Show Jumping Rules

For the Beijing Olympics 2008

The Rules:

• Horses need to be a minimum of 9 years old to take part.
• A bell is used to communicate with the rider to; enter the ring, to start the course, to start after an interruption and elimination.
• Riders are permitted to walk the course before the competition to judge the distance between jumps and remember the course sequence
• Red and white flags indicate turns on the course
• Jumps include: Spreads, Verticals and Water Jumps.
• Show Jumping is against the clock

Faults and Penalties:

4 Faults	For each jump knocked down (part of the jump falls to the ground)
4 Faults	Hoof / Hooves leave impression in lath surrounding the water jump
4 Faults	First refusal or if the horse runs out of the ring
Elimination	The horse's shoulders and haunches hit the ground or rider falls off
Elimination	Second refusal
Elimination	If the rider takes the wrong course and doesn't correct
Elimination	Exceeding the time limit
1 Penalty Point	For every second/portion of second exceeding time allowed in 1st and 2nd rounds in jump offs not against clock
1 Penalty Point	For each second/portion of second exceeding time allowed in a jump off against the clock

Jump-offs are held to determine winners if there is a tie.
Rules taken from the FEI regulations, which will be adhered to at the Beijing Olympics 2008.

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