I watched some of the Festival on the USEF website and I am confused by the scoring. Some of the classes I watched appeared to two scores given, with both judges reported to sitting at C, for instance, class 922 and 922.1. Sometimes the scores varied quite a bit. I know there must be brilliant individuals who can explain why this is so. Thanks!
I can’t find classes 222 or 222.1. What class were they?
Im not sure what classes you are talking about either. Arent all Festival classes 900s?
The 222 class is the National show with only one judge…
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Whoops, edited, class examples are 922 and 923, there are also 922.1 and 923.1.
I watched the classes, the scores I see are on Fox Village. In class 922.1 winning horse got 87.8 from one judge, and 69.286 from the other. The class was FEI Young Horse 7 yo.
OK - looks like you are talking about the 7yo tests.
One score is the technical and the other is the quality.
copy of the test with both parts shown looks like this:
One judge judges one part, one judge judges the other
Young Horses 7 YO Final 2022 (fei.org)
The Childrens test does the same thing - two judges judging different segments.
The technical will be the lower score obviously. I think both judges reported to sit at C is an artifact of the program - it may not let them report a lone B judge. Whenever I have judged these classes, we dont both sit at C.
As an example, a horse with good quality gaits - 8 or more, that has loft, suppleness, is willing to take weight - can easily get good scores in the quality section.
Some mistakes in the technical - count mistakes in the tempis, losing bend or angle in the lateral work, breaking in an extension - can bring the test down into the more ordinary range for the technical side. I didnt watch those tests, but that is how it could happen.
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