Spin-off: when are horses required to wear numbers?

[cyriz_s_mom]

The thread about KF’s YC at Rebecca, bought up conversation about when horses have to have numbers on.

Someone quoted this:

From USEF Eventing rules:
EV108 Exercising and Warming Up

1. IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
   By 3:00 p.m. of the day prior to the start of the entire competition, or upon arrival if later, each horse, including non-competing horses, shall be issued a number. This number must be worn at all times when the horse is being ridden or exercised. Failure to display the number shall first incur a warning. Repeated offenses shall incur a fine of $50 (payable to the Organizing Committee) at the discretion of the Ground Jury.

So, you DON’T have to have their numbers on their halters when grazing, handwalking? Man, that would make my life easier.

Can someone clarify…numbers at all times when out of stalls (which is what I’ve been told) or as stated above. thanks!

[retreadeventer]

When being ridden or exercised … as in lunged. This is the national rule.

The FEI rule is number on horse at all times while competition is in progress., I believe. And the number MUST be on the horse, which is the reason I have duct tape and permanent marker in my warmup kit. And it’s been used more than once.

[JP60]

[QUOTE=retreadeventer;7711828]
When being ridden or exercised … as in lunged. This is the national rule.

The FEI rule is number on horse at all times while competition is in progress., I believe. And the number MUST be on the horse, which is the reason I have duct tape and permanent marker in my warmup kit. And it’s been used more than once.[/QUOTE]
THis gives me an idea to get some thin white cardboard and make some blanks that I can fill in at a show and stick on the halter. A few times I was heading to warmup and had to head back for I forgot to switch. Thanks.

[EventerAJ]

I take a broader view of the rule such that “exercised” means handwalking (or grazing, or whatever). No harm done by wearing the number whenever the horse leaves the stall, even if the rule does not say so specifically. It’s a safety thing-- a loose horse running around (and it can happen when grazing or bathing) is easily identified by his bridle number.

I usually put a strip of white tape on the halter and write the horse’s number on it. Or, re-use one of my many (MANY) bridle numbers saved over the years. I often flip over last event’s number and write on the back, good enough for a stable number. At non-stabling events I don’t usually have a number on the halter; probably should in case the horse breaks loose from the trailer, but it’s rarely done.

[GutsNGlory]

[QUOTE=EventerAJ;7711894]
I take a broader view of the rule such that “exercised” means handwalking (or grazing, or whatever). No harm done by wearing the number whenever the horse leaves the stall, even if the rule does not say so specifically. It’s a safety thing-- a loose horse running around (and it can happen when grazing or bathing) is easily identified by his bridle number.

I usually put a strip of white tape on the halter and write the horse’s number on it. Or, re-use one of my many (MANY) bridle numbers saved over the years. I often flip over last event’s number and write on the back, good enough for a stable number. At non-stabling events I don’t usually have a number on the halter; probably should in case the horse breaks loose from the trailer, but it’s rarely done.[/QUOTE]

Unless your horse is THAT horse… You know, the one that breaks his halter while grazing and then takes off down the steeplechase field, onto the cross country course, and then leaves the park (KHP) and gallops over a mile down a private road. All while you’re chasing him with the number still on the broken halter in your hand. Not that that ever happened… Certainly not 40 minutes before my stadium ride time. Oh no… :lol: Just be thankful when you run into a farm worker on a Gator with a grain bucket and discover the halter has one hole left for you to throw it on and gallop back bareback.

[Willesdon]

Just be thankful when you run into a farm worker on a Gator with a grain bucket and discover the halter has one hole left for you to throw it on and gallop back bareback.
GutsNGlory seems to be a very appropriate name!

[Jealoushe]

I have heard at so many events in Ontario the horse must wear it at all times, even walking over to the canteen. Going to need some clarification on this!

[KayBee]

I was told at Millbrook that I needed to have the number on the horse at all times when outside the stall. Someone shared the “white duct tape + permanent marker added to halter” trick (as well as the duct tape and the Sharpie ;-).

Are their different rules for 1-day HTs vs HTs that take place over multiple days?

[SayAngel]

[QUOTE=GutsNGlory;7712120]
Unless your horse is THAT horse… You know, the one that breaks his halter while grazing and then takes off down the steeplechase field, onto the cross country course, and then leaves the park (KHP) and gallops over a mile down a private road. All while you’re chasing him with the number still on the broken halter in your hand. Not that that ever happened… Certainly not 40 minutes before my stadium ride time. Oh no… :lol: Just be thankful when you run into a farm worker on a Gator with a grain bucket and discover the halter has one hole left for you to throw it on and gallop back bareback. ;)[/QUOTE]

Dear lord. You never told me about that one. When did that happen?

[GutsNGlory]

[QUOTE=SayAngel;7714582]
Dear lord. You never told me about that one. When did that happen?[/QUOTE]

Ummm… JumpStart 2012. It was our last Novice. Galloped him back (though I got off once I reached the park, since of course I wasn’t grazing him with a helmet on), saddled up and went straight into stadium to put in a double clear round. My mom jokes that we knew then he was ready to bump up to Training the next spring and start working towards a 3 day since he’d shown us he’d do phases A-C on edurance day by himself. :lol:

[whitney159]

Wearing one at all times (especially at a one day when horse is tied to trailer) sounds like a great idea to me, since I’ve competed “that” horse, who never managed to stay tied to a trailer. When horse is a relatively nondescript bay especially so. Then again, there are days when you would rather not have to claim him after one of those escapes too!