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PERFORMANCE GRADES FOR NEW FOREST PONIES AND REGISTERED PART-BRED NEW FOREST PONIES

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PERFORMANCE GRADES 2019 – DRESSAGE AND EVENTING

This applies to both pure-bred and part-bred New Forest ponies

 

DRESSAGE GRADES can be achieved in two ways:

  1. Submission of test sheets – for Dressage Grade One and Grade Two
  2. Submission of BD record.

SUBMISSION OF TEST SHEETS FOR DRESSAGE GRADE ONE (PRELIM) AND DRESSAGE GRADE TWO (NOVICE)

  1. Submit FOUR original Prelim test sheets, or FOUR original Novice test sheets.
  2. You must achieve Dressage Grade One first although tests at both levels can be ridden at any time.
  3. The minimum score on each sheet must be 65%.
  4. The tests may be any combination of Prelim test numbers or Novice test numbers.
  5. The pony must be entered under its full registered New Forest stud book name, and this must be clearly written on the test sheet.
  6. The judge must be a BD Listed Judge. Their name should be clearly printed on the sheet so that this can be checked.  The judge’s signature must be on the sheet.
  7. Any sheets not filled in correctly will not be accepted.
  8. Tests may be ridden at any event, provided that it is a BD listed judge, so this could be, for example, an unaffiliated competition, BD affiliated, BD Quest, BD British Native Pony Series, NPS, BRC.
  9. Ponies must be four years of age or over and hold a valid NFPBCS passport in the name of the current owner.
  10. Send your test sheets with the £10 administration fee per level to the address below. When your sheets have been verified by the Grading and Elite Committee, they will be returned to you with your rosette and sticker for the grading page at the back of the passport.
  11. Rolling dates are now being used, so as soon as you have your four sheets send them in.
  12. By submitting your test sheets you are expressly agreeing to all the terms and conditions set out above.

DRESSAGE GRADES BY BD COMPETITION RECORD

BD points may be used to grade ponies.  Ten BD points are required at each level for grading.  Once a pony has achieved 5 points at a higher level, it is assumed to have graded at the lower level.  Please submit a printout of your pony’s BD Competition Record and the £10 administration fee, for verification by the Grading and Elite Committee, and award of the rosette.

EVENTING GRADES

Grade 1 is for 5 BE Foundation Points; Grade 2 for 15 FP, Grade 3 for 25 FP, and Grade 4 for 35 FP and above.  Applicants are asked to submit a print-out of their BE record and a £10 administration fee.  As soon as the record has been verified by the G&E Committee the rosette will be awarded.