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Judges Announced For 176th Royal Highland Show
The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS), organisers of the Royal Highland Show, has announced the judges for the 2016 event. The task of placing around 7000 head of the country’s top cattle, sheep, horses, goats and poultry will be in the hands of 48 judges from Scotland, 49 from England, eight from Wales, six from Northern Ireland and one from the Republic of Ireland.
There will be 36 sections in 2016 for the Light Horses, nine of which are HOYS qualifiers. All classes will be judged by some of the most experienced and well-respected individuals in the equine industry, including Chris Hunnable, who is well known in the hunter world and who regularly shows competitively himself. Two other top equestrian judges, David Bartram and Chris Lawton, will be taking judging responsibilities in the riding horses section. In the heavy horses, Clydesdale judging will fall to two breeders from well known studs, Neil Christie, Dalern, Dalfoil, By Glasgow and William Clark, Pitlandie, Stanley. Linda Impey, Chelmsford, Essex and John A Reid, Inverurie, will oversee the Highland classes, both showing regularly themselves. The Native harness class will be judged by retired Invercauld Estate gamekeeper Peter Fraser, Abergeldie, by Ballater, one the country’s leading authorities on deer. The 176th Royal Highland Show will take place at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, on June 23-26 2016.
LIGHT HORSE
Hunter in Hand & Hunters Under Saddle - Weights and Small (conf) (HOYS) - Mr Richard Ramsay, Little Holdrops, Common Road, Newbury. Hunters Under Saddle - Weights and Small (ride) (HOYS) - Mr Chris Hunnable, Great Maplestead, Essex. Hunters Under Saddle - Working Hunters (ride) (HOYS) and Side Saddle (ride) - Miss S Chapman, The Old Farmhouse, Pen Y Banc, Powys. Hunters Under Saddle - Working Hunters (conf) (HOYS) and Side Saddle (conf) - Mr A Spalding, Hedgeholme, Winston, Darlington. Hunters Under Saddle - Novice Hunters (ride) - Mr R Sharp, The Barn, Kings Road, Devizes, Wilts. Hunters Under Saddle - Novice Hunters (conf) - Mr A Wareham, Etheridge Farm, Okeford Fitzpaine, Blanford Forum, Dorset. Highland Ponies Under Saddle (ride) - Mrs Alison M McLeod, Dalrawer Farm, Aberfeldy, Perthshire. Highland Ponies Under Saddle (conf) - Mr John A Reid, 1 Jackstown Cottages, Rothienorman, Inverurie. Mountain and Moorland Ponies Under Saddle (HOYS) - Fell, Dales, Highland, Connemara, Welsh Section D (conf) - Mrs Elizabeth Claxton, 1 Clunymore Drive, Rosemount, Blairgowrie, Perthshire
Fell, Dales, Highland, Connemara, Welsh Section D (ride) - Mrs Jackie Beatham, The Gate House, Landford, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Welsh Section C, B & A, New Forest, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Shetland (conf) - Mrs EA Nicholls, Hillside Cottage, Old London Road, Wotton-Under-Edge. Welsh Section C, B & A, New Forest, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Shetland (ride) - Miss Fiona Leadbitter, Thornberry Stud, The Coach House, Ystradowen, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan. Mountain & Moorland Lead Rein & First Ridden (HOYS) - Conformation - Mrs Julia Woods, Rose Cottage, 3 High Street, Cheveley, Newmarket. Ride - Mr D E Puttock, Belvedere, 20 Drovers Way, Newent, Gloustershire. Riding Pony & Hunter Pony Breeding - Mrs A J Calvert, Squirrel Park, Burghwallis, Doncaster. Riding Horses (HOYS) & Novice Riding Horses – Ride - Mr David Bartram, Canal Cottage,
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5 Bibby Street, Rode Heath, Stoke on Trent. Conformation - Mr Chris Lawton, Canal Cottage, 5 Bibby Street, Rode Heath, Stoke on Trent. Coloured Horses & Ponies Under Saddle (HOYS) - Ride - Mr Carl Owen, 185 Penrhos Road, Bangor, Gwynedd. Conformation - Ms Linda Cadman, 38 Parkfield, Chadderton, Oldham. Coloured Horses & Ponies in Hand - Miss Fiona Reed, Bankhead Farm, Puddledub, Auchtertool. Side Saddle & Equitation - Mrs M Nicholson, Willow Trees, Howhill Road, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate. Donkeys in Hand - Mrs P Moon, 47 Laburnum Avenue, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire. Sports Horse in Hand - Mrs Loraine Young, Carsegowniemuir, Aberlemno, Angus. Mountain & Moorland Working Hunter Ponies (HOYS) – Jumping - Mrs J Webb, Minstrels Farm, Easy Huntspill, Somerset. Conformation - Mrs M C Nimmo, Duntarvie Stud, Winchburgh, Broxburn. Mountain & Moorland in Hand Overall (Waxwing Trophy) - Mr D E Puttock, Belvedere, 20 Drovers Way, Newent, Gloustershire. Connemara - Mrs J C MacInnes, Ivy House, Skelton Wood End, Penrith. Retraining of Racehorse Final - Ride - Mr Jimmy Frost, Hawson Stables, Buckfastleigh, Devon. Conformation - Mr Jonathan A Geake, Harestone House, East Kennet, Marlborough Eriskay Ponies - Mr Ronald Black, Newton of Collessie, by Ladybank, Fife. Mountain & Moorland Ponies in Hand - Mr Stephen Howard, Village Farm, Bilton in Ainsty, York. St Johns Wells Trophy - Mrs Gillian McMurray, Bellstown, Eaglesfield, Lockerbie. Welsh Mountain Ponies (Section A) - Mr Jack Hendy, Boxbush, Great Oak Road, Raglan, Gwent.
