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Ray Utz riding Alizar (2000)

Contestants compete for the fastest time in running a triangular, cloverleaf pattern around three barrels. The horses and rider are allowed a running start and time begins and ends upon crossing a starting line. A 5-second penalty is added to the score for knocking over a barrel. The pattern can be started either from the left or right, and contestants that go off the prescribed course are disqualified.