Hannah Francis One Day Event 2025

• The Event is Unaffiliated and will run under Horse Events rules https://www.horse-events.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Horse-Events-Eventing-Rules-2024-Updated-10-04-2025-1.pdf unless otherwise stated in this schedule. Please do read these.

• Minimum age of competitors in the 70cm: 9 years

• Minimum age of competitors in the 80 and 90cm: 10 years

• Minimum age of competitors in the 100cm: 12 years

• Minimum age of horse in the 70cm, 80cm classes: 4 years • Minimum age of horses in the 90 and 100cm: 5 years. Age to be calculated from 1st January in the year in which it was foaled

• Doctor, Paramedics, Ambulances, Vet, Farrier and Horse Ambulance on Site

• Variety of catering outlets serving hot and cold food

• Open to all – no restrictions on horses with BE points

Enter online at Horse Events https://www.horse-events.co.uk/events/

Entry Fees; £85 per class (includes medical cover & there is NO start fee) + £2 non-refundable booking fee

Entries will be on a first come first served basis

Entries open Sunday 1 June 2025. Closing date Thursday 3 July 2025 (or earlier if full).

When you enter, please put the details of your Berry pony who will be accompanying you at the Event in the Entrant Notes box, plus info about you and your horse/pony. Please include age of horse and age of rider if under 18.

Perpetual Trophy, Rug and Sash to the Winner of each section

Rosettes to 10th Place and Prizes in kind in each section

Special Prizes (1st – 3rd) for Young Horses (5 & 6 year olds) in 90cm and 100cm

Starter’s Award for Good Horsemanship in each Class

The Jane Brown Perpetual Cup presented for Good Horsemanship in Showjumping in the 80cm Class (new for this year!)

Please note Classes may run in any order i.e. Class 1 will not necessarily be first. The order in which classes will run will be published online after close of entries. In the past the 80cm class has been the first class to run, followed by the 90cm, then the 100cm and 70cm.

Course Inspection: From 2 pm on Saturday 12 July 2025

Professional Event Riders will conduct FREE course walks on the afternoon of Saturday 12 July 2025. Info will be posted on the facebook page.

Riders will need to bring their own number bib. You will need to print A4 landscape copies of your rider number to go in the bib. It will be possible to download and print these from the eventing scores website https://www.eventingscores.co.uk/

All horses/ponies should have received a vaccination within 12 months of the date of the competition having already received their initial course of injections. There must be 7 clear days between the last vaccination and the date of the competition. Random checks will be taking place

To arrange stabling please contact Zoe Symes z.b.symes@gmail.com

It is compulsory that ALL riders wear hats/helmets at all times when mounted, with the chin strap done up. Hats that have not already been tagged with the pink British Eventing, Pony Club, Riding Club or Horse Events tag must be checked and tagged before starting the competition. The current hat standard requirements are available in the schedule.

The Level 3 blue BETA 2018 standard is required. The purple BETA 2009 safety certification will no longer be permitted. All riders must wear a BETA approved Level 3 body protector with the year 2018 shown on the label manufactured in the year 2018 or after for the XC phase and whenever else a body protector is worn. If a competitor chooses to wear an air jacket it must be worn over a permitted body protector for the XC phase. Air jackets may be worn for the SJ or dressage phases without a body protector.

Stopwatches Event stopwatches are permitted.

Whips may not be carried in the dressage phase. Only one whip, no longer than 120cms, may be carried when riding in. Whips for jumping phases are on a par with British Showjumping standards i.e. • The maximum length of the “Whip” is 70cm and must be no less than 45cm. • The overall weight of the whip maximum of 160g evenly distributed. • Minimum diameter of the shaft is 1cm • The “Contact area”, is considered to be two fifths of the overall length of the “Whip” and must be covered with a “Pad”. • There must be no “binding” within 17 centimetres of the end of the “Pad”. • The “Pad” must be smooth, with no protrusion or raised surface, and be made of shock absorbing material throughout its circumference such that it gives a compression factor of at least 6mm

This event is a Qualifier for the Horse Events National Unaffiliated SEG & Young Horse Eventing Championships 2025 Incorporating: * Amateur ONLY classes – Riders must meet eligibility criteria to ensure a true amateur class * Open class for young horses – open to all levels of rider with horse 4, 5 or 6 years in their 1st or 2nd year of eventing. * Schools Equestrian Games Eventing Championships – the Prestigious Schools Eventing series to find the Schools eventing champions. Championships 21st -22nd September – Dauntsey Park, Wiltshire. 80, 90 & 100cm For full information on how to qualify and venues visit: https://www.horse-events.co.uk/horse-events-national-eventing-championships/