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新聞
2021-09-17

Dear members,

 

The HKEF would like to share with you the tests for the HKEF Online Dressage Series via Dressage Anywhere platform organized by HKEF and supported by The Hong Kong Jockey Club for October. The October schedule is now available at: https://www.dressageanywhere.com/Competitor/EnterCompetition/735.

 

Hong Kong dressage judges continues to be involved in the judging of some of the training classes. In order to offer as many training opportunities to our riders as possible, same dressage tests for the upcoming new season have been used for our series from September onwards. There will be 23 classes varying from Introductory to Advance in both short and long arenas for Senior (16 years old or above) and Junior (16 years or under) sections.

 

Following the online sessions on Freestyle Dressage organised by HKEF and Dressage Anywhere over the past year, the HKEF is excited to have Freestyle classes available in the HKEF Series for the first time. Freestyle entries are available in Introductory and Preliminary levels for your selection this moth:

 

Level Test No Arena Size

Introductory

(Junior)

A (2008)

20 x 40m

Introductory

(Senior)

A (2008)

20 x 40m

(NEW) FTM Introductory

Introductory

Freestyle to Music (2016)

20 x 40m

Preliminary

2 (2016)

20 x 40m

Preliminary

(Junior)

12

(2005 Revised 2016)

20 x 40m

Preliminary

(Senior)

12

(2005 Revised 2016)

20 x 40m

Preliminary

17A (2017)

20 x 60m

(NEW) FTM Preliminary

Preliminary

Freestyle to Music (2016)

20 x 40m or 20 x 60m

Novice

(Junior)

24

(2010 Revised 2016)

20 x 40m

Novice

(Senior)

24

(2010 Revised 2016)

20 x 40m

Novice

27 (2007)

20 x 40m

Novice

37A (2017)

20 x 60m

Elementary

44 (2002)

20 x 40m

Elementary

40 (2010)

20 x 60m

Elementary

43 (2006)

20 x 60m

Medium

71 (2002)

20 x 40m

Medium

61 (2002)

20 x 60m

Medium

76 (2016)

20 x 60m

Advanced Medium

90 (2012)

20 x 40m

Advanced Medium

91 (2016)

20 x 60m

Advanced Medium

98 (2002)

20 x 60m

Advanced

101 (2019)

20 x 60m

Advanced

102 (2012)

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
  • 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 October series,  entries deadline will be on 26 October 2021 (Tuesday) 23:59 (GMT+8).
  • If a rider has paid their entry fee by 23:59 on 26 October but not uploaded their video by 23:59 on 26 October, 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. 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 October. 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 September Series participants

The HKEF is now collecting photos from all participants to the HKEF Online Series via Dressage Anywhere – Sep 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/1DKnxNe940KEY8VsCLjm6X8wdVh1rQLYt?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

All competitors are reminded to maintain social distancing and all pandemic measures during the video recording at respective riding schools at all times.

 

Entry deadline for October edition is 26 Oct 2021 (Tue) 23:59 (GMT+8).

 

Best Regards,

Hong Kong Equestrian Federation