Figure L15
Working Equitation Scoring
How Marks Become Points
A placing in a trial is not a score. It is converted into points, and the points are what add up across the competition. One worked class of twenty riders.
WAWE · International
Every figure on this plate is international. Portugal · APSL sets the same conversion out differently, and it is not shown here.
The conversion, stated once
1 point for taking part
Every rider who completes the trial begins with one
+
+1 for each rider ahead
One more point for every rider you finish in front of
So the last rider home holds one point, and every place above adds one more. The winner is the single exception on the ladder below.
A class of twenty riders
The points a placing is worth in a WAWE class of twenty riders, from first to twentieth
| Placing |
Riders finished behind |
Points, drawn to scale |
Points |
| 1st |
19 |
|
Points 21 |
| 2nd |
18 |
|
Points 19 |
| 3rd |
17 |
|
Points 18 |
| · · · | · | one step of one point at every place between | · |
|---|
| 10th |
10 |
|
Points 11 |
| · · · | · | one step of one point at every place between | · |
|---|
| 20th |
0 |
|
Points 1 |
The two-point gap
First is worth 21 and second is worth 19 — a gap of two points. Everywhere else on the ladder the step from one place to the next is a single point. Winning a trial is worth twice a single place anywhere below it.
The eliminated rider — a separate path
Eliminated in a trial
→
Ranked last in that trial
→
Counts as 1 point in every trial that follows
Elimination does not remove a rider from the competition. It fixes the value of the placing at the bottom of the ladder — one point — and that is what carries forward.
Fig. L15 · How Marks Become Points