SPSS News

The SPSS sponsored Open Potential Showjumping Pony Championships took place on Saturday 13th November as part of the IPS Auction Weekend at Aintree Equestrian Centre, Liverpool. There were 8 ponies entered - no 4 year olds, 3 5 year olds and 5 6 year olds and all competed. Entry was open to ponies up to and including 148cms (149 cms with shoes) in height and riders could be any age.

The Overall Champion was top 6 year old pony (pictured on left), the British-bred Part bred Welsh and Part bred Arab, Larchspur Santa Anita, ridden and owned by Sali Parry and bred by Sonia Whittington-Davis. Reserve Champion was the 2nd placed 6 year old, the Irish bred Connemara, Loughfadda Portduff, ridden by Zac Beasley, owned by Jemma Know and bred by Stephen Heanue. Morrigan Stud's Morrigan Mirhaid won the 5 year old class, ridden by the breeder's daughter Robyn HArris.

Full results including breeding and other information about the ponies is available here and there are more pictures of participants on our page on Facebook titled "Sports Pony Studbook Society (SPSS)".

Young Dressage Pony Championships 2010 - Results

The SPSS sponsored Young Dressage Pony Championships took place on Sunday 31^st October at Vale View Equestrian, Melton Mowbray. There were 17 ponies entered - split evenly between the 4 and 5 year old classes - and 15 ponies competed on the day. Sadly there were no 6 year old ponies entered. Entry was open to BD registered and un-registered ponies up to and including 148cms (149 cms with shoes) in height and riders/owners did not have to be BD members and could be any age.

The Overall Champion was top 5 year old pony, the German-bred Rufus, ridden and owned by Francesca Walker and Reserve Champion was the 4 year old winner, the British bred Delaroche Birthday Girl, ridden by Alice Perry, owned by Elaine Coleridge Smith and bred by Lucy Sheldrake.

Guest Judge, Herr Hans-Heinrich Bruening awards Rotherwood Signature his Graded Stallion rosette

Photograph by kind permission of Buttercross Photography

2010 Grading and In-Hand Premium Show Report

The main 2010 grading took place at Heart of England Equestrian Centre (16th & 17th October 2010) by kind permission of the Ballantyne family. A total of 7 new stallions and 8 new mares have graded into the SPSS studbook. The full results are given here with links to each pony's breeding. For the first time since the inaugural grading, a German judge, Herr Hans-Heinrich Bruening of the Hannoveraner Verband - Vorstand, officiated at the Gradings. Herr Bruening is a respected German breeder who is a frequent judge of mares foals and young horses at both German National and Regional Shows for both the Hannoverian Verband and for other Warmblood societies or organizations.

The stallion champion was the 146cm SPSS pony Bernwode Broadway, by Bernwode Brokat and the mare champion was the 148cm Bathleyhills Sea Spray by Chateau de Brion. More information about the successful ponies is given here

There were 25 ponies forward at the In-Hand Show, with the yearling colt, Bathleyhills Monet, by Casino Royale K, being awarded the Championship. The full show results are given here with links to each pony's breeding.

SPSS Annual General Meeting

The 2010 SPSS AGM is being held at Heart of England Equestrian, Hilderstone Road, Spot Acre, Nr. Stone, Staffordshire ST15 8RN on Friday 15th October 2010 at 7.30pm. Click here to download the Agenda.

Following the completion of the formal business, there will be a brief informal discussion about the sports pony breeding industry, how it is developing and how members would like the SPSS and its activities develop to reflect this. The BSJA stallion rules on jumping will also be discussed (and hopefully clarified) at this time.

2010 Main Grading & In-Hand Premium Show - Times Available

The Main 2010 Mare and Stallion Gradings will be held on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th October 2010 at Heart of England Equestrian, Staffordshire (by kind permission of Claire Ballantyne).

