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Imported Horses 

Owners of foreign horses imported into Australia must provide documentation on the previous jumping performances of the horse to the relevant EA State Branch. There will be an appeal system if the automatic allocation is not appropriate for the imported horse. Imported horses ages will be determined as at 1st January for horses born in the northern hemisphere, and as at 1st August for horses born in the southern hemisphere. Imported horses must be assessed by the Points Panel within 3 months of their importation.

 

·       5 year old  and below- 0 points
·       6 year old – 16 points
·       7 year old - 40 points
·       8 year old and above - 80 points
 
Owners wishing to have an imported horse graded differently to the age rule above must provide the following information on the APPLICATION FORM to Sara Latham at the National Office on sara.latham@equestrian.org.au
  • Horse name and description details
  • Written request stating the grade that they wish the horse to be graded
  • Full record of jumping results the horse has achieved in the last 3 years (preferably from the National Federation of the country from which the horse originated)
 
This information will be assessed by the Imported Horse Points Panel and a decision on the horse’s points will be advised within 5 working days provided all of the correct information has been submitted.

 

04 April 2012

The following criteria will be applied by the Points Panel when allocating points for imported horses in the future:

Junior or YR classes

Performances in these events will NOT attract points

Young Horse classes

A1 (clear rounds share prize money) classes below 1.15m in height will NOT attract points

A1 (clear rounds share prize money) classes 1.15m and above in height WILL attract points where there were 5 or less clear rounds.

Open classes

1st-3rd placing’s in classes above 1.05m WILL attract points 

 

List of Imported Horse grading decisions – current as at January 2013

 

 

 

State Branches

Member Associations Equestrian New South Wales Equestrian Victoria Equestrian South Australia Equestrian Queensland Equestrian Western Australia Equestrian Northern Territory Equestrian Tasmania