​Miniature Horse Federation Inc.

SIX BAR

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Horse must be 48 months of actual age or over to enter this event.

 

 

Six Bar is not a timed event it is based on the horse winning with the least faults and highest jump.

 

The Six Bar event has six vertical identical obstacles set out in a straight line which are set at progressive distances and heights.

 

For Miniature Horses the 1st jump will be set at 14 inches and each subsequent jump is increased by 2inches.

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The distance between jumps will be:-

                                               

                                    Jump 1 to 2                  12 feet

                                    Jump 2 to 3                  12 feet 2 inches

                                    Jump 3 to 4                  12 feet 4 inches

                                    Jump 4 to 5                  12 feet 6 inches

                                    Jump 5 to 6                  12 feet 8 inches

 

For Small Horse the 1st jump will be set at 16 inches and each subsequent jump is increased by 2inches.

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The distance between jumps will be:-

                                               

                                    Jump 1 to 2                  13 feet

                                    Jump 2 to 3                  13 feet 2 inches

                                    Jump 3 to 4                  13 feet 4 inches

                                    Jump 4 to 5                  13 feet 6 inches

                                    Jump 5 to 6                  13 feet 8 inches

 

For Little Horse the 1st jump will be set at 18 inches and each subsequent jump is increased by 2inches.

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The distance between jumps will be:-

                                               

                                    Jump 1 to 2                  14 feet

                                    Jump 2 to 3                  14 feet 2 inches

                                    Jump 3 to 4                  14 feet 4 inches

                                    Jump 4 to 5                  14 feet 6 inches

                                    Jump 5 to 6                  14 feet 8 inches

 

 

 

 

When the jumps get higher there will be a diagonal pole placed under each horizontal jump bar, more horizontal jump bars may be added as the jump gets higher.  There will be NO ground pole in front of each jump in Six Bar.

 

Six Bar is based on the horse winning with the least faults and highest jump. If after the first round there are horses that have completed with zero faults the jumps will be raised by 2inches each jump.  The jumping will continue eliminating exhibits until there is an overall winner.

 

Horses with equal faults will jump the round again at the height of faulted round (eg height will not be raised). If an exhibit is eliminated in a round of a jump off, it can never finish in a lower place than exhibits eliminated in an earlier round.

 

In the event of a refusal or a run out, the competitor must restart the course at the obstacle where the fault was made.

 

Upon judge’s discretion she/he may request the first 3 jumps to be removed if the rounds are continuing too long and feels it’s in the best interests of both the horse and competitor.

 

Judge’s decision is final.

 

Scoring

On the course, style means nothing and does not have any effect on the scoring. The object is simply to complete the course in the set-out sequence with the fewest faults, accumulated through penalties for errors. The horse with the fewest penalties, at the end of the competition is the winner.

 

Penalties

• Knocking down an obstacle – four penalties

• Refusing a jump anywhere on the course – three penalties the first time, six penalties the second time, elimination the third time.

• Run out at a jump – four penalties the first time, elimination the second time.

• Fall by handler with the handler still in control of the horse’s lead – four penalties.

 

Elimination

• The horse refusing for longer than 60 seconds

• More than two refusals

• Failing to jump an obstacle, or jumping an obstacle in the wrong order or from the wrong direction

• Handler jumping the jump with the horse

• Horse getting free from the handler.

• Exhibitor disrespectful towards judge

• Any unacceptable negative behaviour of the horse towards the handler – biting, striking etc

• Handler pulling or dragging the horse over the jumps.

• The horse being considered by the judge to be unfit, too stressed, or unsound to compete.

• Fall by the horse.

• The judge, at his/her discretion, may disqualify a contestant for excessive use of the lead or abusive behaviour towards the horse on the handler’s part.