Outline Programme

Saturday 16^th October - from 9:30 am

SPSS Grading for Mares not exceeding 158 cms

Saturday 16^th October – from 12 noon

Open Broodmare and Youngstock In-Hand Premium Show

for stock not to mature above 158 cms

Classes for broodmares and foals to three year olds -

to be shown 'on the triangle' and loose

Sunday 17^th October

SPSS Grading for Stallions not exceeding 158 cms

This includes a BSJA Stallion Assessment

More information about the Grading can be found here while more information about timings including details of entrants for the Gradings and the In-Hand Premium Show schedule can be found here. The grading judges will be SPSS Chair, Mrs Celia Clarke, and Herr Hans-Heinrich Bruening of the Hannoveraner Verband - Vorstand. Herr Bruening is a respected German breeder who is a frequent judge of mares foals and young horses at both German National and Regional Shows for both the Hannoverian Verband and for other societies or organizations. Mrs Lynne Crowden of Woodlander Stud will be judging the In-Hand Show. Lynne is an experienced BEF Futurity Evaluator as well as a successful breeder of top competition horses.

Spectators are very welcome; entry is free. There will be a free programme with details of the ponies (including for sale) and commentary - plus a chance to purchase SPSS merchandise. There will also be complementary tea/coffee available all day and light refreshments will be available to purchase at lunchtime.

Good Results for SPSS Ponies in the 2010 Futurity Series

Full results for all Sports Ponies entered in the 2010 Baileys Horse Feeds are now available here and as well as the complete list of all Sports Pony scores, those gaining Elite Premiums, High Score Awards at the various venues and the Top Scoring Ponies across all venues (by age and discipline) are also highlighted. The SPSS is delighted that all of the Elite scoring ponies are all either by an SPSS graded stallion or out of a SPSS Graded mare as are a significant number of other high scoring ponies. All the stallions on the Pony Sires 2010 ranking list are SPSS Graded with the top scoring pony sire being Bernwode Brokat. In addition, if all progeny (ie both horse and pony) are included then the Dutch New Forest, SPSS Graded stallion, SOS Kantje's Unicolor, ranks an impressive 8th (out of 70 stallions!) in the "2010 All Disciplines with Sports Ponies" results.

2010 Main Grading & In-Hand Premium Show - Entries Open

The Main 2010 Mare and Stallion Gradings will be held on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th October 2010 at Heart of England Equestrian, Staffordshire (by kind permission of Claire Ballantyne). The Mare Grading will be on the Saturday, followed by an In-Hand Premium Show for youngstock. The Stallion Grading will be on the Sunday.

Outline Programme

Saturday 16^th October - from approx 9:00 am

SPSS Grading for Mares not exceeding 158 cms

Saturday 16^th October – not before 12:30pm

Open Broodmare and Youngstock In-Hand Premium Show

for stock not to mature above 158 cms

Classes for broodmares and foals to three year olds -

to be shown 'on the triangle' and loose

SPSS Members’ Stock may be marked ‘For Sale’ on request

Sunday 17^th October

SPSS Grading for Stallions not exceeding 158 cms

This will include a BSJA Stallion Assessment if required

More information about the Grading can be found here while an outline timetable and the In-Hand Premium Show schedule can be found here

Winners of SPSS Trophies at Pony Europeans

At the 2010 Pony European Championships, the SPSS presented trophies to the highest placed stallion, mare and British bred pony in each of Eventing, Jumping and Dressage Championships. The winners were:

British Bred:

Catherston Nutsafe (Eventing) by Catherston Nightsafe out of Catherston Dauntless (by Dutch Courage), bred by Lizzie Murray

Aroldo (Jumping) by Verdi out of Megan's Gift (Welsh Sec D), bred by Emma Harrison

Fijal Figaro (Dressage), by Peveril Peter Piper out of Woodfidley Soft Music (New Forest), bred by Barbara Stiles.

