Team Chasing - M.F.H.A. Stopping Procedure

On arrival at their dedicated stopping point, the personnel concerned shall establish a permanent stop point marker at least 50m before their stop point location. This may be a coloured peg driven into the ground or even the previous fence.

When ordered to do so by Control, the stop point person shall stand in the track, at least 50m further on from their stop point marker, wave a red flag at waist height and shout the word “STOP”. As the third horse in the team passes the stop marker, a stop watch shall be started.

Once the team has been stopped, the stop point person shall point out the position of the stop point marker to the team and instruct them that, when signalled to do so, they may go as far back along the track from the stop point marker as is necessary to regain a good pace before re-starting. If the stop point marker is the previous fence, competitors must be instructed to bypass that fence in order to re-gain the track.

Only when instructed to do so by Control, the stop point person shall instruct the team to re-start. As the first horse in the team passes the stop point marker, the stop-watch shall be pressed and the total stop time of the team recorded. This time shall be communicated to Control as soon as possible so that they may pass it on to the scorers who will deduct this time from the total elapsed time of the team around the course.