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Campdrafting

Campdrafting is an Australian riding and cattle-work competition. Horse and rider cut one beast from the mob in the camp, work it under control into the arena and guide it around pegs and through a gate; cut-out, horsework and course are scored.

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Classification

Category Animal sport

Family Animal sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Campdrafting is an Australian riding and cattle-work competition.

Geeignet für Fits if you find Australian stockwork, western riding and reading cattle compelling, you take quiet aids, welfare and experienced supervision seriously, you prefer judged control over chasing raw time only.

Cost Realistic only through riding/cattle-work clinic or campdrafting school; own horse/cattle access is cost-intensive. Horse ownership/hire, training, association/event fees, transport and protective clothing. Campdrafting association, western barn with cattle work or NCCA-adjacent clinic. Welfare, cattle handling and experienced supervision are core, not extr…

First progress Months to years depending on riding and cattle-work experience.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

Suitable horse, helmet/western riding setup, camp and arena, cattle, coach, judge/welfare briefing and NCCA/association rules.

First steps

Start with horsemanship, a cutting/cattle clinic or campdrafting school; first understand reading cattle calmly, pressure/release and the course idea.
Look for Australian campdrafting associations, clinics, western barns with cattle work or NCCA-adjacent event calendars.

Look for Australian campdrafting associations, clinics, western barns with cattle work or NCCA-adjacent event calendars.

Start only in the appropriate source-described context and follow local rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags animal, campdrafting, animal-sport, tiersport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Cut one beast from the camp and work it under control around course/pegs and through the gate.

Teilnehmer

One horse-rider pair per run.

Teamgröße

Individual run with horse.

Spielfeld

Camp/yard and arena with pegs and gate.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

100-point score from cut-out, horsework and course.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

horse
riding gear
cattle
camp
arena
pegs
gate

Wichtige Regelpunkte

loss of control
course/gate fault
unsafe cattle handling
association rule breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

National Campdraft Council of Australia (NCCA)

Rules & Policies National Campdraft Council of Australia · rulebook · high
What is Campdraft ABCRA · official · high
About Campdrafting Australian Campdrafting Magazine · sport-guide · medium