About Mounted Drill
Beautiful Horses and talented Riders, costumes and routines- exciting music and amazing maneuvers at a gallop, prancing horses performing in parades- this is Mounted Drill.
Mounted drill is teams of riders performing choreographed maneuvers to music. Drill routines are generally 4-12 minutes in length and there are several categories of routines performed for competition.
WLRCA COMPETITION EVENTS/ CRITERIA
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Wind Dancers | Parade An event in which teams are judged on how they perform maneuvers in a parade setting – occasionally on a street type format. If a street is not available, the arena can be marked off to simulate a street. The maximum time limit is to be determined by the route used.
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| [Image] | Compulsory An event in which a drill having a set pattern and proscribed spacing and music would be performed by a maximum of eight (8) riders.
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| Free Style An event in which anything goes, no requirements other than it must be performed under a specified time limit (maximum of twelve (12) minutes) and no outside items, such as jumps, may be brought into the arena.
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Rein N Rowdies "Biker Babes" Quad | Team of Four A mini-free style of four (4) riders with a maximum time limit of four (4) minutes. Themes and costumes allowed and encouraged. Commonly referred to as a Quad.
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| [Image] | Short Program An event in which twelve required maneuvers, or types of maneuvers, are put together in a free-style format, and a maximum time limit of six (6) minutes. Six maneuvers, or types of maneuvers, remain the same every year. Six additional maneuvers, or types of maneuvers, will be drawn every year. |
| [Image] | The Impromptu MAY be included, however is NOT part of the event Overall High Point Championship. An event in which a list of ten or twelve maneuvers, or types of maneuvers, are drawn the first day of the Competition and each group performs a drill in a free-style format, with a maximum time limit of five (5) minutes. Groups are drawn from participating riders and usually are not all from the same team.
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The Event Overall High Point Championship includes the following events: Parade, Compulsory, Free Style and Short Program.
Championship flags are awarded at closing ceremonies for EACH event as well as the Overall High Point. These flags are carried by the yearly champion and then released back to the Association at the beginning of the next annual competition.
In January 2006, a committee was formed with the goal of standardizing each event scoring criteria, making the score sheets more “user friendly” for judges, and increasing each scoring category to allow for more latitude in decision making. Our hope is this improved scoring criteria will eliminate tie scores within each judge’s placing.
This site last updated: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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