Mares:

Catherston Nutsafe (Eventing) by Catherston Nightsafe out of Catherston Dauntless (by Dutch Courage), bred by Lizzie Murray

Acapella Z (Jumping) by Alcamera La Silla out of Renata La Silla (by RamiroZ)

Golden Girl (Dressage) by FS Don't Worry out of Golden Dream (by PRH Dancer)

Stallions:

Knock Out (Eventing) by Krimh out of Shannon van de Bossenhoeve (by Diplomat)

Idefix du Villon (Jumping) by Quignon du Parc out of Hilda des Ludes (by Urrachree Breeze)

Deinhard B (Dressage) by Dornick B out of Gwenduline B (by Golden Dancer)

Interestingly, just the 3 mare winners won between them an amazing 9 medals!! Catherston Nutsafe won Eventing Team Gold (and was 5th individually), Acapella Z won Team Silver and Individual Gold and Golden Girl won Team Gold, Individual Silver and then Gold in the Kur Championships.

More information on these trophy winners including pictures of both the presentations and the ponies in action is given here.

Catherston Nutsafe - Highest Placed Eventing British Bred and Highest Placed Eventing Mare clears the SPSS sponsored fence

SPSS Now On Site and Reporting from the Pony Europeans

The SPSS is now onsite and reporting from the 2010 Pony European Championships - read about the measuring and trot up in our blog here or find us on Facebook for updates during the day. Or come along and support the event!! Sarah Steggall, the Studbook Manager, will be on-site from Friday ready to discuss grading, breeding or other (relevant!) subjects - find our Display Boards in the Bishop Burton Marquee (in the Trade Stand area, near the scoreboard) and if she's not there there will be instructions on how to contact her.

Click here to find out more about the Championships including outline timetable

Announcing the SPSS Pony Europeans Blog!!

The 2010 Pony European Championships is being held at Bishop Burton College, near Beverley, East Yorkshire from 27th July to 1st August. The SPSS is a sponsor (see here for more information) and to make the most of our involvement, we've decided to keep a blog of the latest news and results both in the lead up and during the event.

Click here to jump to the blog

Click here to find out more about the Championships including outline timetable

2010 FEI Pony European Championships

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Beverley, East Yorkshire

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South West Mare Grading in August

In 2010, as well as the Main Grading and In-Hand Premium Show (16/17th October at Heart of England Equestrian, Staffordshire - click here for more information) there will be a Mares only grading in Cornwall on Sunday 15th August 2010. Click here for more information and Entry Forms.

Entry Forms for the Main Grading and the In-Hand Show Schedule & Entry Form will be available here from early August.

Photos wanted!!

As part of the SPSS's sponsorship of the 2010 Pony European Championships, which are being held at Bishop Burton College's Equine Centre in East Yorkshire from 27th July to 1st August, we have space for the display boards pictured opposite. These new boards will be used at the Pony Europeans and other events to showcase the SPSS and will include pictures and information about all the stallions standing with the SPSS this year. However, we also want to show off the range and quality of SPSS youngstock. Hence, we are searching for the best photos of SPSS registered youngstock and older ponies (or even small horses), with at least one parent graded with the SPSS, to be displayed on the boards.

Hence, we are inviting members to submit high resolution photos (suitable for printing at approximately 5x7") along with information about the subject (name, sex, date of birth, sire, dam, damsire, breeder, age in photo and a sentence or two about the pony if desired). The best photos will then be selected for the boards. Please make sure before sending any pictures that you have the specific permission of the photographer - note that purchasing a printed copy of a professional photo does NOT give the right for it to be reproduced and displayed on these boards!!

Photos and other information should be emailed to the by 19th July at the latest (earlier is better though please!!). Please confirm in the email that you have the photographer's permission!!

