WHY IS IT DIFFICULT FOR A SHOW
TO TAKE LATE ENTRIES?
Dressage shows have opening dates - entries can be received starting on the opening date.
Dressage shows have closing dates - entries usually cannot be received after midnight of the closing date.
Dressage shows are scheduled after the closing date - each ride is scheduled at a specific time. There is no extra time between scheduled rides. Classes are usually scheduled together with no extra time between classes.
If you ask to enter a show after it has been scheduled, you can only be scheduled at the end of the show or to fill scratches:
Dressage shows have closing dates - entries usually cannot be received after midnight of the closing date.
Dressage shows are scheduled after the closing date - each ride is scheduled at a specific time. There is no extra time between scheduled rides. Classes are usually scheduled together with no extra time between classes.
If you ask to enter a show after it has been scheduled, you can only be scheduled at the end of the show or to fill scratches:
- If you are scheduled at the end of the show, all the other riders in the class must wait for your ride to finish before they know the results and can get their ribbons. This is not fair to these riders who entered on time, nor is it fair for the horses who may have to wait a long time in trailers. Some shows will schedule late entries at the end of the show, if there is time, as HC rides (the rider rides before the judge and a scoresheet is completed but the ride is not part of a class and the rider is not awarded a place or a ribbon). If you want to enter a show after it is closed, ask the show secretary if you can enter HC.
- Some shows will put late entries on a wait list to be used if there are scratches in the applicable class(es). If you want to enter a show after it is closed, ask the show secretary if you can be put on a waiting list to fill scratched rides.