Going affiliated

[goldmine]

Hi there,

I'm affiliating Boo this summer, and possibly Goldmine and Dublin. What are the fence heights in 138cm and 148cm pony classes? I want to make sure they're jumping them fine before we join, allthough I'm going to get some day tickets first to try out!

Jessica

[eventerbabe]

i did pony classes with my old lad. i seem to remember the ones we did were about 95cm, so thats 3 foot. things may have changed these days though as i was competing about 12 years ago! showing my age now :rolleyes:

[goldmine]

3 foot? Thats brilliant, I did a 3'6'' course at home the other day with him and he was a complete gentleman. Another question though - do ponies have to go in their own height section? For instance, Boo is 13.2, which is 138 classes but she jump's 3'6'' courses at shows - or does the height differ, in which case she would be better off in her own class?

Jessica

[eventerbabe]

oohh, now you have me stumped!! i just used to do whichever class the ponys owner entered me for!! which was usually junior BN and newcomers. newcomers is 1m. junior foxhunter is 1.1m, not sure if its open to any height pony. but as i said, its been about 12 years since i last did any affiliated stuff. we only did about 2 years affiliated and then gave up coz my pony and i really weren't enjoying it.

[charls]

The pony classes go;

British Novice (Under £100)- 85cm (about 2ft9)

Newcomers (Under £250)- 1m (about 3ft 3)

Foxhunter (Under £400 I think)- 1.10m (Just under 3ft 9)

Then there are Members Cups (1.15m) and Intermediate Opens (1.20m) for ponies of any grade.

You can enter any of these classes on any height of ponies, but they are built for 14.2hh's so a 12.2hh is obviously going to struggle with the distances in a Foxhunter! 13.2hh's manage better- my sister jumps her 13.2hh in classes up to 1.20m that are strided out for 14.2hh's.

There are 128cm and 138cm classes also. Winter 128's are 1.05m and Winter 138's are 1.15m. They have done away with National 128 & 138's (held in the summer) There are also handicap classes for 12.2hh's and 13.2hh's which are a bit smaller.
Hope this helps! :)

[eventerbabe]

can i just point out, 1m is 3ft and 1.1m is 3ft3 :)
[110cm(or whatever height but must be in cm's) divided by 2.54(number of cm's in an inch!), then divide that answer by 12 to get height in feet]

[charlotte+jill!]

sorry eventerbabe charlie is rite

85cm = just over 2'9

90cm = exactly 3'0

and 105cm = 3'6

if you look on shakas web page is has a very full list of the height conversions :)

[eventerbabe]

apologies, my conversion factor was out by 0.14 :rolleyes: doh!!

[WelshJumper]

Also you should take in to acount the spreads! Thay are much wider than unaff jumping. Oh and the entry fees, wow how much thay cost, If you are planing on joining the BSJA, 3 ponies to afflilate is a lot of ££££ and you need to be a member and eather your mum/dad. The BSJA isant cheep by eany means.

But if you do enjoy your self, keep us up dated :D

[eventerbabe]

found this on the BSJA website:
Junior British Novice 0.85m
Junior Newcomers 1.00m
Junior Members Cup 1.10m
Junior Foxhunter 1.10m

i looked into affiliating my horse last year but it was gonna cost an arm and a leg so i didn't bother. i was really lucky the owner of my old pony paid for all that the 2 years i was a member. have you thought about trying a few classes on a day ticket? than if you don't enjoy it, you've not wasted a lot of money.