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Comment by Soeroah

I haven't worked out how to get the show working outside of the quests, but I've seen people on the beta realms saying this quest was bugged, but I was able to get the 150 point and 300 point quests done on my first try. I wanted to test this 600 point achievement to see if that was just luck, but find myself unable to.

So for the interests of information, assuming my strategy for the quests holds up in earning this achievement, what I did was just keep jumping fences for a few seconds before killing a trogg, then continued. It seems to auto-target the zepplins so you can just hit 3 when one shows up, even while you're jumping fences.

The reason you want to jump fences is you get a stacking buff that increases the amount of points you get per kill by 1. I've had it stack up to 51 times before latency finally made it fall off me, but at that point I was basically earning 50 points (theoretically) every couple of seconds as I ran around killing trolls and zepplins.

It seems better/most efficient based on my experiences thus far to get the style points from fence jumping up to about 30 stacks before you really try doing the actual point-yielding objectives.

Comment by varenne

To do The Reining Champion you have to first ride the horse Cooper at 51.51 26.25 Norwington Estate stables. Then talk to Lord Aldrius Norwington to score your next run.
After that step into the arena with barrels and fences to start the achievement.
You'll have 3 abilities:
Rapid Dash - speed boost.
Harpoon Jab - spear attack in fron of you.
Bolas - throw bolas at zeppelin
For each killed barrel with gnoll you'll get 1 point, Paper Zeppelin - 50 points.
When you jump the fence you'll get a stacking 5 sec buff Style which increases points gained after a kill by 1, maximum stacks - 100.
For now you have 60 seconds to do the achievement.
Important part is to shoot 3 zeppelins, you'll hear when they come out when Lord Aldrius Norwington yells "Zeppelin out!".
You'll only have a couple of seconds to kill the third zeppelin before the time runs out.
Make a macro:
/target Paper
/click OverrideActionBarButton3

so you don't have to click on zeppelin. (You can put macros on any secondary panel, only the main panel spells are replaced. Secondary panels are hidden when you are in the vehicle but the macros bindings still work.)

Strategy that worked for me to get 600 points:
Enter the arena from the east side of Norwington Estate.
Follow the loop of 6 fences which form a circle path, leave the 2 fences on the other side of the arena, you don't need them.
Make the first loop without hitting gnolls to accumulate Style stacks (7-10).
Then include gnolls in your rotation, they should respawn when you come back for another circle run.
And don't forget to shoot zeppelins.

/way Tiragarde Sound 51.51 26.25 Cooper
/way Tiragarde Sound 51.60 27.16 Lord Aldrius Norwington

The Reining Champion video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmx86TG_DMk
How to setup macros: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGLnBRv-9cI

Comment by DWAlay

This is impossible to do. Buff doesn't last long enough and jumping the fences doesn't always give it to you. The entire "vehicle" mechanic is way to clunky. After spending most of launch day trying to do this achievement, it just cant be done, even after watching the videos. It needs to be brought down to 400. This is right up there with the LW mount from Legion.

Comment by Maforis

This crap is bugged right now. Most of the time when you jump over the god damn rails, it doesn't register for a stack of multiplier points. I clear those jumps but it does't register and I fail most of the time for it. I got up to 502 and probably would have made it if the rails registered my jumps. I wasted 2 hours of my life on this garbage.

Comment by Myhani

I can confirm it is indeed quite possible. https://i.imgur.com/wpmtJzZ.png

I got it by following the pattern used on one of the videos.

Some specifics:
• Make a /target paper macro and bind it to a mouse button, this can be hit even when on the horse so you can just click and hit 3 when in range rather than trying to target it.
• Start from the actual entrance, the one by the stable where you first jump on Cooper.
• Stay on that side of the ring (the side where the stables and cooper are). Go in a clockwise circle over the the gates on that side, ignoring the two gates on the far side of the ring (the ones towards the arch).
• Prioritize getting over the gates consistently, keep going in your circle, hit every dummy as you pass them, but do not go out of your way for them.
• Be careful with the boost, only use it on the straight stretches as it makes turning more difficult.
• You can ignore the first 1-2 dummies.
• I had less problems with the gates not registering when I jumped over the side of them, rather than directly over the middle part.
•You will cut it very close at the end. In the last few seconds, you may have to abandon the gates, and sprint directly from gnoll to gnoll to get the last couple hits in.

