Ride

Rules

Pentathletes must be properly dressed for the course inspection, the draw for horses and the competition:

• The hunting uniform (red or black coat, white breeches and hunting cap), or riding jacket, white shirt, collar and tie, breeches, jodhpurs or riding trousers
• FEI (http://www.fei.org) Approved protective headgear with chinstrap is mandatory. A safety vest is recommended
• A list of horses with designated number will be given in advance, horses are paraded and then horses are drawn by number
• Pentathletes may warm up 20 minutes with 5 practice obstacles. A warm up technical delegate can remove any rider they feel is not safe.
• Pentathlete must enter the arena when called and a start bell will signal to start
• Pentathletes will be judged and penalized on disobedience (refusal, run-out, resistance etc), knocked down obstacles, deviations from the course, fall of horse or rider, exceeding the time allowed