新聞

新聞
2022-06-10

Dear members,

 

The well received online dressage series via the Dressage Anywhere platform organized by HKEF and supported by The Hong Kong Jockey Club was suspended since January due to the closure of riding schools in Hong Kong. With the recent re-opening of riding schools, the HKEF is pleased to announce that the HKEF Online Dressage Series will resume in June. The June schedule is now available at https://www.dressageanywhere.com/Competitor/EnterCompetition/771

 

As announced previously, all Dressage tests selected for January will be reserved and used for the next edition. A total of 18 classes from varying from Introductory to Advanced in both short and long arenas as well as Freestyle classes in Introductory and Preliminary levels for Senior (16 years old or above) and Junior (16 years or under) sections available for your selection.

 

Hong Kong dressage judges continues to be involved in the judging of some of the training classes. We are pleased to share with you the following judging allocation for the June series:

 

 

Level

Test No

Arena Size

Judges

Introductory

(Junior)

C (2016)

20 x 40m

Suzanne Yau

Introductory

(Senior)

C (2016)

20 x 40m

Boris Yue

FTM Introductory

Introductory

Freestyle to Music (2016)

20 x 40m

UK Judge

Preliminary

(Junior)

7
(2002 Revised 2016)

20 x 40m

UK Judge

Preliminary

(Senior)

7
(2002 Revised 2016)

20 x 40m

UK Judge

Preliminary

17A

(2017)

20 x 60m

UK Judge

FTM Preliminary

Preliminary

Freestyle to Music (2016)

20 x 40m or 20 x 60m

UK Judge

Novice

(Junior)

27 (2007)

20 x 40m

Angela Kong

Novice

(Senior)

27 (2007)

20 x 40m

Suzanne Yau

Novice

37A (2017)

20 x 60m

Christian Allderidge

Elementary

44 (2002)

20 x 40m

Boris Yue

Elementary

55 (2019)

20 x 60m

Christian Allderidge

Medium

63 (2002)

20 x 40m

UK Judge

Medium

73 (2007)

20 x 60m

UK Judge

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

Advanced

102 (2012)

20 x 60m

UK Judge

 

Points to note

 

1. Dressage Tests

 

2. 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.

 

3. Entry Deadline

  • For the January series, entries deadline will be on 26 June 2022 (Sun) 23:59 (GMT+8).
  • If a rider has paid their entry fee by 23:59 on 26 June but not uploaded their video by 23:59 on 26 June, his or her entry fee will be forfeited and cannot be refunded or transferred to next month’s competition.

 

4. 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.

 

5. 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

 

 

6. Judging

 

Please kindly refere to the above table for the judging allocation for the June series.

 


 

7. 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

 

8. 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

 

9. Photo Collection from November & December 2021 Series participants

 

The HKEF is now collecting photos from all participants to the HKEF Online Series via Dressage Anywhere – Nov & Dec 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/1gkpaRsyGSnfgteAYLGVcfPuLXWM8dOXx?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

 

 

10. 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.

 

Entry deadline for June edition is 26 Jun 2022 (Sun) 23:59 (GMT+8). Thank you for your support.

 

Best Regards,

Hong Kong Equestrian Federation