Join us at the Klamath County Fairgrounds for the annual

2018 Mountain Trail ​Challenge
Saturday, September 8, 2018
Gates open 8am • Classes start 9am

To participate in classes, please fill out the Trail Challenge entry form at right. Entries not received by September 7th will be charged a $20 post fee.
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2018 Mountain Trail Challenge
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For Participants:

A Course Walk Through will take place at 8:00 AM before the first class. The patterns will be posted at the show office.
A Gate Call will be enforced of one minute. If you need additional time for a tack change, etc. it must be cleared with the ring steward or announcer one class prior to the class in need of the additional time.
Spectators must stay in the grandstands.

Classes:


  1. In Hand:  ($15)
    Horse/Mule may be of any age, may be entered in any riding classes.
  2. Warm Up: ($20)
    A great opportunity to try something new. Will be judged but no awards.
  3. Amateur: ($20)
    Rider cannot have received compensation of any kind for riding, training, judging or lessons in the past 5 years.
  4. CRS (50 & Over): ($20)
    Obstacles may be completed in no particular order, rider must be 50 or over in age.
  5. Mules Open: ($25)
    Open to any age mule under saddle.
  6. Novice: ($20)
    not to have won a Mountain Trail class before.
  7. Open, 18 & Over: ($20)
    Age of rider as of January 1, 2018.
  8. Youth, 17 & Under: ($20)
    Age of rider as of January 1, 2018.
  9. Open to all riders  ($25)
  10. Pack Race: ($50 - Jackpot)
    3-person team, only one rider. Rider will hold-pack string (1 animal) as the 2 teammates load the animal. It will be a timed event with bonus scores given to teams that return with all dozen-eggs intact. 50% payback.
  11. Timed Event: ($50 - Jackpot)
    A time limit will be given and the rider must strategically decide which obstacles to attempt while keeping time and the point value given to each obstacle in mind. 50% payback
  12. Costume Class: ($15)
    Up to 20 points added to score for costume.

Attire and Tack:

Dress as you would for a day on the trail. This is a competition, so in the event of a tie, the neater presentation may make the difference. All riders are required to wear boots or riding shoes with at least a ½” heel. All youth (17 & under) must wear a helmet.
Tack used on the trail may be used, as long as it is safe and proper. No training aids may be used (martingales, tiedowns, etc.) You may ride with two hands when using a snaffle bit or bosal, regardless of the age of the horse. If two hands are used with shank bits, a penalty will apply.

Scoring:

will be based on a 0-10 score for each obstacle.
​Refusals=0 (see below) and a perfect obstacle=10.
Refusals are three unsuccessful attempts, including balking, evading, running past an obstacle or unwillingness to approach an ob-stacle. After a refusal the rider will be asked to move on to the next obstacle.
​THERE IS NO SCHOOLING ON THE COURSE, EVEN AFTER A REFUSAL.
Off course will be called if an obstacle is taken in the wrong direction, from the wrong side, out of sequence or for not following the pattern and will result in a score of 0 (zero) for that obstacle or obstacles.

Other Info:

Notice:

This is an equine facility. All activities on these grounds are subject to the Equine Inherent Risk Law (Oregon 30.687-30.697). By your presence of these grounds you have indicated that you have accepted the limits of liability resulting for the Inher-ent Risk Law of equine activities. There are NO spectators’ areas. ALL persons on these grounds will be regarded as participants and limited by the Inherent Risk Law. The law is strongly supported by the American Horse Council.
WARNING: Under Oregon law, no person shall be liable for damages sustained by another as a result of risks inherent in equine activity, in so far as those risks are or should be, reasonably obvious, expected or necessary to the person injured. (ORS 30.687).