Author: deanna

 

The Distance Rewards Programme search function has been restored to the website.

It required a rewrite of the PHP scripting.  If any of you have any problems with it, please let me know.

It can be found under both the Awards tab (as Distance Rewards Programme) and also under the History tab (as Horse and Rider History).

 

Kristen Howard has volunteered to recover some wonderful OCTRA history for the website.  Stall of Fame, and Honour Roll horses are the best of the best.  She’s just finished the first two articles in the series… on Kabar Raftah, and Csardas Tetley.  Great stories… have a look!

The results have been posted from the Cayuse Canter ride. Please check your results carefully and notify one of the the Ride Managers (Bob Coleman, Chrystal Woodhouse) or the Ride Secretary (Michelle Bignell) if you see any errors. After 30 days from the date of publication, the results become final.

Results from the Queen’s Bush Training Ride, in Chatsworth, Ontario have been posted. Please let the Ride Manager (Doug Price) know if there are any errors that need to be corrected. The 25 mile Set Speed at this ride was sanctioned as a regular Set Speed. So Year End points were accrued from that distance. All other events at this ride were training events.

Just wanted to remind everyone that, as per the rule changes approved at the AGM last year (at the 2014 AGM, so, as per last year’s update of the Rule Book), I’ve updated the points calculations for Set Speed Rides. Also, there are now three separate ranking levels: Bronze, Silver, and Gold rather than a single amalgamated list for all levels. Whatever level you enter is where your points will accrue. If you ride Bronze level at one ride, and Silver level at another, your horse will appear in each list with the relevant points from that level. (Note that this is as per the original rules – this is not a rule change but an application of an existing rule.)

Silver and Gold level year end points from Graded Set Speed rides have a bit of a bonus attached. So if you are qualified to ride at a higher level, you will receive slightly higher year end points (including those points going towards the Overall rankings) for actually entering the higher level. However, you are still completely free to ride at any level you choose.

If you are looking to maximize your year end points, you would usually get more points for riding towards the lower end of Silver or Gold than for the higher end of Bronze. Or another way of illustrating it is that a Grade 2 finish in a Silver ride is more valuable than a Grade 1 in a Bronze ride. For those of you who understand the standard OCTRA points system which uses Chart 1 from the OCTRA Rule Book, a Grade 1 finish in Bronze is equivalent to a ‘1st place out of 5 starters’ finish. A Grade 2 in Silver is equivalent to a ‘2nd place out of 7 starters’ finish. A Grade 2 in Gold level is equivalent to a ‘2nd place out of 9 starters’ finish.

Placed Set Speed rides are calculated the same as most other OCTRA disciplines, using Chart 1 from the OCTRA Rule Book.

To get a feel for how the points work in practice, have a look at the results from the 40km (25 mile) Graded Set Speed ride at Aprilfest, and also at the two ranking lists that are up (no results yet for any Gold level entries).

Aprilfest 40km Set Speed

Bronze Level Set Speed Rankings

Silver Level Set Speed Rankings

I’m happy to answer questions if anyone is confused by it all.

 

Aprilfest ride results have been posted, and points are updated. So the ranking lists are now live.  Cayuse Canter results were submitted today, and Queen’s Bush should be coming within another couple of days.  So there will be more updates very soon!