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"Bringing the sport of show hunters back to its roots."
The International Hunter Derby Program was created to bring show hunters to the international level, to increase spectator interest, media and sponsorship interest, and to bring tradition and basic riding principles back to the sport of showing hunters.
The Franktown Meadows Hunter Derby is returning for a second year as a standalone high performance competition, and as a member event of the USHJA International Hunter Derby Program. This event will bring a new level of show hunter excellence to the Reno/Tahoe area and a novel charitable event to the affluent and influential equestrian community.
The Derby will be run using a two-round format:
Round One
The Classic Hunter Style Round will be judged and numerically scored on quality, movement, jumping style, manners, and way of going. Pace and brilliance are to be rewarded. In addition to this score, each judging panel must award an Option Bonus Score consisting of one (1) additional point for every higher height option fence jumped. These two scores must be announced separetely and then added together to determine each rider / horse's score for this round from each judging panel. The scores of all the judging panels will be added together to determine the total score of each rider/horse for this round.
Round Two
The Handy Hunter Round shall be judged and numerically scored on quality, movement, jumping style, manners and way of going. Pace and brilliance are to be rewarded. Jumping decorations to utlizie a shorter track is permissible. In addition to this score, each judging panel must award an Option Bonus Score consisting of one (1) additional point for every higher height option fence jumped and each judging panel must award a Handy Bonus Score consisting of between zero (0) and ten (10) bonus points to each rider/horse combination for handiness of round. These three scores must be announced separately and then added together to determine each rider/horse's score for this round from each judging panel. The scores of all the judging panels will be added together to determine the total score of each rider/horse for this round.