Young Dressage Pony Championships 2010

The SPSS is delighted to announce that there will be a Young Dressage Pony Championships this year at Vale View Equestrian, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire on Sunday 31^st October. This Championships is being sponsored by the SPSS, supported by BD and organised and run by VVEq as part of their BD Affiliated Show on that date - so there are other classes (including unaffiliated so open to non-BD members/ponies) running offering the opportunity for Young Ponies to be entered in another classes if desired

There are sections for 4, 5 and 6 year old ponies and (this year) there are no qualifiers, so entry is direct to the Championships and is open to BD registered and un-registered ponies up to and including 148cms (149 cms with shoes) in height and riders/owners need not be BD members and may be any age. Although late entries will be accepted if there is still space in the class, early entry is advised.

More information (including Schedule and Entry Form) is available here

SPSS Now on Facebook!!

The SPSS now has a page on Facebook titled "Sports Pony Studbook Society (SPSS)". This will be used to distribute news about updates to this website as well as to send reminders about key events and other interesting information!! The page on Facebook will generally point people back at this site for more information and we believe will complement this site nicely and help 'spread the word' about the Studbook.

If you would like to become a Fan of our page and receive the feeds to your Facebook page, then please click on the logo on the right or on the "Find Us on Facebook" logo at the top of the page and you'll go to our page and be able to connect with us by clicking the 'Like' button at the top of the page.

Aimbry Chester

Thursden Vallye Raphael

Photo by kind permission of RTI

News about Aimbry Chester Progeny

Trudy Golding of End House Stud, owner of SPSS Graded stallion Aimbry Chester has sent news about two of his progeny.

Thursden Vallye Raphael (damsire Yealand Night Owl (NPS)), has qualified for The Cuddy In Hand Final at HOYS 2010 and Harbour Diamond Girl (Mullens Malibu) has qualified for the Hickstead Amateur Derby 2010. Despite only being 14.3hh, Harbour Diamond Girl has BSJA Showjumper winnings of approximately £300, is jumping double clears in Newcomers and Foxhunter classes and is qualified for the Welsh Masters. She is also jumping in 1m 35 classes.

Chester is pictured on the left in the SPSS rug which was presented to him, together with a Certificate of Excellence, at the 2008 Grading to honour his regular achievement of being the most utilised SPSS stallion. This was the first time that the SPSS has recognised a stallion in this way.

News about Rughavens Jackpot

Claire Knowles, owner of SPSS graded stallion Rughaven's Jackpot (known as JJ) has sent in the following news about him:

"This season JJ has been out competing in Para classes for the first time. His rider, Rachel Maddocks, is classified as Grade 4, meaning that she has to compete in classes equivalent to Medium level in standard dressage. Rachel had never competed higher than Novice before riding JJ. Despite this, JJ and Rachel have won 7 out of the 9 classes that they have entered and together they have qualified for the Para Nationals to be held at Hickstead on June 22nd.

JJ has also competed in able bodied Medium level dressage classes, where he gained 69%. Once he has contested the Para Nationals, JJ will be out competing at Advanced Medium, with the aim of contesting the Area Festivals this summer."

The pictures on the right are of JJ and Rachel competing at the Hickstead Para Premier League Show.

We wish Rachel and JJ the best of luck at the Para Nationals and in their other competitions and look forward to hearing of more successes.

International Pony Showcase and Auction

The 2nd International Pony Showcase and Auction will be held at Aintree on the 13th and 14th November 2010. This event is about promoting sport pony breeding in the UK and is a weekend event which includes classes for potential sports ponies and the IPS Challenge.

On the Saturday there is opportunity to view and try the auction horses and ponies plus there will be the SPSS sponsored Potential Pony Show Jumper Championship and the IPS Challenge for 3, 4, and 5 year old ponies bought through IPS 2009.

The auction starts at 10am on the Sunday with all lots shown in the working in area and in the main arena before they go to the sales ring. All 3, 4, and 5 year old ponies bought at the IPS Auction in 2010 are eligible for the IPS £1000 challenge in 2011.

