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competitors.
9.2.1.1 If there are concerns regarding the fatigue of horses, due to the weather
or ground conditions.
9.2.1.2 If there are concerns regarding the competition timetable.
9.2.1.3 When there is adequate provision for mounted shooting in the warm-up
area.
9.2.2 At the judge’s discretion, warm up runs on the track at walk or trot, with no
shooting, may be permitted prior to the canter warm-ups.
9.2.3 If any team captains have issue with the number of warm up runs o fered it
should be discussed between the organiser and all team captains at the earliest
opportunity.
9.3 At least one of the warm-up runs should be timed and the time of the run
communicated to the rider.
9.4 If a rider has changed horse during the event (due to lameness / safety concerns with
their original horse), pursuant to #4.8.1 or #4.9, then rule 4.10.3 applies: prior to restarting
their scoring runs they must be permitted the same track warm-up as the other
competitors.
9.5 For the Hunt track there should be clear information available to all competitors on:
a. When the track will be open for walking by competitors.
b. When the track will be open for familiarisation rides by horses, the number of rides
allowed and speed of riding that is permissible.
c. What the warm up procedure will be on competition day, ie. what will be allowed and
when this is timetabled to occur.
10. Timing (and timing failures)
10.1 It is recommended that, where possible, electronic timers should be used for
measuring the time of runs in competition. Their height should be set so that the beam is
broken by the horse's chest.
10.1.1 Times should be recorded to the nearest 0.01s (one-hundredth of a second) if
using electronic timing.
10.1.2 An alternative means of measuring times should be available as backup in case
of the timing system failing (eg. 10.2); on straight track events this should be
implemented as soon as the electronic timing starts to demonstrate unreliability.
10.1.3 Where electronic timing gates are used on the Hunt track, backup manual
timing must be used as standard.
10.2 Manual timing can be executed with 2 persons indicating (eg. by dropping their
raised hand) when the front of the horse's chest crosses the start and finish lines. A timing
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