PERFORMANCE BASED

2022 Equestrian Victoria Jumping
Horse of the Year
2022 Equestrian Victoria Jumping
Rider of the Year

PERFORMANCE BASED

2022 Equestrian Victoria Jumping
Horse of the Year
2022 Equestrian Victoria Jumping
Rider of the Year

About these awards

Eligibility

HORSE OF THE YEAR

• Horse must be currently registered with Equestrian Victoria AND
• Horse must hold a current licence AND
• Have permanently resided in Victoria during the applicable period
• Qualifying Victorian events must be at a minimum 1.40m
• Qualifying interstate events must be a World Cup or State Title
• Up to three wildcard shows (at the discretion of the committee) will also be considered

RIDER OF THE YEAR

• Rider must be a current Equestrian Victorian member AND
• Have permanently resided in Victoria during the applicable period AND
• Be 18 years of age or over as at 31 December 2021
• Qualifying Victorian events must be at a minimum 1.40m
• Qualifying interstate events must be a World Cup or State Title
• Up to three wildcard shows at the discretion of the committee.

Qualifying events

1. MSJC Spring Show (19 to 20 November)
2. Sale SJC Grand Prix (26 to 28 November 2021)
3. GDP Christmas Classic (16 to 19 December)
4. World Wetlands Day (28 to 30 January)
5. Australian Showjumping Championships (2 to 6 February)
6. NVSJC Summer Show (19 to 20 February)
7. Port Phillip SJC Grand Prix (5 to 6 March)
8. Sale SJC Elms Show (12 to 13 March)
9. NVSJC World Cup Festival (18 to 20 March)
10. Dressage & Jumping with the Stars (24 to 26 March)
11. Geelong SJC Autumn Classic (2 to 3 April)
12. MSJC Autumn Show (23 to 24 April)
13. Jumping Victoria State Titles (28 to 1 May)
14. GDP Classic (5 to 8 May)

If one or more of the above events main class does not meet the above height no points will be received from placing in the event.

POINTS ALLOCATION

• Horse of the Year – Points are awarded to the horse only (not the athlete/horse combination). Rider of the Year – Points are awarded to the rider only (not the athlete/horse combination)
• Scale of points will mirror, and be adapted from, the FEI Jumping World Cup Rules Article 656.2 and go to 16th place.
• Points are allocated against the actual placing for the class and not the order of placing for Victorian horses at State and Interstate competitions.
• Horses who are DNS, ELM, RET, DSQ receive a point score of 0 for that qualifying event regardless of placing.

EQUALITY OF POINTS

• In the case of an equality of points in a qualifying round, points are added together and divided equally.
• Fractions of 0.5 or more are rounded up; fractions of less than 0.5 are rounded down.
• In the case of an equality of points overall after the conclusion of the last leg, the winner will be selected on a count back starting with the most wins down to the placings.

DNS = Did Not Start

ELM = Eliminated

RET = Retired

DSQ = Disqualified Show Horse