The event will also feature an evening Masterclass with top UK dressage rider and trainer Carl Hester on Saturday 13th November at 7pm. For more information about the event see the IPS website

2010 Futurity Evaluations - Entries Now Open

More information on the Futurity Evaluations, including the latest list of dates, is available here. Entries opened on 1 June 2010, from a link on this part of the BEF website Venues are filling fast, so don't delay!!

Pictured on the right is Catherston Bit of Gold by SPSS sire Littledale Bright Star out of Catherston Goldberg (WBB(UK)) by Catherston Gold Eagle (WBB(UK)); Breeder: Jennie Loriston-Clarke. . Bit of Gold was the 2009 highest scoring pony foal and also the highest scoring pony over all years so far

Photo by Colin Greenlees

2010 Foal Reports - Pictures start to arrive!

This year, the first foal report of the year has come from Gabrielle Williams who reports that a colt foal, Ice, by their stallion Arnie de Burgh was born on 24th February. Ice is the first foal for the Anita William's TBx mare, Missed The Boat. Gabrielle also reported that Arnie de Burgh has been busy! He attended the inaugural Stallion Expo on the 13/14 Feb, then started his covering season and - weather permitting - is off to his first One Day Event of the season!! See his picture on the foals page - here

If anyone else has had or is awaiting a foal by a SPSS graded stallion or out of a SPSS graded mare, then please send us a picture for the foals page. There is a link on the page to email in pictures – but please note that you must have the permission from the photographer for any pictures sent for the website. Please also include the foals name, colour, sex, parents names and date of birth :-)

SPSS Souvenir Booklet

2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the formation of the SPSS and to celebrate this, we have produced a special anniversary Souvenir Booklet and Stallion Guide.

The booklet is A5 size, full colour on quality, glossy paper and we have had 1,000 printed to distribute throughout the year at major pony events (including the BEF Futurity Evaluations, the 2010 Pony European Championships , SPSS Gradings and In-Hand Show and the Young Dressage Pony Championships). We have also mailed a copy to SPSS members in time to influence stallion choices for the year!

As well as the stallion guide, the booklet also includes information about the SPSS and some interesting articles.

Celebrating 10 years of Success

Photos by kind permission of Fotograffs

Success for Showtime II

SPSS Head Office was delighted to recently receive an update on one of our early graded stallions, Showtime II. He is a 147cm, black tobiano who was born in Ireland in 1998 and graded with the SPSS as a 3 year old in September 2001. Showtime also graded with the BSPA in November 2001 and then got some good competition results in 2002/3 and successfully competed with British Eventing in 2004. Showtime is descended from Harness Racing stock on his Sire's side while his Dam's breeding was unknown.

Showtime was unfortunately gelded at the end of 2007 and was then bought by Taggy Forester-Bennett in Jan 2008. Since then, it is reported that he has gone from strength to strength being a true case of one pony does all! As shown by the photos opposite, he has hunted and competed, he's been to pony club camp and he is viewed by Taggy and her family as a girl's best friend.

Taggy, who recently turned 13, and Showtime were third in the Pony Club Area Novice Eventing and won the Pony Club Area Show jumping on him in 2008 but because of family commitments did not go to the Championships that year. In 2009 she qualified for both and went to the PC National Championships in Cheshire where she was tenth in the show jumping and third in the Eventing when they finished on their dressage score of 33. Showtime, or Midget as he is called at home, and Taggy won every XC they entered in 2009! These were usually 2'9 to 3'3 courses and they also won the Blundells schools 1m ODE in September 09, Wellington School Show Jumping 3'3 in September 2009 and won as part of a team for the Devon BSJA team at Polimore (Exeter Equestrian Centre last spring).

For 2010 - Taggy and Showtime have now registered with British Evening and intend to get out and achieve two clears cross country at 90cms before moving on up to BE100. Taggy's ambition is to get onto the BE team as soon as possible and this pony could do it!! He is truly a versatile sports pony and we wish them the best of luck for 2010 and beyond.

