WORKING HUNTER HORSE CLASSES
This show is affiliated to the Sport Horse Breeding (GB). Class 34 is a RIHS
qualifier and entry fee will include an RIHS levy of £9.00. The three highest placed
horses will qualify unless they have already done so. No horse lower than third will
qualify. *Riders and Owners for class 34 must be members of Sport Horse Breeding
(GB) and all horses must be on the SHB(GB) Show Hunter Register PLEASE NOTE
ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT CORRECT REGISTRATION
NOS. PLEASE READ RULES CAREFULLY. Class 34 will be run in accordance
with 2015 SHB(GB) rules.
Skull caps/hat and safety harness according to the current approved BSI or European
Standard must be worn by ALL competitors in the jumping phase of the following
classes.
This show is a Qualifier for the Blue Chip & Irish Draught Horse Society (GB)
£2,000 Challenge.The highest placed horse (not already qualified) from each of the
following Classes 33 - 35 that is registered or eligible for registration on the Irish
Draught or Irish Draught Sport Horse Registers, i.e. with a minimum of 25% proven
Irish Draught breeding, will qualify for the Final of the Blue Chip & IDHS (GB)
£2,000 Challenge. Horses need not be registered with the Irish Draught Horse
Society (GB) to qualify but must be on the IDHS (GB) Registers by the time of the
Championship which will be held at the IDHS (GB) Annual Breed Show on 12th-13th
September 2015 at the Lincolnshire Showground, Grange-de-Lings, Lincoln LN2
2NA. N.B: A horse may only qualify for the Final once, regardless of the type or
number of classes won, placed in or entered. Each qualifier will receive a card and a
£10 voucher from Blue Chip. Qualifiers are required to complete an online form at
www.idhsgb.com to inform the IDHS (GB) that they have qualified for the Final.
Following submission of the online form, a qualifier’s pack will be sent out direct to
the qualifier. In the Final, the Champion will be awarded £1,000 prize money, a
trophy and a Blue Chip rug. The Reserve Champion will be awarded £500 and 3rd to
7th inclusive will be awarded £100 each. In addition, the highest placed Pure Bred
Irish Draught will be awarded a trophy and £100 and the highest placed 158cm
(15.2hh) and under will receive a trophy and £50 and the highest placed *Amateur
Produced and Ridden Horse will receive a silver salver and a rug.
Special Prizes:
Class 35 - Winner of the Warrington Horse Society Novice Horse Working Hunter
will receive ‘The Irving Greenhalf Memorial Trophy’
The Irish Draught Horse Society (GB) will award Special Incentive Cards to the
highest placed Irish Draught Pure Bred or Irish Draught Sport Horse in Classes 33 35. To be eligible, exhibits must be registered with or overstamped by the IDHS
(GB) on either their Irish Draught Breed Registers or Irish Draught Sport Horse
Registers. Registration numbers to be stated on the entry form.
Judge: TBC – Ride. / Mr NDB Peel MFH, Glos – Conformation
Course Builder: Miss L J Kelly, Suffolk.
Fence Hire: Doodle Jumps
Working Hunter Courses are not to be walked by competitors until the judge has
given permission.
Class 33
Intermediate Working Hunter Horse Class
Mare or Gelding 4 years or over, exceeding 153cms. Not to have won
a total of £150 in prize money
in any working hunter class, or more than 25 BE points or £250 British
Showjumping at home or abroad
before the 1st January of the current year. Fences max 1.07M (3'6").
Not Run Under SHB(GB) rules.
Class 34
Open Horse Working Hunter (Run under SHB(GB) 2015 Rules) –
please see note * at beginning of section
Mare or gelding or stallion (competing stallions must have a red, white
and blue ribbon displayed in their tale) 4 years or over, exceeding
148cms. Riders to have attained their 16th birthday before 1st January
in the current year. Any horse which has qualified as a Grade A Show
Jumper or Advanced Event Horse as at 1st January in the current year
is not eligible to compete in Working Hunter classes. Fences max.
1.14cms (3’9”). No hind boots or bandages of any description are
allowed in the collecting ring, warm up or in the actual class. Horses
with minus scores will not be required for the second phase of the
class.
Class 35
The Warrington Horse Society Novice Horse Working Hunter
Mare or gelding 4 years or over, exceeding 153cms. Not to have won a
1st prize value of £40 or a total of £150 in prize money in any working
hunter class, or more than 10 BE points or £150 BSJA show jumping
at home or abroad before the 1st January of current year. Fences max.
1M (3’3”.) Not Run under SHB(GB) rules.
THE HOLCOMBE HUNT WORKING HUNTER HORSE CHAMPIONSHIP,
SPONSORED BY SIAMMAL ALUMINIUM STOCKHOLDERS Ltd: Horses placed
first and second in Classes 33 - 35 are eligible to go forward to the championship.
Champion £75 and Reserve £25, Champion to receive Challenge Trophy.
Entry fees: Class 34 -£35 (£26.00 plus £9.00 RIHS levy)
Class 33 & 35 -£12
Prizes:
Class 34 1st - £60, 2nd - £40, 3rd - £30, 4th - £20, 5th - £15, 6th - £10
Class 33 & 35 1st - £20, 2nd - £15, 3rd – £10