CONFEPASO COMPETITION REGULATION BOOK 2017 CONFEPASO INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION COMPTETITION RULEBOOK Table of Contents MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT .................................................................................... 5 AN OVERVIEW OF CONFEPASO ....................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER I ABOUT THE WORLDWIDE HORSE SHOWS (MUNDIALES) AND THEIR ORGANIZATION ..............................................................................................................................................8 Article 1. Worldwide Shows (Mundiales) .................................................................................8 Article 2. Eligibility ..................................................................................................................9 Article 3.- Worldwide Shows (Mundiales) Organization chart. ................................................ 11 CHAPTER II ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS AT SHOWS, WORLD CUPS (MUNDIALES) AND EXHIBITIONS..................................................................................................................20 Article 1.- About the tacks ..................................................................................................... 20 1. Tacks: ................................................................................................................................. 20 2. About the bits, snaffles, chinstraps and the use of shanks. .............................................. 20 3. Saddle, seat, or side saddle “Galápago”. - ......................................................................... 22 Article 2.- Exhibitors Dress Code. ........................................................................................... 23 Article 3.- Use of Chaps. ........................................................................................................ 24 CHAPTER III: ABOUT THE HORSES (HORSES AND MARES) ....................................................... 26 Article 1.- Classification of the horses in accordance with their gait (modality): ...................... 26 Article 2.- Classification of the horses according to their age, gender, gait and category: ........ 27 CHAPTER IV: SCORE CRITERIA .......................................................................................34 Article 1.- Bellas Formas Paso Fino. ....................................................................................... 34 Article 2.- Description of the Paso Horse................................................................................ 34 Article 3.- Paso Fino. ............................................................................................................. 35 Article 4.- Colombian Trocha, Galope and Colombian Trote ................................................... 36 Article 5,- Horses declared outside the competition. .............................................................. 37 Article 6.- Classes in the field of reproductive capacity and genetic transmission. ................... 38 Article 7.- About the Grand Championships. .......................................................................... 44 Article 8.- Presenting the horses at the prepista for examination. .......................................... 44 Article 9: Minimum Heights. ................................................................................................. 48 Article 10: Disqualifying defects. ........................................................................................... 49 Article 11.- Clones. ................................................................................................................ 58 Article 12.- Saddling and Mounting. ...................................................................................... 58 Article 13.- Participation Required. ....................................................................................... 58 Article 14.- Penalized defects. ............................................................................................... 58 Article 10.- Interpretation. .................................................................................................... 63 CHAPTER 5: PROCEDURE ...............................................................................................67 Article 1.- Paso Fino Class (“Bellas Formas”) .......................................................................... 67 Article 2.- Paso Fino, Colombian Trocha, Colombian Trocha and Galope and Colombian Trote and Galope. .......................................................................................................................... 68 Article 3.- Paso Performance ................................................................................................. 89 Article 4.- Pleasure Horses (Paso Pleasure) ............................................................................ 91 2 CONFEPASO INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION COMPTETITION RULEBOOK Article 5.- Amateur Owners Events: ....................................................................................... 92 Article 6.- Youth Equitation Events: ....................................................................................... 94 CHAPTER 6: ABOUT DOPING TESTS, CRUELTY AND TACK RESTRICTIONS .........................96 Article 1.- Considerations about Doping tests, cruelty and tack restrictions ............................ 96 Article 2.- Detection of drugs and medications: ..................................................................... 98 SUBSTANCE ................................................................................................................. 105 MAXIMUM level allowed Mcg / ml .............................................................................. 105 CONCENTRATION IN: ................................................................................................... 105 CHAPTER VII: ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR OF THE RIDERS AND PRESENTERS ....................... 111 INSIDE THE ARENA .............................................................................................................. 111 CHAPTER VIII: ABOUT THE JUDGES ........................................................................... 115 Article 1.- International Judges. ........................................................................................... 115 Article 2.- Trained Judges. ................................................................................................... 115 Article 3.- Workshops. ........................................................................................................ 115 Article 5.- Replacement of judges. ....................................................................................... 117 Article 6.- Prohibition to judge with uncertified judges. ....................................................... 117 Article 7.- Procedure for inviting International Judges .......................................................... 117 Article 8.- Exhibitions or social activities organized by CONFEPASO: ..................................... 118 Article 10.- Prohibitions and ethical cautions that oblige the judges. .................................... 121 Article 11. - Expenses and payments to Judges for their services: ......................................... 124 CHAPTER IX: GENERAL PROVISIONS ............................................................................. 127 Article 1.- Awards badges, plaques and trophies. ................................................................. 127 CHAPTER X: ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMNTS AND TECHNICAL ANNOUCERS .................... 130 Article 1.- Nomination. ....................................................................................................... 130 Article 4.- Expenses of the Broadcaster................................................................................ 131 CHAPTER XI: DISCIPLINARY SANCTIONS ....................................................................... 133 Section 1. Authority to impose sanctions: ............................................................................ 133 Article 2.-Causes for sanction: ............................................................................................. 133 Article 3.- Compliance with the sanctions: ........................................................................... 134 Article 4.- Immediate sanctions: .......................................................................................... 134 Article 5.- Procedure: .......................................................................................................... 134 Article 6.- Sanctions: ........................................................................................................... 136 Article 7.: MEDIATION ........................................................................................................ 144 Article 8.: Arbitration .......................................................................................................... 145 Article 9: Effective date ....................................................................................................... 146 CERTIFICATION ............................................................................................................ 146 APPENDIX ................................................................................................................... 147 No. 1 Proper way to measure the bit. .................................................................................