Hickory Knoll Farm CDE

Hickory Knoll CDE
updated 02/16/10

Applications are now available for the Hickory Knoll CDE!

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2010 CDE Entry Form
Economic Impact for 2010
2010 Sponsorship Form
Volunteer Infomation
2010 Volunteer Form

Hickory Knoll Fund will again bring an American Driving Society show to Fitchburg. The Hickory Knoll Combined Driving Event will be held July 17 and 18th, 2010.

Combined Driving competitors compete in three disciplines. They start Saturday with driven dressage in which the horse and driver perform tests to exhibit the level of training of the driving horse. The horses are judged on flexibility, impulsion, and submission as they are driven in the patterns described by each test. Dressage is scored by judging each movement on a zero to ten scale.

The horses are then driven at speed through a cones course where they are directed through narrow obstacles formed by cones with balls resting to top of them. Each ball dislodged gains a penalty as the driver races to meet the specified time for the course.

The final test is a Sunday timed cross country drive in which the horses must cover ground quickly and drive through tight man made 'hazards' without missing a prescribed gate or knocking down obstacle elements. Each of the three tests is given a numeric score made up of penalty points. The lowest score in each division becomes the champion.

The levels offered in 2010 will be Training, Preliminary and Intermediate. Divisions will include VSE, single pony, single horse, pony pairs, horse pairs and tandem.

Admission to the show grounds is free. The event is run by The Hickory Knoll Fund, a 501c3 non-profit and sponsorships are gratefully accepted.

Schedule:

Saturday July 17      Dressage from 8:30 to 3:00
                                 Cones from 9:00 to 3:30

Sunday July 18        Marathon from 8:30 to 1:30

Sunday spectators are advised to be at the site by 8:00 as the marathon is generally completed before 1:30. Training goes off first followed by Preliminary competitors.