Budweiser World Cup Las Vegas
Jumping and Dressage
Daily Report by Carol Dean-Porter |
SHOW JUMPING WORLD CUP FINALS ROUND ONE COURSE
Table C - Articles 239/263 - Faults Converted to Time
This is a speed course, with faults converted to time. There are 15
jumping efforts, 12 numbered obstacles. For every obstacle knocked
down, 4 seconds are added to the time. The first refusal is penalized
only by time. The second refusal is elimination as is a fall or going
off course
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Fence 1 is a triple bar, set off a turn going towards the in gate. It
is constructed of yellow, black and white rails. The top back rail is
1.45 meters and is 1.50 meters wide. The riders take a bending track
to:
Fence 2, a vertical of white and brown rails set over a viaduct wall.
This fence aims directly into the "flaired out" end of the ring near
the in gate. The riders take a U turn and head back away from the in
gate to
Fence 3, a black and brown square oxer, set 1.45 meters high and 1.50
meters wide, then straight ahead in 49'4" to
Fence 4, a gold and white wall vertical, constructed with balustrade
pillars on the lower half and viaduct type cut-outs on the top. It is
1.50 meters in height. Then a bending line up near the announcer's end
of the ring to
Fence 5, an orange, gold and brown square oxer, 1.50 meters high and
1.60 meters wide. Then around the end of the ring to a combination set
right against the rail by the grandstand
Fences 6a and 6b are Wide picket gate standards supporting black,
white and gold rails. 6a is a square oxer 1.45 meters high and 1.50
meters wide, 24'2" to fence 6b a vertical 1.50 meters high. Then a U
turn back away from the in gate to
Fence 7 a white, black and gold square oxer, set at 1.50 meters high
and only 1 meter wide. The riders then go past and perform a roll back
to
Fence 8, a bright purple and yellow vertical set at 1.50 meters, then
a long gallop in a bending line towards the in gate to
Fence 9, a gray and gold square oxer set at 1.50 meters high by 1.60
meters wide and aimed directly at the in gate. Then a gallop around
the end of the ring to
Fence 10, an oxer built alongside the other wall. This oxer is light
blue, tan and pink rails built over a Liverpool. Next comes a bending
line in 69' to
Fence 11, the red, white and blue Las Vegas vertical, set at 1.53
meters. Then another U turn back towards the in gate to the final line
of the course, a triple combination
Fences 12a, 12b and 12c. 12a is the Budweiser bottle standards and
planks set at 1.50 meters, 24 feet to 12 b, a red and white square
oxer set at 1.47 meters high by 1.60 meters wide, then finally 36'10"
to 12c another Budweiser plank vertical at 1.53 meters
