Basic Rules of Rabbit Jumping GB
A more in depth rule book can be purchased or is given with membership.
There are two official courses you can compete in, straight track and winding
track. You can also compete official in the long jump and high jump.
The courses have about 10 obstacles you have to jump over, depending on the
class of the course.In straight
In the courses there four different classes, a higher class has higher and
harder obstacles. All rabbits that get places in a competition get an upgrading
point. When the rabbit has three upgrading points in the same course he/she can be
qualified for the higher class. The number of places in a competition is based
on the number of starting rabbits; there is one upgrading point for each started
five number. For example if there is 26 starting rabbits the top six will get
upgrading points. However the rabbit must finish the course with less than two
faults per round. The most common is that you have two rounds so no more than 4
faults is the limit for getting a upgrading point. If the rabbit makes two
rounds without any faults it will receive a upgrading point no matter the
placing number.
‘Easy’ is
the lowest class, this is the class where all rabbits start their jumping
career. The maximum height is 30 cm (11,81 inches) and the course
has a least 8 obstacles. When the rabbis have collected three upgrading points in
the same track it qualifys for the next class that is ‘Moderate’.
Moderate the maximum height is 38 cm (14, 96 inches) of the obstacles and there is at
least 10 of them. Like before the rabbit has to collect three upgrading points
until it’s qualified for the next class that is ‘difficult’.
Difficult has a maximum height of 45 cm (17, 72 inches) there are still at least 10 obstacles.
In difficult you must collect five upgrading points before you are qualified for
the hardest class ‘elite’. The elite have a maximum height of 50 cm (19.96
inches) and the track has 12 obstacles.
The lengths of the obstacles are adjusted for the class. Well, there is a
maximum length at 80 cm (31,15 inches) and especially for easy class the maximum
length are 45 cm (17.72 inches). The shortest distances between the obstacles
are 250 cm (98.43 inches) in all the classes.
In ‘Difficult’ and ‘elite’ must
there be a water jump. The water jump is fail if the rabbit or the leash touches
the water surface. The minimum height on the jumps (the bars) is 60 cm
(23.62 inches).
Out of the jumps there must be a start and finish jump, these
jumps do not count in the course as the other jumps, they are for a start
and stopping the time. In all the classes and courses you have a maximum time you
must be faster than. Most common is two minutes. The handler will be informed
when there are 30 and 10 seconds left.
when all the rabbits that finish the first round get to start in the second round.
That’s all about the two courses.
Then we have the long and high jump.
In these two competitions the rabbit jumps over on single specially designed
obstacle.
In the high jump is it all about jumping as high as possible. The obstacle
increases after every round. The rabbits have three attempts on each height. If
the rabbit fails all three attempts he or she is eliminate. The rabbits that did
the jump correctly continue to the next round were the obstacle has increased.
If more than one rabbit jumps to the same height the winner is the rabbit that
has used lesser attempts the jump before. If that also is the same you look at
the round before and so on.
Long jump has the same system of getting a winner but here the rabbit must
jump as long as possible.
High and long jump have a different system of upgrading points than the courses.
There is only two classes ‘Novice’ and ‘elite’.
Rabbits start in novice and when they make the jumps at 60 cm (23.62
inches) in high jump and 160 cm (5,2 feet) in long jump you get an upgrading
point. You can only get one upgrading point per competition so there is no use
to make the limit-jump more than once. But when the rabbis has collect three
upgrading points (three in long jump and three in high jump, not together) it
can start in elite.
You don’t compete about the upgrading points in the elite.
Here the winner instead gets a certificate, if the elite class has more than 10
rabbits.
In high jump the rabbit also must jump 70 cm (27,56 inches) or higher,
in long jump 180 cm (5,9 feet) or longer. If a rabbit wins three certificates
(counted straight track, winding track, high jump and long jump separately)
from different events the rabbit can add the title Champion to his/hers name.
If you become a champion in two competitions you get called Great Champion,
three: Super Champion and all four competitions Grand Champion.
One important thing about the obstacles is that they can get demolished so
that the rabbit does not get hurt.
The obstacles are not allowed to have any poking out nails!
Something you never can forget is that you have to
think about the rabbit first. You cannot beat or kick the rabbit. Other things
you aren’t allowed to do is the lift the rabbit just holding the leash.
The Handlerof the rabbit must walk next to the obstacles and not over them,
And the hand that you hold the leash in must be behind the rabbit all the time.
You must have turned 7 years old to be allowed to start in a competition;
your rabbit must be over 4 months.
For the high and long jump the rabbit must be at least 12 months.
The rabbit does not have to be a specific Breed to compete in the competitions
As long as the rabbits are healthy it can start. Pregnant and Lactating
rabbits are not allowed to enter. The rabbit must be held in a harness with a
leash, Collars to leads are NOT allowed as this risks strangling the
rabbit.
track. You can also compete official in the long jump and high jump.