Comment by DoxDox

As an Aussie who just spent 3 hours grinding this achievement out, these are the best pieces of advice I can offer to anyone who experienced the same frustration I did:

* If you're finding that your jumps aren't awarding you Style stacks, aim to land ON the gates. This is the only way I was able to complete the achievement as it GUARANTEED that I would get a stack from every single leap. (The reason for this is that when you jump in World of WarCraft, the server captures your position upon take off and landing, but often nothing in between).

* You don't need the 3rd Paper Zeppelin to succeed. Due to latency, more often than not, the timer would expire before the 3rd Paper Zeppelin even spawned.

* One of the other users recommending just doing a loop on all of the close gates - and ignoring the back 2. I 100% agree with this.

* On your first lap, don't bother hitting any targets at all. Ultimately you're only gonna score like 12 points or something anyway. It's much better to make use of the speed boost to gather as many Style stacks as possible before the first Zepp spawns.

* For me, I only used the speed boost on the last 2 gates in each lap. With enough practice, you can reliably boost as soon as you hit the ground, and then jump, allowing you to land spot on the next gate and shave a few seconds off each lap.

* You don't need to hit every target on your way through. Due to latency, a large chunk of my hits never registered.

* 100% agree with the poster who suggested a /target Paper Zeppelin macro. They have 4 possible spawn locations and you won't have time to look for them. Just hit that everytime the NPC shouts out, and mash the 3 button in between jumps and swings.

* My victory attempt was one of my worst. I missed a few gates due to poorly angled jumps, a lot of my melee hits never registered, and the 3rd Zeppelin spawned too late. Never give up just because you're not having a perfect run. Practice is the key here. Every failure will just bring you closer to success. Before completing the achievement, I had 5 or 6 runs in a row with a score of 580+.

* I'm not sure how much it helps, but I disabled all of my mods except for WeakAuras for this achievement. I wanted every ounce of performance I could get. I used WeakAuras to track my Style stacks, but ultimately I realised I didn't even need it once I started jumping directly on top of the gates.

I hope this helps someone! Good luck. <3

Comment by Syradith

This is such an horrendously irritating achievement. I thought it would be fun, but the mini-game is extremely buggy. The majority of your jumps don't even register, the hitboxes on the gnoll targets is ridiculously small (making you miss half the time) and the timer is -way- too low. 98% of the time, the NPC either doesn't even call a third zepplin (which is a -must- for the achieve) or calls it at the literal last second before the match ends, making it impossible to have the time to target/kill it. I've also several times had issues where I definitely threw the bola (and I can see it flying up towards the zepplin) but it didn't count it for some reason.

Highest so far after about 2 hours is only 582, with a constant/average of about 460-480 when it does decide to work properly. Ready to just give up on it. Too broken.

Edit: Finally got it after 2 1/2 hours. Way too much RNG, latency and arbitrary times where the game just decides not to register a jump, hit or toss. I was so excited for a fun horseback riding mini-game; and instead I ended up with a really frustrating mountain of attempts all caused by sheer luck of the draw.

Comment by tiagogazzola

Is there a way to make a macro that target then use skill "Bolas" from the horse?

something like...

"/tar Paper Zeppelin
/cast Bolas"

Comment by Scarbar

Just got the achieve today, here's a few tips:

Focus on fences above all. Your primary objective up to like, 30 stacks of the buff, should be to get to fences. You can hit the dummies if you pass by them but don't go for them intentionally and lose precious fences per minute (FPM :p)
Zeppelins are nice but they're less important as time goes on. When one comes out you have plenty of time to bola it, so don't immediately snap to one. Instead, wait until you see it while fence jumping, and then take it down.
Keep the speed buff up as much as possible, the cooldown is ridiculously short
At 30 stacks of Style, start targeting the dummies while maintaining the buff, it won't take long to hit 600 points with how many you get from dummies.

