A class at a horse show can run as one go or as several rounds. PaddockReport shows each round as a section of the class, and every placing in the words that round awards.
Rounds and section codes
| Code | Shown as | What it awards |
|---|---|---|
| CLS | Class | 1st, 2nd, 3rd and on |
| CH | Championship | Champion, Reserve Champion, Top 10 |
| SFF | Semi-final/Final | Champion, Reserve Champion, Top 10, or Gold, Silver, Bronze |
| FNL | Final | Champion, Reserve Champion, Top 10, or Gold, Silver, Bronze |
| SF, A–E | Semi-final, Section A, B… | Adv for the entries called back, or 1st, 2nd… when the judges placed the round; always Adv in a Class A elimination |
| I–X | Preliminary I, II… | Adv for the entries called back, or 1st, 2nd… when the judges placed the round |
National shows run qualifiers (I, II…) and semi-finals (A, B…) before a final. Class A shows such as Scottsdale run most classes once (CLS) and hold separate championships (CH); a big championship may first run eliminations (Section A, Section B).
Some national qualifiers and semi-finals are placed: the judges put the horses in order, and the round prints 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Others only name who is called back, and every entry that moves on reads Adv. A Class A elimination never places anyone.
Placing words
- Champion and Reserve Champion are 1st and 2nd in a championship or final; 3rd to 10th are Top 10.
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd are placings in a class that is not a championship, or in a qualifier or semi-final its judges placed.
- Gold, Silver, Bronze are 1st to 3rd in a final that awards medals.
- Adv means called back to the next round. It is not a placing.
- Competed means the horse showed but finished past the Top 10, or did not make the next round.
- Unplaced means the horse showed but the results gave it no placing.
Ribbons
In a class, each placing carries the ribbon it earned: blue for 1st, red for 2nd, yellow for 3rd, then white, pink, green, purple, brown, grey and light blue to 10th. A champion's rosette is the blue, red and yellow tricolor; a reserve's is red, yellow and white. Medal finals draw gold, silver and bronze medals.
A placed round has ribbons of its own. A national semi-final's placings draw a pale lavender-pink rosette, ringed in blue for 1st and red for 2nd. A national qualifier's draw a solid mint-green rosette. A Class A elimination draws none.
Adv, Top 10, Competed and Unplaced earn no ribbon.