Rufford Pony Club - Branch/Centre Individual & Team Dressage Competition 26th April 2025
Rufford Hunt
Rufford Pony Club - Branch/Centre Individual & Team Dressage Competition 26th April 2025 is being organised by Rufford Pony Club and the booking agent is Equine Bookings
| Event Date: | 26/04/2025 09:00 |
| Booking Closes: | 21/04/2025 23:59 |
| Withdrawal Date: | 17/04/2025 |
| Times Issued: |
24/04/2025 (not before 6pm)
(On Pony Club Results Website) |
Please note medical cover is included in the cost of entry for this event.
If you are a team manager and need team manager permissions adding to your account please request an account upgrade to grant you access to view and manage your team entries.
Request Permissions(CAN be commanded) – riders in this class cannot enter any other class
(CAN be commanded) – riders in this class can only enter Class 4 if they wish to enter a second class
(CAN be commanded) – riders in this class can only enter Class 5 if they wish to enter a second class.
(CAN be commanded in line with Area and Regional Championship Dressage Rules 2025 and Area and Regional Championship Eventing Rules 2025)
(CAN be commanded in line with Area and Regional Championship Dressage Rules 2025 and Area and Regional Championship Eventing rules 2025)
(CAN be commanded in line with Area Dressage Rules 2025 only)
(CAN be commanded in line with Area Dressage Rules 2025 only)
Pony Club Novice Dressage 2020
Pony Club Novice Dressage 2020
CLASS 10: Intermediate – Pony Club Intermediate Dressage 2024 (New)
CLASS 11: Open – Individual Class only – Pony Club Open Dressage Test 2020
CLASS 12: PC90 – Individual Class Only – PC90 EventingTest 2025 (New)
CLASS 13: PC 100 – Individual Class only – PC100 EventingTest 2015
PC110 and Chairman’s Cup – Individual Class Only – PC110 EventingTest 2022
Individual Class Only – Select a test from : BD Intro 3 (2024); BD Prelim 2 (2024); BD Novice 2 (2024)
BD INTRO 1 (2024)
BD PRELIM 1 (2024)
BD NOVICE 1 (2024)
Withdrawal Date: 17/04/2025
Before the closing date please login to your Horse Events Account and cancel your entry. To withdraw after the closing date please contact the event Secretary shepheard579@btinternet.com
No Refunds after the withdrawal date for whatever reason. Before this date full refunds to be given.
In the unfortunate situation of the event having to cancel 50% of your entry fee will be refunded, minus any Booking fees.
After the closing date please contact the event Secretary shepheard579@btinternet.com to make any changes
Danethorpe Lane
Collingham
NG24 2PB
Part of the Bloomfields Horseboxes and Team Bloomfields Equestrian Area 6 Winter Dressage League
RUFFORD PONY CLUB – BRANCH/CENTRE INDIVIDUAL & TEAM DRESSAGE COMPETITION INCORPORATING 2025 AREA DRESSAGE AND AREA EVENTING TESTS
INCLUDING 2025 EQUINE SPORTS UK (ESUK) GRASSROOTS CHAMPIONSHIPS DRESSAGE QUALIFIERS OPEN TO NON PONY CLUB MEMBERS
Entries Close: Thursday 17th April 2025 – Any entry updates prior to closing date, please edit the entry via your horse-events account. Entry queries after this time to Diane Shepheard on shepheard579@btinternet.com
Entries will be sent to DCs or nominated team managers for team confirmations by Monday 21st April. We will attempt to create mixed teams where possible. Times will be available on Thursday 24th April on www.ponyclubresults.co.uk
The official photographer is www.traffordequestrian.co.ukOther than parents photographing their own children, no other photographers will be permitted on site. Photographic rights – participants and their parents/guardians give permission for any photographs taken by the designated photographer at the event to be developed for sale and published on the internet only for the purposes of resale or for Rufford Pony Club publicity purposes.
ENTRIES – FEES PER CLASS (INCLUDES TEAM ENTRY)
Please note, late entries will incur an additional late fee of £5 and will only be accepted where there is a space.
All Classes £16 (Rufford PC members £12) + £1.45 Booking Fee
Trained First Aiders on Site
ROSETTES: Individuals to 6th place all classes/sections, Teams to 4th place unless class is specified as individual only – all Class 1 and 2 entrants will receive a rosette.
CLASSES 1-14 – Ages as at 1st January 2025 (checked on entry) and are open to Pony Club Branch and Centre members only. CLASSES 15-18 ONLY – open to all NON Pony Club Branch and Centre Members
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CLASS 1: 10 years & under – Lead rein only – Pony Club Walk & Trot Dressage Test 2022 (CAN be commanded) – riders in this class cannot enter any other class
CLASS 2: 13 years & under – Non- lead rein only – Pony Club Walk & Trot Dressage Test 2022 (CAN be commanded) – riders in this class can only enter Class 4 if they wish to enter a second class
CLASS 3: 14 years and over – Individual Class only – Pony Club Walk & Trot Dressage Test 2022 (CAN be commanded) – riders in this class can only enter Class 5 if they wish to enter a second class.
