Competition RoR Regional Dressage Championships - Northern

Saturday 18th June - Sunday 19th June 2022

Eligibility: All RoR Competition registered. Riders must be aged 15 years and over at 1^st January 2022.

Each RoR Regional Championship event is a qualifier for the RoR National Dressage Championships which will be held at Aintree Equestrian Centre.

The Championship classes will run and be judged under BD rules, they will however, also be affiliated to RoR only and no BD grading points will be awarded.

Regional Dressage Horse INTRO Championship - For horses not to have more than 15 BD points at Prelim level and not to have competed at Novice level before 01.02.22.

Regional Dressage Horse PRELIM Championship - For horse not to have more than 15 BD points at Novice level before 01.02.22

Regional Dressage Horse NOVICE Championship - For horses not to have more than 15 BD points at Elementary level before 01.02.22

Regional Dressage Horse ELEMENTARY Championship - For horses not to have more than 15 BD points at Medium level before 01.02.22

Regional Dressage Horse MEDIUM Championship - For horses not to have more than 25 BD points at Advanced Medium before 01.02.22

RoR Dressage Horse SPECIAL - PYO AM 98 or PSG. Qualifier for the RoR ELITE Performance Award Final at the Jockey Club RoR National Championships 2022.

Previous winners of the RoR Dressage Horse Championships (except the SPECIAL) up to and including 2021 are eligible to compete at the same level in this Championship Series in subsequent years. In the event of Championship classes being oversubscribed and possibly split, then the prize money will be paid on the overall result.

To qualify, riders must submit two score sheets for the level at the required minimum percentage or above from affiliated competitions, unaffiliated competitions or both. Score sheets must include the registered racing name of the horse, have full details re date and venue and must be signed by the Judge. The qualification is for horse/rider, no substitutes (horse or rider) allowed. Horse/rider combinations are allowed to compete in two classes so long as they have submitted the relevant qualifying score sheets.

Minimum qualifying percentage required for each level:

• INTRO – 64%
• PRELIM – 64%
• NOVICE – 62%
• ELEMENTARY – 62%
• MEDIUM – 61%
• SPECIAL – 60% (for GB raced horses only, competing at Advanced Medium level or above)

Horses qualified with two riders are not allowed to be entered more than once in the same Championship class.

The Championship classes will run and be judged under BD rules, they will however, be affiliated to RoR only and no BD grading points will be awarded.

Combinations can take part in any regional championship but must submit the relevant score sheets for each.