Comment by Smireland

Hey ya'll. My name is Emmy and I did this easily in about two hours. Took a bit of practice, but hopefully I can be descriptive enough to help.

First, a few basics I found out:

1. There are two scores for basic targets. The brown 'poof' (lesser points,) and the red blood splat (extra points.)
2. There is a specific route to take. You will need to master moving with WASD and while holding right click. Be patient with yourself. Some luck is required with zeppelins if your run is not perfect.
3. The first zeppelin needs to die ASAP. The second zeppelin may travel as far as you need to kill it before it goes over the fence and disappears. Do not rush the second zeppelin.
4. The third zeppelin is non-essential to hit 600. On my winning run, I had 44 stacks of fence jumps, 837 points, all three zeppelins dead. You can do this.
5. It is best to do this achievement while on the 'Score 300 points' quest to save yourself the hassle of constantly running back to the NPC, as you can easily abandon and re-position if a run goes bad.
6. Spend 5-10 minutes practicing sprinting at a target and making the blood splat. This is essential. A good trick is to come at the target slightly from the left, and "turn" into it with your right click steering when you stab. It helps hitting the target, I swear.

To begin, pick up copper in his pen and walk out through the opening facing the obstacle course area. To your left, you will see a slanted fence, a target, and two close fences slightly offset. You begin here, diagonally facing the slanted fence. You want to be as far back as you can to trigger the start, but angled correctly. I was nestling myself up against the stone corner of the wall. Be sure to zoom out all the way, as well. Your route from here is pretty simple:

Sprint, and jump over the diagonal fence, hitting the first target. Do not sprint for the next two. Jump over the two close fences one by one. Sprint to the next target, then hop over the slanted fence to your right, sprinting immediately as you hit the ground. Smack the next target, sprint, and "steer" with right click as you jump to clear the fence. Sprint down the straight-a-way, hitting the middle target. Leap over the back fence near where you started, hitting that target mid-air, and twisting your mount to the right (facing the target off to your right, even further right of the slanted fence you first jumped.) As you land, sprint, hit that target, and hop at a right-to-left angle over the slanted fence where you began, using right click to turn yourself to face the next target and two close bunny-hopping, non-sprinting fences.

Repeat this circuit while downing the first zeppelin immediately, and the second one WHEN YOU CAN WITHOUT MESSING UP YOUR ROUTE. If you can do all of this without missing more than two very early targets (i.e when your jump stacks are low,) you can get this achievement. A good bar for success is, by the time he launches the first zeppelin, you want atleast 93 points. If you lose your buff from jumping, you are done and need to restart, so stay calm and kick ass. :)

-Emmy

Comment by Tawerner

You can use the following macro to target and cast Bolas for the zeppelins:

/tar Paper
/click OverrideActionBarButton3

Remember to put the macro on a panel other than your main action bar (bottom left) and use a key binding for that slot.

This makes it even easier to use in one shot.

Comment by rilgania

It's a bit underwhelming that this achievement doesn't reward anything, given the level of difficulty.

Comment by Mypciscraze

HI All

That Was HARD !

See My Video if need it - Video The Reining Champion

Is not ease to do this achi. What tactic ?

1. Stack Your Style Jump over Fences focus on that for first 20 sec or more to make more stack.
2. Don't take down Paper Zeppelin to fast wait when they will be at the and or minimum on mid. Max you will take 2 of them down.
3. Rapid Dash use how often you can. That is incresing you speed to reach more Fences.
4. And at the end In last 25 sec jump much less just to keep stack and Hit targets focus on them AND don't MISS them.

That very Hard achi. Will take a time to do it.

