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Trail Challenge Obstacle Course

Recreational Competition

NW Tri-State Tournament PRIZES and RULES!

 

TOURNAMENT DETAILS:  'Best Five' NW Tri-State Tournament. Your best 5 challenges will be used to calculate your tournament scores. You can do poorly, or even miss a few challenges, and still be 'in the hunt'.

 

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE: 

1) Saturday, Apr 12 Trail Challenge, Mason-Box Ranch, Walla Walla, WA

2) Sunday,   Apr 13 Trail Challenge, Mason-Box Ranch, Walla Walla, WA

3) Saturday, May 10 Trail Challenge, Hells Gate Sate Park, Lewiston, Idaho
4) Sunday,   May 11 Trail Challenge, Hells Gate State Park, Lewiston, Idaho
5) Saturday, May 31 Trail Challenge, Mt. Spokane State Park, Spokane, WA
6) Sunday,   Jun 1    Trail Challenge, Mt. Spokane State Park, Spokane, WA
7) Saturday, Aug 9   Trail Challenge, Clover Haven Ranch, Clove, OR
8) Sunday,   Aug 10 Trail Challenge, Clover Haven Ranch, Clove, OR
 

TOURNAMENT FEE:  Free.  Sponsored by Equine Trail Sports and the Tournament Ride Managers.

 

TOURNAMENT PRIZES DETERMINED BY THE  BEST 5 out of 8 CHALLENGES!

Overall Champion*

ETS Saddle Blanket and Horse Sculpture -  sum highest 5 RANKING POINTS  

Grand Champion Advanced Bracket

ETS Saddle Blanket - sum highest  5 AVERAGE WEIGHTED OBSTACLE SCORES 

Grand Champion Intermediate Bracket

ETS Saddle Blanket - sum highest  5 AVERAGE WEIGHTED OBSTACLE SCORES 

Grand Champion Novice Bracket

ETS Saddle Blanket - sum highest 5  AVERGE WEIGHTED OBSTACLE SCORES 

 

Senior Champion (60+)** - ETS Tote Bag - sum 5 highest RANKING POINTS 

Youth Champion (15-)** - ETS Tote Bag - sum 5 highest RANKING POINTS 

 

Mature Horse Champion (16+)*** -  Rope Halter with Nose Band - sum 5 highest AVG HORSE OBSTACLE SCORES

Adult Horse Champion (5-15)*** - Rope Halter with Nose Band - sum 5 highest AVG HORSE OBSTACLE SCORES

Young Horse Champion (4-)*** - Rope Halter with Nose Band -  sum 5 highest AVG HORSE OBSTACLE SCORES

 

RULES:

*     The Overall Champion is not eligible for a Bracket Prize

**    Person's age as of the 1st day of the Tournament 3/1/14

***  Horses age using January 1 birthday in the year of their actual birth for each horse

 

Competition Brackets:

Once your five best events are identified using the highest Average Weighted Obstacle Scores/Ranking Points, your bracket is determined as follows:  

Advanced - (average challenge level of highest scoring 5 events is 2.5 or greater):

  • 4 or 5 events were Advanced
  • 3 were Advanced and 2 were Intermediate

Intermediate - (average challenge level of highest scoring 5 events is between 1.5 and 2.5):

  • 3 were Advanced and 1 or 2 were Novice
  • 3, 4 or 5 events were Intermediate
  • 2 were Intermediate and 1 or 2 were Advanced
  • 1 was Intermediate,1 or 2 were Advanced

Novice - (average challenge level of highst scoring 5 events is 1.5 or less):

  • 4 or 5 were Novice
  • 3 were Novice and 2 Intermediate