This is a re-post of the first thread so you don't have to scroll down for days!

UPDATED! We also welcome any kind of feedback, stories, verbal course walks, experiences, etc. from these horse trials - don't feel that you just have to rate them. Also note that if you do want to use the rating system, I split out jumping into two parts. Have fun!!!

This is a place for your comments on the difficulty of these horse trials based on past experiences. For now, try using the following ratings system and put your comments below the ratings (special thanks to Retreadeventer for the great system!):

First, please note the level you're commenting on, i.e., BN, N, T, P, I, A, or just general about the event. Then:
TERRAIN rated from 1 to 4 , with 4 being the hardest

JUMPS for each level - rated on two things: technical difficulty and height, rated from 1 to 4, with 1 being easiest / min height and 4 being the hardest or max height -- in other words, something at Novice rated a 4 on difficulty for would include a half coffin, water, bank(s), and a ditch. A Novice 1 would have maybe no water, maybe no ditch -- or only one of the following three -- water, banks, ditch.

TIME/DISTANCE at each level rated from 1 to 4. For novice, this might be timed at only 350mpm and might be on the shorter side of the required length.

EXAMPLES: If we could get something going like that, then that would make Plantation something like this: 4 - terrain; 4 - course plan; 4- time and distance. Then you would know what you are entering. Using the same system, Fair Hill would be: 4- terrain; 3 -course plan; 3 -time and distance. Bucks County: 2 - terrain; 3 - course plan; 2 - time and distance.

Kentucky Classic

Post your comments here on the Kentucky Classic Horse Trials. See the bottom of the page for suggestions on a rating system; all comments welcome!

Flying Cross

Post your comments here on the Flying Cross Horse Trials. See the bottom of the page for suggestions on a rating system; all comments welcome!

Fox River Valley

Post your comments here on the Fox River Valley PC Horse Trials. See the bottom of the page for suggestions on a rating system; all comments welcome!

Hidden Hollow

Post your comments here on the Hidden Hollow Horse Trials. See the bottom of the page for suggestions on a rating system; all comments welcome!

Info and a very short FAQ

If you haven't, read the first post for some suggestions on how to rate the difficulty of events' cross-country courses.... but don't feel constrained to just number and be gone. This is your place to post your comments so everyone gets a good idea of what they're getting into!

Here's a short FAQ:

1. Can you sort the events by (Area, Date, State, etc)?
No, sadly, the blog template doesn't let me sort by anything. Best suggestion is to have your omnibus (or the USEA website) in hand and search for the event you're looking for in the box at the top of the page.

2. Can you add (insert event here)?
Sure. Just comment to this post, or the first one, with the events you'd like added and I'll put them up. That's literally the only thing I have to do to administer this thing.

3. I lost my omnibus. Help?
http://useventing.com/competitions/provisional_calendar.php
Here you go.

Any other questions, post a comment below or you can PM me ("Roney") on the COTH BB. I would put my email up, but I already get enough spam, thank you.

Happy posting!

Middle Tennessee Pony Club Horse Trials

Post your comments here on the Middle Tennesee Pony Club Horse Trials - see the first post if you want to rate, or just let everyone know what you think in general.

Otter Creek

Post your comments here on the Otter Creek Horse Trials in Area IV. See the first post for suggestions on a system if you'd like to rate the difficulty.

Genesee Valley Riding & Driving Club

Comment here on your past experinces with the Genesee Valley Riding and Driving Club (whew!) Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Genessee Valley Hunt

Comment here on your past experinces with the Genessee Valley Hunt Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Dunnabeck

Comment here on your past experinces with the Dunnabeck Horse Trials-- See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Flat Creek

Comment here on your past experinces with the Flat Creek Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Pleasant Hollow

Comment here on your past experinces with the Pleasant Hollow Horse Trials - very close to my heart since it's the first cross-country course I'd seen in my life and thought people must be crazy to jump over those things! See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Champagne Run

Comment here on Champagne Run. See first post for details!

Encore

Comment here on your past experinces with the Encore Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Richland Park

Comment here on your past experinces with the Richland Park Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Hunter's Run

Comment here on your past experinces with the Hunter's Run Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Seneca Valley

Comment here on your past experinces with the Seneca Valley Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Amwell Valley

Comment here on your past experinces with the Amwell Valley Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Weave-a-Dream

Comment here on your past experinces with the Weave-A-Dream Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Bucks County

Comment here on your past experinces with the Bucks County Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Olney

Comment here on your past experinces with the Olney Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Surefire

Comment here on your past experinces with the Surefire Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

Plantation Field

Comment here on your past experinces with the Plantation Field Horse Trials. See the first post for suggestions on how to evaluate the event, and comment away.