I hope that Help You

Comment by Gargler

It took me about 4 days daily practice to nail this in the end. You enter from the East side of the showground through the colored balloons, where you will be facing Southwest to begin (Lord Norwington is on your left now as he counts you in) and you only care about the 6 gates closest to you which lead round in a clockwise circle that takes up about 60% of the showground. Here's my top 10 tips I'd give to nail this achievement:

The targeting macro mentioned by several people here is essential, as you have no time to spare looking for zeppelins but you can't afford to miss them either
As soon as your time trial begins, I recommend doing 1-2 laps of the 6 gate track (ignore the back two gates like others have said) hammering Rapid Dash and ignoring the gnolls to get plenty of Style stacks. When you begin scoring by killing gnolls, your first gnoll should score 13-14 points
Rapid Dash is so essential for this - don't press it in the lead up to a Harpoon Jab as you will struggle to keep control of Cooper, but you should definitely spam it immediately after a gnoll dies, to quickly reach the next gate.
Don't ever try to do this achievement during peak time on your realm and definitely not when the world quest Show-Off is up. If other people are practicing, just come back another time when nobody is about. Other players will be very distracting, and in particular newer players to the quest will stand around on the practice ground in silly places and throw you off when you're trying to line up a Harpoon Jab on a gnoll. You really need an empty showground for this and an optimum connection with nothing else happening.
Get used to the zeppelin calls. The first will always be at the end of your 1st or 2nd lap as you pass Lord Norwington, and the 2nd will be random. Do not go looking for them. It's important to just spam the targeting macro as you move around doing your track. You can't even look up from your track to look for the zeppelin if you want this achievement, as you don't have time. That's why you use the macro, as it will find it for you.
If you're struggling with zeppelins, turn on Error Speech if it helps, as your character will complain he's too far away, so you know it's probably coming from the far side of the showground and you'll get it later in this lap. If you hear the thud of targeting and a whip sound, that's the zeppelin done, so you can return to concentrating on your run and waiting on the next call.
When you start killing gnolls, you can't miss any on the lap. If you do miss some, your run is over. Get used to going straight out and asking Lord Norwington for a new time trial, and the same applies with lost stacks.
It's absolutely possible to be screwed by bad RNG in where zeppelins appear. The best you can hope for is that they are called when you're in range to immediately throw Bolas. In my experience of about 30-40 runs, the first is usually very easy to hit and the second more often than not will be far away from you. There is a third zeppelin in the closing seconds but you can end up missing out on two very high scoring gnolls trying to hit it, so just concentrate on your track run once the 2nd is down.
Practice as much as possible at handling Cooper before worrying about completing the achievement. Get to know what he feels like when using Rapid Dash and practice turning in the air so your aim is lined up with a gnoll on touchdown for a Harpoon Jab.
Sound is the most important tool in your arsenal. Turn off Music with CTRL+M, make sure you have Dialog on to hear Lord Norwington and get to know what the magic sound of Style increasing sounds like when you land a jump, as you have no time to be looking at buffs. Once you learn to depend on sound more over visual, you'll find yourself concentrating a lot more on the run.

Expect to fail a lot, learn your weaknesses and focus on overcoming those before worrying about beating the clock.

Comment by frotty

I found it easier to go counter-clockwise, start with the close loop of 6 but then convert to a figure 8. this took me a total of 1 hour to work out, without using any target macro.

the reason to go counter clock at the bottom and clockwise at the top is that the one diagonal fence is on a hill and if you approach from the arch side, you will just bump into it slowing down. but going in the 8 that I point out here there is no bumpiness that makes your jumps lame.

Also doing this I got the 3rd zeppelin pretty consistently because I'm fairly certain if you actually kill the 1st and 2nd ones immediately the 3rd will spawn with more time remaining. When you just do the close loop 6, you are banking on RNG of the zeps to spawn near you but if they both spawn far, the 3rd was always up for a split second before time ran out.

every zep was killed before making it past those pillarish things on the wall no matter where I was when the callout happened.

the only "tricky" part is that bottom middle one you need to jump turn but you will always clear the fence, coming the other way I was always getting stuck on the fence since it is on that hill.

once i got this pattern down i was able to do it 3 times in a row showing friends who then did it in a few tries.

the dashing on the long stretches and immediate zep kills was better. i had a ton of close calls doing the 6 loop but it just seemed like if zep1-2-3 was there=win. this other way you're cutting the zep rng in 1/2. good luck

https://i.imgur.com/kyvBwto.jpg

Comment by SpFxAnimator

I will start by saying this achievement is not easy. This requires patience, perseverance, and near perfection in order to achieve. Even after all that it also requires a small dose of rng as the last Paper Zeppelin must be released from one of the corners near you instead of from the far end.