CLASS 4: 13 years and under – PC70 – Pony Club Preliminary PC70 Dressage Test 2022 (CAN be commanded in line with Area and Regional Championship Dressage Rules 2025 and Area and Regional Championship Eventing Rules 2025)
CLASS 5: 14 years and over – Individual Class only – PC70 PLUS – Pony Club Preliminary PC70 Dressage Test 2022 (CAN be commanded in line with Area and Regional Championship Dressage Rules 2025 and Area and Regional Championship Eventing rules 2025)
CLASS 6: 13 years & under – PC80 – Pony Club Grassroots PC80 Dressage Test 2018 (CAN be commanded in line with Area Dressage Rules 2025 only)
CLASS 7: 14 years & over – PC80 – Pony Club Grassroots PC80 Dressage Test 2018 (CAN be commanded in line with Area Dressage Rules 2025 only) The following tests CANNOT be commanded in line with the Area and Championship Dressage Rules 2025
CLASS 8: Novice 13 years & under–Pony Club Novice Dressage 2020 CLASS 9: Novice 14 years & over–Pony Club Novice Dressage 2020
CLASS 10: Intermediate – Pony Club Intermediate Dressage 2024 (New)
CLASS 11: Open – Individual Class only – Pony Club Open Dressage Test 2020 The following tests CANNOT be commanded in line with the Area and Championship Eventing Rules 2025
CLASS 12: PC90 – Individual Class Only – PC90 Eventing Test 2025 (New)
CLASS 13: PC 100 – Individual Class only – PC100 Eventing Test 2015
CLASS 14: PC110 and Chairman’s Cup – Individual Class Only – PC110 Eventing Test 2022
ESUK CLASSES –all short arena
CLASS 15: BD PICK YOUR OWN – Individual Class Only – Select a test from : BD Intro 3 (2024); BD Prelim 2 (2024); BD Novice 2 (2024)
CLASS 16: INTRO ESUK GRASSROOTS CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER – Individual Class Only – BD INTRO 1 (2024)
CLASS 17: PRELIM ESUK GRASSROOTS CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER – Individual Class Only – BD PRELIM 1 (2024)
CLASS 18: NOVICE ESUK GRASSROOTS CHAMPIONSHIPS QUALIFIER – Individual Class Only – BD NOVICE 1 (2024)
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
1. Legal Liability: Save for the death or personal injury caused by the negligence of the organisers, or anyone for whom they are in law responsible, neither the organisers of this event or The Pony Club nor any agent, employee or representative of these bodies, nor the landlord or his tenant, accepts any liability for any accident, loss, damage, injury or illness to horses, owners, riders, spectators, land, cars, their contents and accessories, or any other person or property whatsoever. Entries are only accepted on this basis
2. Health & Safety: Organisers of this event have taken reasonable precautions to ensure the health and safety of everyone present. For these measures to be effective, everyone must take all reasonable precautions to avoid and prevent accidents occurring and must obey the instructions of the organisers and all the officials and stewards
3. Competitors who are not members of the Pony Club are not covered by the Pony Club insurance and must have their own third party cover. The Rufford Branch of the Pony Club and the organisers of this event are not legally responsible for non-members and their insurance will not cover you.
4. The event will be run under Pony Club Dressage Rules 2025 and it is the responsibility of the competitors to make sure that they understand and adhere to the rules. Please note there are additional rules in 2025 relating to the use of spurs, bridle clips and length of whip allowed.
Dressage – The Pony Club Sports (pcuk.org)
5. Classes 15-18. This competition is affiliated to Equine Sports UK( ESUK) and will be run under ESUK Rules.
ESUK Rules (equinesportsuk.com)
6. The event venue stipulates all horses/ponies entering the event site must comply with 2025 Pony Club vaccination rules – passports must accompany all horses/ponies and spot checks may be undertaken – no horse or pony to
have been vaccinated within 7 days of the event.
7. Please ensure that the riding hat is tagged in line with the pony club rules (pink tags).
8. Classes 1 and 2 ONLY may be ridden in normal riding tack in line with the General Sport rules.
9. Any late changes to teams must be made to the Secretary 30 minutes prior to the advertised class time.
10. NO substitutions after teams have been declared
11. Copies of tests can be downloaded from the Pony Club website
12. The organisers’ reserve the right to alter, amend or cancel any class / amalgamate sections where there are insufficient entries or split classes if oversubscribed and reserve the right to disqualify anyone for misuse of the whip or spurs, dangerous riding or any horse/pony in poor or lame condition, and to refuse any entry for any reason at their sole discretion..
13. The event will follow 2025 withdrawal and abandonment Rule 7 and 8 regarding refunds – If a member, branch or centre withdraws a team or individual prior to the closing date for a competition, a full refund of entry will be made by horse-events, less an administration charge. Withdrawals after the closing date for competition will not be refunded.
14. In the event of a competition being abandoned, for whatever reason, a refund of 50% of the entry fee will be given.
15. All Pony Club dressage classes will receive points for the 2024/25 Winter League according to the rules.
16. Eventing tests do not form part of the 2024/25 Winter League so will not be awarded points for the Winter League.
17. Strictly NO mucking out onto the parking area. Please use poo pickers provided for horse walks and warm up areas.
18. NO prams/pushchairs, wheelchairs or mobility vehicles allowed in any warm up area or horse walks
19. This show is affiliated to Equine Sports UK (ESUK) Grassroots Championships taking place at Arena UK, Grantham, Lincolnshire on the 31st July – 1st August 2025. The three highest placed exhibits will qualify in classes 16-18.
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