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Lost Pines Toyota Tournament PRIZES and RULES!

Any Non-ETS Member will receive a FREE Equine Trail Sports Annual Membership when you sign up for any challenge in this tournament, courtesy of LOST PINES TOYOTA!

 

TOURNAMENT DETAILS:  'Best Five' Lost Pines Toyota Saddle 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:

All events are held at Walnut Creek Ranch, Cedar Creek, TX 

1) Saturday, Feb 8 Trail Challenge 

2) Sunday,   Feb 9 Trail Challenge 

3) Saturday, May 17 Trail Challenge 

4) Sunday,   May 18 Trail Challenge 

5) Saturday, Sep 27 Trail Challenge 

6) Sunday,   Sep 28 Trail Challenge 

7) Saturday, Dec 13 Trail Challenge 

8) Sunday,   Dec 14 Obstacle Course & Tournament Awards 

 

TOURNAMENT FEE:  Free.  Sponsored wholly by Lost Pines Toyota, Bastrop, Texas.

 

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

Tournament Grand Champion*

ETS Trophy Saddle -  sum highest 5 RANKING POINTS  

Grand Champion Advanced Bracket

ETS Trophy Saddle - sum 5 highest  AVERAGE WEIGHTED OBSTACLE SCORES 

Grand Champion Intermediate Bracket

ETS Trophy Saddle - sum 5 highest  AVERAGE WEIGHTED OBSTACLE SCORES 

Grand Champion Novice Bracket

Trophy Bridle and Breast Collar - sum 5 highest  AVG WEIGHTED OBSTACLE SCORES 

 

Top Senior Rider (60+)** - ETS Champion Buckle - sum 5 highest RANKING POINTS 

Top Junior Rider (15-)** - ETS Champion Buckle - sum 5 highest RANKING POINTS 

 

Mature Horse (16+)*** - Trophy Bridle - sum 5 highest AVG HORSE OBSTACLE SCORES

Adult Horse (5-15)*** - Trophy Bridle - sum 5 highest AVG HORSE OBSTACLE SCORES

Young Horse (4-)*** - Trophy Bridle -  sum 5 highest AVG HORSE OBSTACLE SCORES

 

RULES:

*     The Tournament Grand Champion is not eligible for a Bracket Trophy Saddle

**    Person's age as of the 1st day of the Tournament 2/8/13

***  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