competition news BEF Futurity 2015 dates and venues


The dates and venues for the this year’s Baileys Horse Feeds/British Breeding/BEF Futurity evaluation series have been announced. The Futurity evaluations aim to identify British bred young potential sport horses and ponies destined for top level careers in dressage, eventing, show-jumping or endurance. The Futurity is fast becoming recognised as an important first step in the careers of many potential top level horses and provides a valuable marketing tool for breeders.


The 2015 Futurity evaluations will run from the 1st to the 18th August, covering 11 venues nationwide with a total of 12 days of evaluations. Entries are taken online and will open on the 1st July.


The Futurity is open to British bred horses and ponies, from foals through to three year olds. Each horse or pony is entered into the discipline it is bred to perform in and the four main disciplines of dressage, showjumping, eventing and endurance are covered. Each horse or pony undergoes a


vet’s assessment and is then evaluated in hand and loose in an indoor school. Three year olds entered into either the showjumping or eventing sections will be required to loose jump.


The BEF’s Head of Equine Development Jan Rogers said. “We are increasingly finding that breeders, buyers and riders of British bred horses are finding that a Futurity premium is a very useful aid in helping assess these horses. We are also seeing a marked improvement in the standard of youngsters entered in the futurity, which is very good news for the future of British breeding”.


Three year old horses and ponies are encouraged to attend for their final futurity year as a threshold score will result in an invitation to the Futurity Equine Bridge selection day under saddle in the following year. The aim of the Equine Bridge is to provide direction and support to riders and trainers and to help owners and breeders realise the best of their horse’s ability. For more information, visit www. britishbreeding.org


Top scorer in the 2014 BEF Futurity, dressage colt foal, Fiderstar,


owned by Rosie Moreton-Deakin. Image courtesy of Kevin Sparrow Photography


Futurity dates and venues 2015


1st August – Catherston Stud, Hampshire; 2nd August – Chelwood Equestrian, East Sussex 3rd August – Writtle College, Essex; 4th August – The College, Keysoe, Bedfordshire; 7th August – Tall Trees Arena, Cornwall; 9th August – Hartpury College, Gloucestershire; 11th August – Arena UK, Lincolnshire; 12th August – Richmond Equestrian Centre, North Yorkshire; 13th August – Myerscough College, Lancashire; 14th August – Southview Equestrian Centre, Cheshire; 17th August – Solihull Riding Club, West Midlands; 18th August – Solihull Riding Club, West Midlands.


Clorogue Gold jumps to Area 2 success for Emily Hughes


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Emily Hughes from the Braes of Derwent branch of the Pony Club came out on top of a busy Area 2 Dengie Winter League Area Show Jumping competition hosted by Blackdyke Farm in Cumbria, with tickets to the Dengie Winter Championships hotly contested.


34 started in the Area Competition and 15 retained clean score sheets over John Collier’s up to height track that asked questions in related distances and through lines of fences. Alice Atkinson and Vimy Hero from the Cumberland Farmers North were first to face the clock and their clear in 32.73 secs looked fast and they retained the lead until 10th drawn Emily Hughes broke the beam in 32.40 secs to take top spot with Clorogue Gold. That was to prove unbeatable, with the closest challenge coming from penultimate drawn Hannah Dawson and Ellies Mischief from the Cleveland branch, who stopped the clock on 36.71 secs for third. A strong entry of 10 came forward to contest the Dengie Winter League Area 2 Open with five through to the timed jump


off. Heading the line from final draw, South Northumberland member Jemma Burvill and Exocet My Style stayed clear in 35.86 secs to take the win, ahead of South Durham Hunt member Helen Berry and her eyecatching Julien, clear in 36.85 secs. Third went to Mr Irish Bailey and Natash Askew from Newcastle & North Durham.


At what was also the penultimate fixture in the Blackdyke Farm Unaffiliated Winter Points Series, Arran Sloan and Socks retained their lead at the top of the points league on 76 points, with Abigail Rome and Lady close behind on 73, just one point ahead of Arran’s second ride Bailey on 72. The final fixture takes place on Good Friday, April 3rd.


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