River Glen

Comment here on your past experiences with the River Glen Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Pine Mountain

Comment here on your past experiences with the Pine Mountain Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Fence

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Red Hills

Comment here on your past experiences with the Red Hills Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Jumping Branch

Comment here on your past experiences with the Jumping Branch Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Fort Rucker

Comment here on your past experiences with the Fort Rucker Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Paradise Farm

Comment here on your past experiences with the Paradise Farm Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Full Gallop Farm

Comment here on your past experiences with the Full Gallop Farm Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Sporting Days

Comment here on your past experiences with the Sporting Days in Aiken Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Pine Top

Comment here on your past experiences with the Pine Top Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Rocking Horse

Comment here on your past experiences with the Rocking Horse Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Flora Lea

Comment here on your past experiences with the Flora Lea Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Redland Hunt Pony Club

Comment here on your past experiences with the Redland Hunt Pony Club Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Longleaf Pine

Comment here on your past experiences with the Longleaf Pine Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

The Fork

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Morven Park

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Fancy Hill Farm

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the Ark

Comment here on your past experiences with the Horse Trials at the Ark. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Southern Pines

Comment here on your past experiences with the Southern Pines Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Hill N Hound

Comment here on your past experiences with the Hill N Hound Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Difficult Run

Comment here on your past experiences with the Difficult Run Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

CDCTA

Comment here on your past experiences with the CDCTA Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Marlborough

Comment here on your past experiences with the difficult-to-spell Marlborough Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Waredaca

Comment here on your past experiences with the Waredaca Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Fair Hill

Comment here on your past experiences with the Fair Hill Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Rubicon

Comment here on your past experiences with the Rubicon Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Midsouth Pony Club

Comment here on your past experiences with the Midsouth Pony Club Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away.

Silverwood

Post here with comments on the Silverwood Horse Trials. See the first post for reference on rating system, and feel free to write more.

Indiana

Comment here on your past experiences with the Indiana Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

Mill Creek Pony Club

Comment here on your past experiences with the Mill Creek Pony Club Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

Wayne DuPage

Comment here on your past experiences with the Wayne DuPage Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

Maui Jim Wayne

Comment here on your past experiences with the Maui Jim Wayne Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

Hitching Post

Comment here on your past experiences with the Hitching Post Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

Stuart

Comment here on your past experiences with the Stuart Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

Fitch's Corner

Comment here on your past experiences with the Fitch's Corner Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

Groton House

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Millbrook

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Stoneleigh Burnham

Comment here on your past experiences with the Stoneleigh Burnham Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

King Oak

Comment here on your past experiences with the King Oak Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

ENYDCTA

Comment here on your past experiences with the ENYDCTA. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

UNH

Comment here on your past experiences with the UNH Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

Kent School

Comment here on your past experiences with the Kent School Horse Trials. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

Poplar Place

Comment here on your past experiences with Poplar Place. Lucky people who are going to be in the South for the winter. See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

Hunter Oaks

Comment here to evaluate the Hunter Oaks Horse Trials. This will be my test case, since I can actually comment (a lot) on this one.

Ocala

Comment here on your experiences with Ocala HT, for my lucky friends going to FL this winter!

Mayfest

Comment here to evaluate Mayfest, held at KHP in May (duh). See rating system in first post.

Spring Bay Horse Trials

Comment here on your past experiences with the Spring Bay Horse Trials! See the first post for a "how-to" of evaluations, and comment away!

Horse Trials Ratings - How To

UPDATED! We also welcome any kind of feedback, stories, verbal course walks, experiences, etc. from these horse trials - don't feel that you just have to rate them. Also note that if you do want to use the rating system, I split out jumping into two parts. Have fun!!!

This is a place for your comments on the difficulty of these horse trials based on past experiences. For now, try using the following ratings system and put your comments below the ratings (special thanks to Retreadeventer for the great system!):

First, please note the level you're commenting on, i.e., BN, N, T, P, I, A, or just general about the event. Then:

TERRAIN rated from 1 to 4 , with 4 being the hardest
JUMPS for each level - rated on two things: technical difficulty and height, rated from 1 to 4, with 1 being easiest / min height and 4 being the hardest or max height -- in other words, something at Novice rated a 4 on difficulty for would include a half coffin, water, bank(s), and a ditch. A Novice 1 would have maybe no water, maybe no ditch -- or only one of the following three -- water, banks, ditch.
TIME/DISTANCE at each level rated from 1 to 4. For novice, this might be timed at only 350mpm and might be on the shorter side of the required length.

EXAMPLES: If we could get something going like that, then that would make Plantation something like this: 4 - terrain; 4 - course plan; 4- time and distance. Then you would know what you are entering. Using the same system, Fair Hill would be: 4- terrain; 3 -course plan; 3 -time and distance. Bucks County: 2 - terrain; 3 - course plan; 2 - time and distance.