The advice that I discovered from my own failures (took me roughly an hour and a half before I earned the achievement) is listed below to hopefully help others:

01. The Style points are added to the points for the Gnoll and Paper Zeppelin targets which means the Paper Zeppelin can be destroyed immediately.
The Math: Gnoll Target #22 & Paper Zeppelin Target #23 (23 + 73 = 96) results in the same score as Paper Zeppelin Target #22 & Gnoll Target #23 (72 + 24 = 96).

02. The hitbox for the Gnoll targets become easier to hit if the camera is zoomed out and angled directly overhead.

03. The following macro when added to the second action bar makes the Bolas action easier as it automatically targets the Paper Zeppelin targets and releases the bolas simultaneously. Personally, I found this macro to work best if bound to (Shift + 2) as the Harpoon Jab action is bound to (2) by default.

/target Paper
/click OverrideActionBarButton3

04. And lastly, the best time to restart the challenge is immediately after a mistake is made and not when the timer runs out as the remaining time is simply a waste of time.

P.S. Here is a video of my successful run for those of you that are interested in video guides.

Comment by Belatherix

I have tried repeatedly to get the macro to attach to another button and it doesn't work, am i doing something wrong or has blizzard done something to stop this working. If someone want to be really helpful please make a video of sorting out the keybindings and not yet another one of them jumping over fences as we have all seen enough of them.

Comment by Sajakain

For those of you that use ElvUI for your action bars, I found that the supplied macro in the comments didn't actually work. However, the following macro does work:

/target Paper
/click ElvUI_Bar1Button3

Comment by Hexatomon

To keep track of your stacking "Style" buff you can put focus on Cooper and always have his portrait up on your screen, even when targetting and killing zeppelins.

To do this, just mount Cooper normally, then immediately before doing anything else, right-click his portrait (which should be highlighted already), select "Set Focus" from the menu and you're done. Optionally, you can unlock the focus portrait and move it to some place that is less distracting to you (again by right-clicking the portrait.)

Good luck - you'll need it, because this quest sucks eggs!

Comment by Yesitis

If you use ElvUI go to Action Bars and on Visibility state delete " hide" on any bar you want to show when you mount copper. Add on that bar this 2 macros:

First: every time you hit a gnoll you will run.
/click ElvUI_Bar1Button1
/click ElvUI_Bar1Button2

Second: Instant target and hit Zeppellins
/target paper
/click ElvUI_Bar1Button

Pro tips:
Zeppling is worth 50+ style buff stacks
Gnoll is worth 1+ style buff stacks
Dont hit gnolls at start, they add just 1,2,3 wait for at least 6 stacks.
You will likely need to be at 34 stacks to get acheiv.
Dont instant hit the zeppelins when you listen "Zeppeling Out" keep jumping fences and hitting gnolls
Zeppeling is very slow, keep adding stacks to the buff to get the most points from them.
Hit first Zeppeling at 20 stacks.
Acheiv if based on luck, if last zeppelling spawns very far from you, run to it asap while keep jumping hitting gnolls.
Last zeppeling is needed to get acheiv.

Comment by lilmac

The key to this achievement can be seen in Varenne's video if you watch and listen carefully. They wait until the 2nd Zeppelin comes out before they destroy first Zeppelin. This has 2 massive effects on the getting the achievement. ….

You will have more stacks when you destroy it (you will get more points)

Comment by Sacredsin

Has to be one of the most frustrating things I've done since the Legion LW mount. Took me almost 2 hours to complete. The least thing they could do is make it a title reward. I'd love to have "The reining champion" as a title :)

Comment by 1844144

WeakAura to keep track of Style stacks:

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Comment by dewhi

I can't seem to get any points for jumping fences or hitting gnolls or zeppelins, Can you just skip this quest and still get horn of the mountain. It is totally absurd! Have tried many times. ugh!

