Every year we have been fortunate to send teams to all Area competitions and hopefully next year will be no exception. Training for teams is beginning on 14th November - see training page for more information. For any event you need to ensure your horse and yourself are fit enough to compete. Your horse is vacinated. Before competing in any event please ensure you are aware of the rules and regulations for that events.

Area 21

The Area 21 qualifying competitions for the various national championships are listed below. Most of them are team competitions, but many also accept individual entries. There are junior and senior classes.

There are rules about horse and rider eligibility, especially for the novice classes on the BRC website. Competitors must expect to pay their own entry fees. All horses must have correct, up-to-date equine influenza vaccinations.

Competitions 2011

Event 2011                                 Venue                      Organising Comittee

February 26th & 27th
Novice Indoor Dressage                 Pibwrlwyd                  Towy Valley
 
To be arranged
Novice Indoor Show Jumping          

To be arranged
Festival of the Hunter

June 26th
Area Horse Trials                        Trecoed                           Tivyside          

July 10th
Dressage, Music & SJ                   Cothi Bridge               Area Committee 

 
National Competitions:

Championship dates for 2011 and locations are as follows

Novice Indoor Show Jumping and Winter Dressage will be 2 - 3rd April
Festival of the Hunter will be at Aston Le Walls on 4 - 5th June
Horse Trials will be at Aston Le Walls on 4 - 7th August

Linclon Championships provisionally on 10 - 11th Septemer

BRC Rulebook is now available on-line
Go to www.bhs.org.uk and follow link on Riding

Other competitions being run:

Team of 3:
This is an exciting team jumping competition, held at the prestigious Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) at Hickstead.

The competition is open to senior members of an affiliated Riding Club, although one junior may be included if desired. Riders and horses may only compete in one team. Horses must be 14hh and over.

The team is to be made up of three horses and riders, one Novice combination, one Intermediate combination and one Open combination. The Novice combination jump 0.85m, Intermediate jump 0.95m and the Open combination jump 1.05m.

The competition is one round against the clock. All riders’ scores are counted. In the event of elimination of one team member, 50 faults are added and the remainder of the team carry on. The team with the least number of combined faults and the fastest combined time will be the winners. 

Eligibility:
Novice Combination: Not to have won more than £100 BSJA

Intermediate Combination: Not to have won more than £175 BSJA

Open Combination: Not to have won more than £300 BSJA

AmTrust Equine Insurance Royal Windsor Horse Show

For 2010 there are six competitions, all culminating in a prestigious final at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Information can be found by clicking here 

This competition series is aimed at ‘grass roots’ riders, under the auspices of BRC and HPower Ltd, with the backing of AmTrust Equine Insurance.

For 2010 there are six competitions:
• Junior Riding Test

• Senior Riding Test

• Junior Novice Jumping

• Senior Novice Jumping

• Junior Intermediate Jumping

• Senior Intermediate Jumping

There will be four rounds; Round One (Club qualifiers) will be open to all riders, including non-BRC members. Those who qualify in Round One will be required to become a BRC member (if not already) before taking part in Round Two (Regional qualifiers).

The riders who qualify at these Regional qualifiers will then be invited to the Finals at the Royal Windsor Horse Show. The six Champions at Royal Windsor will be invited back to Windsor for additional presentations at the European Championships in August.

The Riding Test competition will use RT6 (2005) for all rounds. Eligibility rules will be as per the BRC Rule Book. Horses are allowed 0-60 BD points and riders who have attained their PC A Test in the last 10 years, BHSAI, BHSII and FBHS, BHSI are ineligible to compete.

The show jumping competitions will take the form of a Top Score competition. Eligibility will be as per the Novice and Intermediate Show Jumping in the BRC Rule Book, with the following exceptions;
• Riders in the Novice may not have won any money in BSJA competitions

• Riders in the Intermediate may not have won more than £175 BSJA winnings within the last five years.
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