Show
Sanctioning
1. A show approval form must be
filled out and submitted to the OBRA secretary 45 days prior to
the show date. This will allow executive time to get the information
out to our membership at least 30 days prior to the show. Send
to:
Bonita Longfield
at:
RR#4 Thamesford Ontario
N0M 2M0
Tel: 519-283-6322
email: longfieldbonita@hotmail.com
2. Organizations and individuals
requesting OBRA sanctioned shows must allow OBRA to display OBRA
and their sponsors' promotional items.
3. Open exhibition runs will be
at the discretion of the individual holding the show, but must
be held and completed prior to the scheduled start time. If open
exhibition runs are held, entries for the show must be completed
before contestants have an exhibition run.
4. The actual show arena must be
open for general free riding for at least 30 minutes in the hour
and a half just prior to the show.
5. Arena grooming should be provided
to give the same safe footing to each horse. There will be a drag
after every 5 horses, but this can be changed by the executive/show
manager if the ground will hold up to more runs. OBRA executive/show
manager reserves the right to refuse to stage or sanction OBRA
runs if the ground or arena conditions are not suitable or are
deemed to be unsafe.
6. The OBRA will sanction shows
on a first come, first served, basis, and reserves the right to
refuse sanctioning for a particular date or show, if it is determined
not to be in the best interest of the OBRA. To be sanctioned,
a show must offer all OBRA members in good standing the opportunity
to compete.
7. All sanctioned shows must have
electronic timing systems timed to the thousandths of a second,
and conform to OBRA rules. 205 litre, empty, metal barrels, with
both tops and bottoms intact, must be used. OBRA can supply reliable
timing systems, if required.
8. Open or Sweepstake minimum added
money is $500.00, Limited Open Division; minimum added money is
$300.00.
9. OBRA endeavours to make every
sanctioned show as safe as possible for all riders and spectators.
We are offering the following recommendations to achieve this
end. Arena with solid type fencing, with the boards inside of
posts (i.e. no snow fence or rope gates) and the use of a sufficiently
wide chute are strongly recommended. Steel projections should
be covered or removed. A warm-up and on deck area is recommended
to separate spectators and vehicles from horses and riders. A
minimum of 45' stopping zone after the timer and the use of straw/hay
bales to protect the riders is recommended to protect the riders
from running into chute mouth corners is recommended.
10. Availability of a first aid
kit or St. John's Ambulance personnel on the show grounds is highly
recommended.
11. The barrel pattern at an OBRA
show must meet the following conditions a 1) a minimum of 15 feet
from each of the first two barrels to the side fences. 2) a minimum
of 25 feet from the third barrel to the back fence, 3) a minimum
of 30 feet from the timer line to the first barrel. The show organizers
should use a barrel pattern that best fits their arena, subject
to the above recommendations.
12. The course must be exactly the
same for all competitors. Position of each barrel must be precisely
measured and staked so the course can be restored exactly after
a knockdown.
13. OBRA recommends that a chute
boss be used to promote safety and keep show running efficiently.
14. In the event that the executive/show
manager determines that the barrel positions must be changed for
safety reasons, in the middle of a class, the entire class will
be restarted from the position that it is stopped. The competitors
that rerun will do so in the original order after the last horse
of the original draw.
15. There will not be sanctioning
of two shows, held on the same day, if they are within 200 miles
of each other.