Welsh Ponies (Section B) – TBA. Welsh Ponies Cob Type (Section C) & Welsh Cobs (Section D) - Mr JM Llewellyn- James, Mill Lane, Drakes Broughton, Worcester. Arabs Anglo Arabs & Part Bred Arabs Under Saddle - Mrs Lynne Lidbury, Upper Cullyhall Farm, Ryedown Lane, Bitton, Bristol. Arabs Anglo Arabs & Part Bred in Hand - Mr Peter Upton, The Old Vicarage, Clun, Shropshire. HOYS Cuddy Breeder Supreme in Hand Championship Qualifier
- Mr Jonathan A Geake, Harestone House, East Kennett, Marlborough. Show Ponies and Show Pony Lead Rein & First Ridden - Mrs A Colles, The Cottage, 42 South Road, Bretherton, Preston. Working Hunter Ponies (HOYS) - Jumping - Mr P Molloy, 2 Rockbrook, Rathfarnham, Dublin. Conformation - Mrs G Wright, Moorfield, Walton, Brampton. Show Hunter Ponies and Show Hunter Pony Lead Rein & First Ridden (HOYS) (conf) - Miss Bridget Millington, The Coach House, Tythrop Park, Kingsey, Nr Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Show Hunter Ponies and Show Hunter Pony Lead Rein & First Ridden (HOYS) (ride) - Mrs M Bevan Jones, The Stables, Spindlestone Farm, Spindlestone, Belford, Northumberland. HOYS Welsh/Arab Part-Bred Ridden -Performance - Mrs Julia Woods, Rose Cottage, 3 High Street, Cheveley, Newmarket. Ride - Mr D E Puttock, Belvedere, 20 Drovers Way, Newent, Gloustershire. PRIVATE DRIVING - Shetland Pony, Highland Pony and Private Driving (HOYS Qualifier) - Mrs A Rushton-Green, Alton Bank, Newhouses, Hawick, Borders.
HEAVY HORSE, HARNESS and DRIVING - Clydesdale Males - Mr Neil Christie, Dalarn, Dalfoil, Balfron by Glasgow. Clydesdale Females - Mr William Clark, Pitlandie, Stanley, Perth. Ridden - Mrs Joanna Jack, Wester Newburn, Leven, Fife. Young Handlers - Mr Campbell Steel, 1 Brodick Drive, Stewartfield, Jackton Farm, Stewartfield, East Kilbride. Highland Males - Mrs Linda E Impey, Oak Croft, Priors Green, Hertford end, Chelmsford, Essex. Highland Females - Mr John A Reid, 1 Jackstown Cottages, Rothienorman, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. Shetlands - Mr James D Swan, Teanahaun Croft, Conon Bridge, by Dingwall, Ross-Shire. HGD - Mr Bill Massey, Primrose Hill, High Legh, Knutsford, Cheshire. Native Harness - Mr Peter Fraser, Catanellan, Abergeldie, Crathie, by Ballater, Aberdeenshire. Turnouts - Mr John Anderson, Drummygar Mains, Carmyllie, by Arbroath.
Stopwatches to be trialled at all levels in 2016
From the first event of 2016 until the end of June 2016 competitors will now be allowed to wear stopwatches during the cross country phase of British Eventing horse trials at BE80, BE90 and BE100 - including the Mitsubishi Motors Cup, formally the Badminton Grassroots Championships. Previously forbidden at BE100 and below, British Eventing has taken the decision to trial the use of timing devices for a period of four months.
Following feedback from stewards and officials, BE found that riders of all ages at lower levels were struggling to find the correct pace and to adapt their rhythm and speed for different levels of tracks. BE Coaches are now increasingly getting the U18 programme riders to use the gallops in training to learn how to set their pace so it is hoped that the trial will enable competitors to put into practice what they train to do at home.
Under 18 Regional Coach, Mark Corbett, commented; “It is about learning to use the stopwatches as part of your cross country equipment and to help riders find the rhythm and speed that they use in training to then use in competition.
“Speed Training courses from BE will be coming out around the country at all ages and levels to understand how to use their watches effectively and put it in to practice using marked distances.”
Full details on timing devices will be published in the 2016 British Eventing Rule book.
For more information on the British Eventing Training & Education programme visit
www.britisheventing.com/ training/
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