Comment by Skelnik

If you want to reduce your attack buttons (Harpoon Jab and Bolas) to a single button to simplify your rotation, use the following macro:
/cleartarget
/target Paper
/click OverrideActionBarButton3
/click OverrideActionBarButton2

Then you can focus on Dash and attacking the gnolls, and you'll shoot down the zeppelins automatically. The /cleartarget is because you'll likely have Lord Aldrius Norwington still targeted after resetting between attempts.

Comment by Rockoh

This achievement is a very tough and very RNG oriented. The goal for this achievement is to reach 600 points before the timer runs out.

Here are the cords to get there:
/way Tiragarde Sound 51.51 26.25 Cooper
/way Tiragarde Sound 51.60 27.16 Lord Aldrius Norwington

Mount Cooper, the horse, and run over to talk to Lord Norwington to start the event. Enter the arena and begin.

varenne, one of the commenters above, writes a very must read description of what needs to be done. I want to add that the Macro they offer IS A MUST. Your action bar disappears when you mount Cooper so you have to keybind the macro to be able to use it. I used "R" because I use WSAD to move around, along with my mouse (the R button is close to WSAD). You waste time and valuable points trying to look around for the zeppelin, clicking it, and using #3 to use to snare the zeppelin.

Here is the macro that helps a lot!:

/target Paper
/click OverrideActionBarButton3

The zeppelin gives you 50 points. There are 3x total zeppelins. The last zeppelin that will spawn is at the very end of the timer and spawns on pure RNG luck, not to mention if you're at the right area at the right time to use the macro for an easy snare. Sometimes when doing this I found that either the zeppelin doesn't spawn at all or literally with 2 seconds left on the timer, which pretty much means the RNG gods hate you. So it's all about being at the right place at the right time, along with some RNG luck.

I'm sorry to say this to those hoping for an easy achievement, but you will not get this achievement on your first try, or your second, not even your tenth. It took around 1 hour and 30 minutes for me to finally get it. And all it took was practice, practice, practice.

I personally think there is a bug (or two) for this achievement, which makes it very hard to do. For example:

You won't always get a point when jumping over the fence. Even if it's the most beautiful jump in the world sometimes it won't count and if you have less than 2 seconds left on , and not close to another fence, you're !@#$ out of luck and your stack goes back down to 0. What's even more messed up is when I use the and completely miss the fence by 4 feet, I'll get credit and a point....

Tricks of the Trade:

.Keep in mind that you need to consistently use to get around. Don't be like me where I hardly used it in the beginning. It is a must use whenever it's off cooldown. It's the quickest way to get around and trust me...you need all the time in the world for this achievement.

.Always look at your points on the top right corner of your screen where your buffs, etc are located. If you are at the halfway point on the timer with 1-6 style points, then that means the buff ran out at some point and there is no possible way for you to get this achievement. Don't dismount. Just run back to Lord Norwington to redo the event. (By the halfway point on the timer-bar, you should be around 14-18 stacks of ).

.I found out that being around 29-31 stacks of got me this achievement. Along with missing maybe 2-4 targets. If you're missing 10-15 targets during this event then just run out and restart the event. Plus, I managed to Bolas'ed the 3x zepplins. The RNG God's were kind... after an hour and a half.

.It's all about muscle memory and practice, practice, practice. I cannot stress this enough. You need to hit the targets at the right moment or you'll miss. And hitting these targets and correctly jumping over the fences with little to no error is the key to getting this achievement...…. along with a sacrifice to the RNG Gods, of course.

.Like me, I was getting some internal "gamer rage" trying to do this. You will get it. Just try again. But in the meantime if you're not getting it and getting frustrated: take a break. Get a drink (preferably a strong freakin' one). Take a small walk. Or do a world quest or two. Then come back. I swear it works.

Good luck! And make sure you emote /spit on Lord Norwington for me after you get the achievement / on your way out. He deserves it.

Comment by SKSPlays

I swear I try this but the 3rd zeppelin doesnt even come out until the time is like 2 seconds from being out. Thats a little ridiculous.

Comment by Mammon7

I'm finding the timer is ending prematurely, after maybe only 1 zeppelin. It's super frustrating when you're waiting for the second zepp, look down and see your timer bar is gone...

