Help an ignorant eventer out…I’ve googled it, looked on USHJA, and even searched it here and can’t find anything specific.
Someone told me it means the course is open all day, but I don’t understand how that would work, if there is only one ring at the small schooling show I’m looking at going to. Can someone show up and buy a round/s anytime between divisions? How do the different heights work? The prizelist only specifies which course it is, not which height.
TIA!
I believe that it means that the warm up runs concurrently with whatever division is going at the time. So if the 3’3" juniors is going, then the 3’3" warm-up is going, if the 2’6" mediums are going, then the 2’6" warm-up is going but the strides will be set for mediums.
Are you sure the prize list didn’t say California split? That is when there are two sets of awards handed out because the class is very large.
There should be a phone number on the prize list. Call it and ask.
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I believe that it means that the warm up runs concurrently with whatever division is going at the time. So if the 3’3" juniors is going, then the 3’3" warm-up is going, if the 2’6" mediums are going, then the 2’6" warm-up is going but the strides will be set for mediums.[/QUOTE]
That’s what I’ve seen it as. It’s usually set as course B or sometimes a shortened course. It’s basically just a schooling trip run with your division.
the way I have done warmups in Cali when I have judged out there is, you do a trip and get a score. There is a range of scores that determine what color ribbon you earn, if any. Usually open all day at whatever height the current division is showing.
Thanks everyone for the help, that makes sense. The only thing it specifies on the prizelist is “California Warm Up, Course B, Open All Day”.
It’s a tiny little show so I can also clarify when I get there but I was afraid it could possibly back things up and make for a very inefficient day, depending on how it was organized.
Similar to the blue/red warmups that are common on the east coast, but in Cali they pin blue, red, yellow, and white if I remember correctly
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Thanks everyone for the help, that makes sense. The only thing it specifies on the prizelist is “California Warm Up, Course B, Open All Day”.
It’s a tiny little show so I can also clarify when I get there but I was afraid it could possibly back things up and make for a very inefficient day, depending on how it was organized.[/QUOTE]
Here in NoVA, a California warm up is typically an unjudged schooling round, usually run on Course B, but sometimes on a modified third course. It goes all day, and you ride at the height of the division in progress. For example: You get to the show, and sign up for the California warm up and the 2’9" Adult Amateur division. You can either do your warm up at the height of a division running before yours (say, the 2’6" schooling hunters), and then do your division when it starts; or, you wait for your division to start, then do your warm up (course B), then do your first o/f class (course A), then your second o/f class (course B) - all at 2’9".
It is a good way to get a greenie (horse or rider) into the ring if they were not able to school the jumps before the show started, or to let a spooky horse have another look at the jumps without ruining the division classes that “count.” Or, just another chance to put on some show miles. 
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It’s a tiny little show so I can also clarify when I get there but I was afraid it could possibly back things up and make for a very inefficient day, depending on how it was organized.[/QUOTE]
California warmups make me groan. Our local series does them, and boy can the show take foreeeever. And there’s nothing worse than laying down a better warmup trip than your actual judged rounds :lol: To answer your question, yes, it means you can pretty much go in and do your warmup round at any time during the show. Most people do it at the start of their division.
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