USEA Area VII Awards
2013
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The following divisions will be awarded
Champion, Reserve Champion, and Ribbons to 5th place.
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Junior Beginner Novice
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Senior Training
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Senior Beginner Novice
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Preliminary
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Junior Novice
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Young Riders Preliminary
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Senior Novice
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Intermediate
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Junior Training
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Advance
The following awards will be place at Champion and Reserve Champion:
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Horse of the Year
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Rider of the Year
In the case of Tie award points, the tie breaks will be as follows:
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Most wins in Area VII
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Most top three placings in Area VII
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Most top five placings n Area VII
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Number of starters in each competition.
Young Rider and Adult Rider Programs have a separate awards program
Point Distribution for Area VII Year-end Awards
1st Place
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
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Beg.
Novice
2.5 points
2 points
1.5 points
1 point
0.5 point
Novice
Training
Preliminary
Intermediate
Advance
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
7.5 points
6 points
4.5 points
3 points
1.5 point
10 points
8 points
6 points
4 points
2 points
12.5 points
10 points
7.5 points
5 points
2.5 points
15 points
12 points
9 points
6 points
3 points
Beg. Novice/ Novice/ Training Divisions
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< 15 starters
½ points
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>= 15 but < 25 starters
Full points
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>= 25 starters
1 ½ points
Preliminary / Young Riders Divisions
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< 10 starters
½ points
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>= 10 but <= 20 starters
Full points
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> 20 starters
1 ½ points
Intermediate Divisions
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< 10 starters
½ points
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>= 10 but <= 20 starters
Full points
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> 20 starters
1 ½ points
Advance Divisions
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< 5 starters
½ points
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>= 5 but <= 10 starters
Full points
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> 11 starters
1 ½ points
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One Advance score from out of Area VII will be awarded points towards the Advance Area VII -Year
End award.
USEA recognized Combined Tests (CTs) divisions within an Area VII USEA Horse Trial (HT) will receive ¼
points of full points of corresponding divisions, regardless of the starter numbers.
FEI Divisions
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Will receive the Average Mean points of 1.5 point values and Championship points of the corresponding
divisions, regardless of starter numbers in the division.
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CCI*, CIC* =Preliminary
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CCI**, CIC** = Intermediate
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CCI***, CIC*** = Advance
Championships at all Levels are Double points regardless of number of starters. Blended Levels, such as AI or IP,
will be awards full points of the level of cross-country completed, regardless of number of starters.
A published list of all horses with points will be available at the Annual Meeting.
Horse and Rider must have current USEA membership. The Rider must have current USEA membership within
Area VII.
Points are earned for Area VII events ONLY. The only exception is the one score from out of Area VII for an
Advance Horse/Rider combination that can be awards points towards the Area VII Advance year end award and
those points earned from out of area will not be awarded to points earned for the Area VII Horse/Rider of the Year
Awards. Points are awards for the level of cross-country competed.
2010
Area VII Year Award
Points Table
Starters
CT
<15
>=15but<25
>=25
championship
1st
0.63
1.25
2.5
3.75
5
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
0.5
0.38
0.25
0.13
1
0.75
0.5
0.25
2
1.5
1
0.5
3
2.25
1.5
0.75
4
3
2
1
Novice
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
1.25
1
0.75
0.5
0.25
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
5
4
3
2
1
7.5
6
4.5
3
1.5
10
8
6
4
2
Training
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
1.88
1.5
1.13
0.75
0.38
3.75
3
2.25
1.5
0.75
7.5
6
4.5
3
1.5
11.25
9
6.75
4.5
2.25
15
12
9
6
3
Beg.
Novice
CT
>=10 but
<=20
<10
>20
FEI
championship
Prelim/YR
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
5
4
3
2
1
10
8
6
4
2
15
12
9
6
3
17.5
14
10.5
7
3.5
20
16
12
8
4
Intermediate
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
3.13
2.5
1.88
1.25
0.63
6.25
5
3.75
2.5
1.25
12.5
10
7.5
5
2.5
18.75
15
11.25
7.5
3.75
21.88
17.5
13.13
8.75
4.38
25
20
15
10
5
Advance
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
3.75
3
2.25
1.5
0.75
7.5
6
4.5
3
1.5
15
12
9
6
3
22.5
18
13.5
9
4.5
26.25
21
15.75
10.5
5.25
30
24
18
12
6