The courses have about 10 obstacles you have to jump over, depending on the
class of the course.In straight
In the courses there four different classes, a higher class has higher and
harder obstacles. All rabbits that get places in a competition get an upgrading
point. When the rabbit has three upgrading points in the same course he/she can be
qualified for the higher class. The number of places in a competition is based
on the number of starting rabbits; there is one upgrading point for each started
five number. For example if there is 26 starting rabbits the top six will get
upgrading points. However the rabbit must finish the course with less than two
faults per round. The most common is that you have two rounds so no more than 4
faults is the limit for getting a upgrading point. If the rabbit makes two
rounds without any faults it will receive a upgrading point no matter the
placing number.
‘Easy’ is
the lowest class, this is the class where all rabbits start their jumping
career. The maximum height is 30 cm (11,81 inches) and the course
has a least 8 obstacles. When the rabbis have collected three upgrading points in
the same track it qualifys for the next class that is ‘Moderate’.
Moderate the maximum height is 38 cm (14, 96 inches) of the obstacles and there is at
least 10 of them. Like before the rabbit has to collect three upgrading points
until it’s qualified for the next class that is ‘difficult’.
Difficult has a maximum height of 45 cm (17, 72 inches) there are still at least 10 obstacles.
In difficult you must collect five upgrading points before you are qualified for
the hardest class ‘elite’. The elite have a maximum height of 50 cm (19.96
inches) and the track has 12 obstacles.
The lengths of the obstacles are adjusted for the class. Well, there is a
maximum length at 80 cm (31,15 inches) and especially for easy class the maximum
length are 45 cm (17.72 inches). The shortest distances between the obstacles
are 250 cm (98.43 inches) in all the classes.
In ‘Difficult’ and ‘elite’ must
there be a water jump. The water jump is fail if the rabbit or the leash touches
the water surface. The minimum height on the jumps (the bars) is 60 cm
(23.62 inches).
Out of the jumps there must be a start and finish jump, these
jumps do not count in the course as the other jumps, they are for a start
and stopping the time. In all the classes and courses you have a maximum time you
must be faster than. Most common is two minutes. The handler will be informed
when there are 30 and 10 seconds left.
when all the rabbits that finish the first round get to start in the second round.
That’s all about the two courses.
Then we have the long and high jump.
In these two competitions the rabbit jumps over on single specially designed
obstacle.
In the high jump is it all about jumping as high as possible. The obstacle
increases after every round. The rabbits have three attempts on each height. If
the rabbit fails all three attempts he or she is eliminate. The rabbits that did
the jump correctly continue to the next round were the obstacle has increased.
If more than one rabbit jumps to the same height the winner is the rabbit that
has used lesser attempts the jump before. If that also is the same you look at
the round before and so on.
Long jump has the same system of getting a winner but here the rabbit must
jump as long as possible.
High and long jump have a different system of upgrading points than the courses.
There is only two classes ‘Novice’ and ‘elite’.
Rabbits start in novice and when they make the jumps at 60 cm (23.62
inches) in high jump and 160 cm (5,2 feet) in long jump you get an upgrading
point. You can only get one upgrading point per competition so there is no use
to make the limit-jump more than once. But when the rabbis has collect three
upgrading points (three in long jump and three in high jump, not together) it
can start in elite.
You don’t compete about the upgrading points in the elite.
Here the winner instead gets a certificate, if the elite class has more than 10
rabbits.
In high jump the rabbit also must jump 70 cm (27,56 inches) or higher,
in long jump 180 cm (5,9 feet) or longer. If a rabbit wins three certificates
(counted straight track, winding track, high jump and long jump separately)
from different events the rabbit can add the title Champion to his/hers name.
If you become a champion in two competitions you get called Great Champion,
three: Super Champion and all four competitions Grand Champion.
One important thing about the obstacles is that they can get demolished so
that the rabbit does not get hurt.
The obstacles are not allowed to have any poking out nails!
Something you never can forget is that you have to
think about the rabbit first. You cannot beat or kick the rabbit. Other things
you aren’t allowed to do is the lift the rabbit just holding the leash.
The Handlerof the rabbit must walk next to the obstacles and not over them,
And the hand that you hold the leash in must be behind the rabbit all the time.
You must have turned 7 years old to be allowed to start in a competition;
your rabbit must be over 4 months.
For the high and long jump the rabbit must be at least 12 months.
The rabbit does not have to be a specific Breed to compete in the competitions
As long as the rabbits are healthy it can start. Pregnant and Lactating
rabbits are not allowed to enter. The rabbit must be held in a harness with a
leash, Collars to leads are NOT allowed as this risks strangling the
rabbit.
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