Comment by ns88

So I did this my first try and got 450 - completed the daily WQ. Now what? I want the achievement, but I cant try again until next time its up?

Comment by SingleServinGus

Blizzard should seriously be embarassed this achievement is even still in the game. Sometimes you don't get credit for jumps. Sometimes it just stops in the middle of a run. Sometimes you don't get a 3rd zeppelin. Sometimes you just don't hit a gnoll. It's ridiculously buggy and has been since 8.0.

Comment by Hobver

You don't have to jump over the fences.
I did it this way:

There are two fences in the corner near Lord Aldrius Norwington at right angles to each other. Style is counted if you ride closely to the fence in the inne side of the angle. I've been riding between the near edges of these fences until the buff went up to 15-20 (at this point i had nearly half of the time scale).
Then I started riding keeping the buff and killing gnolls and zeppelins with this macros:
/click OverrideActionBarButton2
/target Paper
/click OverrideActionBarButton3
or if you use ElvUI:
/click ElvUI_Bar1Button2
/target Paper
/click ElvUI_Bar1Button3
The route is:

ride anti-clockwise along the walls (hit gnoll, jump over the fence, speed up, hit gnoll, turn left, jump over the fence, speed up, hit gnoll)
after that turn to the two fences in the middle of the area, ride closely to the nearest one (if buff doesn't stack it's ok to ride closely to the next one), hit gnoll, return to the corner we started at, ride closely to the fence alongside the entrance, repeat

Comment by Currently

This took me roughly an hour or so to get and was very frustrating due to the RNG. I followed the route in the attached video. I honestly only used sprint when moving along the eastern entrance, I found that if you sprint at a dummy, your attack never connects. Good luck.

Comment by dawn22868

Here's how I got the achievement after about 1 hour of trying:

https://imgur.com/a/4nCIFkE

Talk to Lord Norwington and enter the field from where he stands. (#1)
Run/Strafe quickly between the two closest fences until you get 10 stacks of Style. (#2) You don't need to jump over the fences, just be close enough to them.
As soon as you have 10 stacks, hit the nearest target and follow the path counterclockwise/from right to left. (#3)

Also important:

try to hit as many targets along the way as you can.
kill the zeppelins instantly using a macro (/target Paper /click OverrideActionBarButton3).
don't let your Style buff run out.

You definetly need 3 zeppelins to spawn, a good hit-rate on the targets and a well-sustained Style buff (20+) to achieve 600 points.
So don't worry if you don't get it first try. Just practice a few times and you'll suceed eventually.

Good luck!

Comment by Vandwyvern

After 30 minutes of trying the strats I found here, I decided to make my own strat and took it 2 tries.

https://imgur.com/a/8yKrY8X

I decided to farm in the middle because the fences are closer to each other and we can kill a target while we farm.

After that, just spam the macro while you jump around in the third step(image):

/click OverrideActionBarButton2
/target Paper
/click OverrideActionBarButton3

Comment by ifloops

You can retry this after completing the world quest, provided it's still up. Re-mount Cooper and speak to Lord Aldrius Norwington, then re-enter the arena.

Comment by Macks

The Macro isn't working for me, just keeps coming up as invalid target :(

Comment by Bathrezz

In Dragonflight 2023,

This achieve is still obtainable but it is still as much aids as it was when I played in BFA. You will earn the 600pts within the last 1-3seconds.
- do one circle, hitting gnolls is optional but definately not the one in the middle, fk that guy
- do another circle, kill all the gnollls except the middle guy hes racist
at this point you start to notice that the gnolls aren't respawning fast enough
- continue doing your circles and from now on, start killing the middle gnoll
- pray to Jesus that the Zepplins spawn close and you dont #$%^&* and mislick on them
- use your boost during the straight line segment
- the marco doesn't work, keybinding does not work

Comment by Tulaash

As of Dragonflight patch 10.1.7, the macro worked perfectly for me. I don't know if it was broken at one point for some time, but it worked great for me.

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The Reining Champion

Score at least 600 points in the Norwington Estate horse show in Tiragarde Sound.

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