New On-line Magazine for Breeders

Horse Breeders Magazine is an on-line magazine for professional and amateur horse and pony breeders which launched in October 2009. The magazine is for breeders by breeders and features articles, horses and ponies for sale, stallions and studs in profile and has been reviewed by Horse and Country TV here.

The January Issue featured an exclusive interview with SPSS Studbook Manager and pony breeder Sarah Steggall of Bernwode Stud - click here to read it. As well as talking about her stud, Sarah offers some good advice to mare owners on selecting the best stallion for their mare. In the February issue, SPSS Breeder, Penny Walster, starts telling 'Harry's Story' by explaining how she found her SPSS Graded stallion Thistledown Copper Lustre ('Harry') and started breeding sports ponies. In December 09, there was also an exclusive interview with SPSS Grading Judge, Lynne Crowden (here) and SPSS Chair, Celia Clarke, and the BEF's Jan Rogers talk about the BEF Futurity Evaluations (here). Horse Breeders Magazine are on the look out for contributors so have a look and contact them if you are a budding author!!

The SPSS sponsored Award for Top Sire of Performance Ponies 2009 awarded to Ashfield MacTalla

Photo by kind permission of British Breeding and Trevor Meeks

SPSS Award for the Top Sire of Performance Ponies

At the 2010 British Breeding Dinner, SPSS Secretary Sarah Steggall presented the SPSS sponsored British Breeding Award for the Top Sire of Performance Ponies to Ashfield MacTalla, a 20 year old grey Connemara stallion sired by Ormond Oliver out of Ashfield Lor Sparrow by Carna Bobby. Owned by Miss Sue Rowe of Trewithian Stud, Cornwall, "Mac" was bred in Ireland in 1990 the brought over to England as a yearling.

Ashfield MacTalla has sired many pure bred Connemaras and part breds that are doing well in the show ring, eventing and show jumping. His greatest achievement is the home bred "Trewithian Bracken" who represented Great Britain to gain the Team Silver Medal in the Junior Event Team at Moorsele 2009. Ashfield MacTalla was graded into the SPSS Studbook in last October and, as the sire of an International event pony, he was awarded the accolade of 'Elite' to the delight of his owner. Bracken’s full brother, Trewithian Speedwell, just broken, is shaping up to follow in his brother’s footsteps.

SPSS Graded Ponies Rewarded at British Breeding Dinner

At the British Breeding Dinner in January 2010, the Baileys Horse Feeds/BEF Futurity recognised for the first time the consistent contribution of sires and dams in each discipline over the years for which they have collected more data. Based on combined results for 2008 and 2009, owners and/or breeders of the highest scoring horses and ponies were invited on stage to pick up a parchment scroll and rosette. These awards, sponsored by Baileys Horse Feeds, were for horses resident in the UK only and SPSS graded ponies swept the board!!

The Futurity Certificate of Merit for Sports Pony Leading Sire was shared between Catherston Stud's Littledale Bright Star (sire Catherston Nightsafe) and Bernwode Stud's Bernwode Brokat (sire Brillant). Both of these stallions are established SPSS graded sires who are producing quality stock each year and they each had the excellent average score from their top 3 scoring progeny of 8.84.

Bernwode Brokat's 3 contributing scores were from: Bernwode Brikvit (out of Bernwode Dorina by Viktoria's Chirac) who achieved the Elite score of 9.0 as a 2 year old in 2009; Delaroche Breve (out of Bernwode Evelina S by Prins Alfred) who scored 8.87 as a yearling in 2008; and Bernwode Golden Delicious (out of Golden Dream by Golden Dancer) who scored 8.64 as a foal in 2009.

Littledale Bright Star's contributing scores were from: Catherston Goldberg 2009 (out of Catherston Goldberg by Catherston Gold Eagle) who achieved the Elite score of 9.36 as a foal in 2009; Trevaliant Button Moon (out of Catherston Diamante by Catherston Dazzler) who scored 8.63 as a 2 year old in 2008; and Catherston Bright Spark (out of Lilibet by Liboi) who scored 8.53 as a 2 year old in 2008.

