or appeals must be addressed to the Show Secretary, in writing, accompanied by a deposit of R for protests and R for appears for National Classes. R400.00/R500.0 for all other classes DRUG TESTING SAEF/DSA reserves the right to sample for prohibited substances from any horse, or competitor at this event. CONDUCT Any owner or rider who attempts to harass or influence the Judges, Stewards, or Officials, or who at any time uses any contemptuous or abusive language on the showground, whether to any of the Judges, Stewards or Officials, may forfeit his/her rights to any prizes to which they might otherwise be entitled. Likewise, no abusive, aggressive treatment of horses will be tolerated and will be reported to the Judicial committee (Please refer to the relevant Section in the General Regulations referred to above.) PASSPORTS All horses entered in the show must have a SAEF Passport fully completed in all aspects and validated. Passport must accompany horse. Equine Flu and African Horse Sickness - all horses MUST be vaccinated against Equine Influenza and African Horse Sickness in accordance with SAEF Veterinary Regulations. Competitors presenting passports that are not up to date or contain omissions will be fined (DSA Rule General Regulations Section 31) Dogs/stallions: Dogs must be on leads at all times. Stallions ridden by responsible Juniors and Adults are permitted.

7 DRESSAGE SA CHALLENGE RULES DSA Rules 2016 Appendix DSA/8 Section Section 1. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. Section 7. Section 8. Section 9. Section 10. Section 11. Section 12. Section 13. Section 14. Section 15. Grade Adult Novice horses Adult Elementary horses Adult Elementary-Medium horses Adult Medium horses Adult Advanced Adult FEI level Adult FEI level Adult FEI level Junior Novice horses Junior Elementary horses Junior Elementary- Medium horses Junior Medium Junior Advanced Pony Rider Elementary Pony Rider Elementary- Medium & Medium (Pony Riders and Children with EM ponies/horses may elect to ride in either section 13 or 14. No cross entry between sections 13 & 14.). No penalties will apply for Medium ponies. The above cross entries restriction may be modified each year if circumstances and numbers warrant it. All tests will be ridden from memory, in the Dressage SA Challenge Classes. This does not include the warm-up and Qualifying classes except for FEI Prix St George tests and Higher. All FEI Prix St George Tests and Higher must be ridden from memory. Team Classification A Team event will be incorporated into the Dressage SA Challenge. Each province will nominate three athletes per section before the start of the event and the top two scores of the nominated athletes will count towards the team score for that section. The sum of the two scores will constitute the Provincial Team total. In the case of equality of points, the team whose second ranked athlete achieved the higher percentage will be placed first. Province Participation For the Province to participate, it must compete in a minimum of three sections and 25 horses to make travelling of two judges a viable proposition. It would, however, not be necessary for all sections of the competition to be held by a Province, it is merely a chance for dressage athletes to ride on reasonably equal terms against their peers in the other Provinces. A Participation Fee will be levied for each Section entered, to

8 partially cover administration costs. The amount charged per Section will be revised annually. Each Province will be limited to a maximum of 100 starters in total for all section for the Dressage SA Challenge Classes at the show. The number of athletes allowed for each section will be at the discretion of the Provincial Dressage Committee. In any Section where qualifying classes are necessary and an athlete qualifies two or more horses for that Section, the athlete must nominate one horse only for that section, unless the number of qualifiers falls short of the allowed limit. Dressage SA Challenge classes must not incorporate any other class or championship. Ground Jury The Competition shall be judged by the same two National Panel Judges (or one National Panel Judge and one National Candidate Panel Judge) who will travel to each of the participating Provinces. Ideally, the Provincial legs of the Competition should be held as close as possible to each other on the calendar. The visiting judges will not judge more than 50 combinations per day and will only judge the Dressage SA Challenge. The judges may not judge other classes except for approved para-equestrian classes. Arenas The Judges will always judge from the same position in each section and leg of the Competition, with one Judge at C and the positions B or E being used in alternating years. If this is not practical, the judges may sit at C and B or E, with permission from the Dressage South Africa committee. The arena surface should be fibre, sand or good quality grass Rider Participation Horses may only compete in the grade in which they are registered Dressage SA, as at closing date of entries for the Event incorporating the Dressage SA Challenge, with the exception of Section 11 and Section 12. In Section 11, Elementary-Medium Ponies may compete with no penalty. In Section 12, Medium ponies may compete with no penalties. Where a horse/pony has qualified for the Dressage SA Challenge in a specific grade and has subsequently been upgraded following the qualification show, the horse/pony will compete in the Dressage SA Challenge n in the grade in which it qualified and may not compete in another show in the higher grade before completing the Dressage SA Challenge. Horse, owner/athlete combinations may only compete in their home Province (i.e. both horse and athlete must be registered in the Province in which they are competing). However, on application containing the reason and explanation for the request to the Dressage SA council, athletes may compete in the Dressage SA Challenge outside their

9 home province, or compete on horses registered in another Province (providing such athletes/horses are considered bone fide combinations). The host Province for athletes granted permission must be in agreement as this application may impact on the qualifying athletes in that Province. It must be noted that permission will not automatically be granted and that the decision of the Dressage SA Council, with approval from the Province that will be asked to accept the entry, and the original province, will be final and binding. In the event that a Province cannot field enough athletes to justify the expense to send two judges to that Province, the athletes from that Province may compete in another Province. The visiting athletes must be allowed to compete in addition to the qualifying riders of the host Province. An athlete s score, achieved outside of their home province will be attributed to their home province for purposes of overall national results in the Individual classifications. Horses may only compete in one age group in the same year, e.g. a horse entered in a Junior Section may not also be entered in an adult Section. Show Organisers The tests involved in the Dressage SA Challenge will form part of the schedule for the Event holding the Challenge. The Show Organisers will choose what entry fees/prize money/prizes will be allocated to the classes relating to the Challenge at a Provincial level. The overall Section winners, nationally, will only be known when all the Provincial legs have been completed, at which time a list of placings, and the scores of both judges for all horses entered will be forwarded to the Dressage SA Challenge Convener. The Dressage SA Challenge Convener will forward the results to the Dressage SA President, the Provincial chairmen of the participating Provinces, whose responsibility it will be to inform their respective members/competitors. However, results will be sent out after each Province has competed to keep interest. Horses Schooling Under no circumstances, and under penalty of disqualification, may any horse take part in any class at the Dressage SA Challenge that has been schooled under saddle by anyone other than the competitor concerned from the start of the first day of the show until the last entered class. The onus is on athletes to comply with this rule where horses are removed from the grounds. Awards Prizes for all Sections will be awarded at the respective National Dressage Championships. Small, star-shaped badges will be awarded to the overall winners for the Adult Sections of the Dressage SA Challenge. Triangular badges will be awarded to the overall winners of the Junior and Pony Rider/ Children Sections. It is recommended that these badges should be stitched on to the athlete s jacket in a straight line on the

10 left hand side. Should the athlete also have Provincial or National Colours, these Dressage SA Challenge badges should be positioned above the other badge. Colours of the Dressage SA Challenge badges will be as follows: FEI level - Gold Advanced and Medium - Silver Elem-Medium - Red Elementary - Blue Novice - Green Costs Until an overall sponsor is found, 50% of the cost of travelling to the nearest Domestic Airport for the two judges will be borne by the Dressage SA Challenge Dressage Fund. All other travelling costs and accommodation is for the cost of the organising committee. It is suggested that Show Organisers invite visiting Judges to conduct a Seminar after the Event, if time permits. Convener At the AGM of the Dressage SA Council, a National Convener for the Dressage SA Challenge will be appointed for the following two years.