Training on XC course before an event.

[Linda]

Hi Vicki

Can you please clarify the 28 day rule for me? Can you train on a course 4 weekends prior to the date of the event? eg if the event is on 26 Aug can you train on the course on 29 July?

Thanks
Linda

[vicki]

Linda, No you shouldn't train on the course. 29th to the 26th is 28 days.

It is a hard rule to police though.
Riders who do, probably don't get any advantage, horses don't like change and I constantly see horses that are 'local' to courses having refusals. Not because they train within the 28 days, just because the horse is familiar with the course and then says..."who put those flowers there?"