To complete a perfect result for SPSS Ponies, Delaroche Stud's Bernwode Evelina S was awarded the Sports Pony Leading Dam Futurity Certificate of Merit based the excellent average progeny score of 8.96. The contributors to the score were Delaroche Breve (by Bernwode Brokat) who scored 8.87 as a yearling in 2008 and Delaroche Laureve (by Lauriston) who achieved Elite level as a yearling in 2009 with a score of 9.04.

The entries open for the 2010 Futurity Evaluations on 1st June, from a link on this part of the BEF website. Hopefully 2010 will be another great year for SPSS ponies!!

Jane Buchan from Baileys with Sarah Steggall for Bernwode Brokat and Frances Smither for Littledale Brightstar

Jane Buchan with Lucy Sheldrake for Bernwode Evelina S

Photos by kind permission of British Breeding and Trevor Meeks

KEY DATES IN 2010

Provisional Dates are now available for key breeding events in 2010. Please check with the organisers for any changes.

Performance and Sport Horse and Pony Lead Body Stallion Parade

21 March 2010 - Hartpury College - eventing and showjumping sires in the afternoon, dressage sires in the evening. Details from Celia Clarke on 01280 812281;

Baileys Horse Feeds/BEF Futurity Young Horse Evaluations 2010.

Date	Day	Venue	Location
13-Jul	Tue	The Grange	Okehampton, Devon
15-Jul	Thu	Solihull RC	West Midlands
20-Jul	Tue	Plumpton College	Lewes, East Sussex
22-Jul	Thu	The College EC	Keysoe, Bedfordshire
27-Jul	Tue	Alsager EC	Stoke-on-Trent
29-Jul	Thu	Arena UK	Nr Grantham, Lincolnshire
03-Aug	Tue	Myerscough EC	Preston, Lancashire
05-Aug	Thu	Triley Fields EC	Monmouthshire, Wales
10-Aug	Tue	Richmond EC	N Yorkshire
12-Aug	Thu	Solihull RC	West Midlands
17-Aug	Tue	Catherston Stud	Hants
19-Aug	Thu	Fountain Equestrian	Scotland
24-Aug	Tue	Writtle College	Essex
26-Aug	Thu	Tall Trees	Cornwall
31-Aug	Tue	Plumpton College	East Sussex

More information on the Futurity Evaluations is available here. Entries open 1 June 2010, from a link on this part of the BEF website

2010 Pony European Championships

These are being held at Bishop Burton College's Equine Centre in East Yorkshire from 27th July to 1st August.

15th October (evening) - SPSS AGM - Heart of England Equestrian, Staffordshire

16th & 17th October - SPSS 2010 Stallion & Mare Grading with In Hand Premium Show - Heart of England Equestrian, Staffordshire - click here for more information

Improved Guidance on Obtaining a Passport

The Information/FAQ and Passports pages have been updated with improved guidance about how to get a passport for your foal - PLEASE READ before submitting a passport application as it will help Head Office process your passport quickly and mean that you won't have to get your vet out again to complete missing paperwork/DNA/ID chip.

IMPORTANT NOTICE about Foal Registrations

Please note that DEFRA have mandated that additional information is included on the ID page of all passports from 1 July 09. Hence, it is important that for all foals registered after 1 July 09, the ID section of NEW version of the Youngstock Registration Form is completed by a vet rather than the back of the covering certificate as that ID section is now out of date. The latest version of the Youngstock Registration Form has Sep 09 in top right corner (click here to download). Please call Head Office (contact details at top of page) if you have any queries.

So to summarise: All foal registrations after 1st July 09 require a completed Youngstock Registration form (Sep 09 version) with the ID page completed by a Vet.

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