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Month: March 2025

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EHOA Events International Membership Owners

VIP Hospitality Discount Offer Burnham Market

The team at Musketeer Event Management are offering all Owners a 20% discount on full ringside hospitality at Barefoot Retreats Burnham Market. This is in addition to the complimentary offering in the Owners Tent, hosted by the EHOA, overlooking the Main Arena.

Take advantage of this all-day access to the hospitality marquee, with a relaxed atmosphere, with prime viewing of the show jumping arena, forward parking, an event program, 2 course buffet style lunch, and further refreshments including tea and coffee, and wine and beer.

To book simply use the code BMIHT25_20EHOA when booking your hospitality through www.musketeer.co.uk .

See you at Burnham in a couple of weeks.

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EHOA Events Membership

Highest Placed EHOA Member at BEDE Events 2025

The EHOA are delighted announce a collaboration with BEDE for members competing at their events. The highest placed EHOA member in each section will receive a special rosette. On their score boards you will see an ‘E’ behind the riders name if there are eligible.

Please complete this form to make sure you included: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScvy6V4TdzDnjvotT6PgUmjvzpQvuv-y7qvv1ufWY0l46NYbA/viewform?usp=dialog

Any questions, please do get in touch.

Many thanks,

Alex

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EHOA Events Owners

The Spring Carnival at Thoresby

The Spring Carnival at Thoresby starts on Thursday so event details a little earlier than normal this week.

Thoresby – Thoresby Park, Netherfield Lane, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 9EP

Oxstalls (1) – Oxstalls Farm, Rodmarton Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL6 8HZ

Event Specifics:

Thoresby

  1. Entrance Policy – No passes other than those issued by The Eventing Spring Carnival will admit to the Event. Owners must park in the designated car park. There will not be able to have cars in the Lorry Park.
  2. Heads up: BEDE have made a few changes to the layout to help you access all the relevant areas as easily as possible. ALL show jumping will now take place on the lawns, this is a 3 min walk from the Owners Car Park. If you have National Horses competing at the event, then we suggest you park on the left-hand side of the car park, which is the closest to the National Dressage.
  3. If you are heading to the event on Thursday, there are no passes needed, however you will need to collect a token from the Visitor’s Centre (in the courtyard) to leave the car park. If you go to the Visitor’s Centre and show your Owners Car Pass you can collect your token for the barrier on the exit.
  4. On arrival if you head to the event office, you can collect your badges which will allow you access to the Owners Pavilion.
  5. BEDE put on an Owners Pavillion which is next to the main arena show jumping arena, do please make use of this facility. Please help by bringing your reuseable cup for complimentary tea’s & coffee’s. There will be streaming H&C CCTV coverage in the pavilion.
  6. BEDE invite you to bring your food into the pavilion to watch the Main Arena action and also the cross country from the CCTV coverage.
  7. Registered Owners should have received your passes, and syndicate & corporate passes have also been emailed, if you have not received the passes you were expecting, please email the BEDE box office – tickets@bedeltd.co.uk, prior to your arrival.
  8. An Eventful Life will be filming, use your EHOA discount code to get a video of your horse – www.an-eventful-life.com.au/xc-video
  9. More details on: www.bede-events.co.uk

In relation to Thoresby for those members attending in person – Lycetts are generously inviting all EHOA members at the event to join them for a drink. You will find the team in the Walled Garden on Thursday and Friday for the dressage, and at the Water Jump on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday for the cross-country. Come and say hello and enjoy a beverage. They are looking forward to seeing you there! Attached is your invitation.

Oxstalls

  1. Directions – The event will be signed from the A419 from both directions. DO NOT GO INTO FRAMPTON MANSELL. Take the turning by the Jolly Nice Farm shop towards Rodmarton, and the entrance is half a mile down there on the left.
  2. Dressage sheets – Please leave a SAE / your email address at the secretaries should you wish to have a record of your horses’ visit to the dressage this week.
  3. Dogs on leads at all times please.
  4. Equireel on site filming.

All the scores for this week can be found on eventingscores.co.uk and via the British Eventing website. If you are unable to attend Thoresby in person, Horse & Country TV will be streaming the action – https://horseandcountry.tv/event/eventing-spring-carnival

Good luck to you all.

Alex

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EHOA Events International Membership

Eventing Week 4

Eventing this week takes place at the following locations:

Barbury Castle – Barbury Castle Estate, Rockley, Nr Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1RS

Munstead – Heath Farm, Munstead, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1UN

Horseheath – Horseheath Racecourse, Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, CB21 4QF

Northallerton – Northallerton Equestrian Centre, Myers Lane, Yafforth, Northallerton, North Yorks, DL7 0LH

Event Specifics

Barbury

  1. All owners are welcome and the event is free to access.
  2. The Owner facility supported by the EHOA will be attached to the main marquee and overlooking the cross country course will be heated (if required) with light refreshments, teas and coffees
  3. Up to three pairs of registered owners of competing horses will gain entry via their e-ticket / BE Membership card. Any difficulties regarding this, please email info@musketeer.co.uk
  4. Just a heads up the M4 is closed at J18-19 (Bristol – Bath/Badminton) from 9pm on Friday evening until 6am on Monday morning, for bridge demolition. If you are travelling from the west of J18 (i.e. Bristol, Wales, parts of Gloucestershire and the SW), then you will need to find an alternative route
  5. Dogs on leads please
  6. Photographer: https://www.topshots.org.uk/
  7. Equireel onsite filming
  8. All prize money claim forms MUST be with the event by Monday 14th April
  9. More details on: www.barburyhorsetrials.co.uk/new/

Northallerton

  1. Entrance policy -each car with a current BE membership QR card will be admitted including all occupants. Please follow the signs to EQUESTRIAN CENTRE/HORSE TRIALS
  2. Blue Badge Holders can park in the yard
  3. ‘Pop up Cafe’ in lorry park for Tea, Coffee, Cold Drinks, Bacon Butties until 11, Sandwich type meal deals on offer too. CASH helpful
  4. Next to the jumping arena – Tiffanys Cafe open for Hot Food, Cake etc
  5. Photographer: www.pauldobsonphotograhy.co.uk
  6. More details on: www.northallertonequestriancentre.co.uk/

Munstead

  1. M25 is shut all weekend between junctions 10 and 11. Please check your route and allow extra time
  2. Entrance Policy – each car with a current BE membership QR card will be admitted including all occupants otherwise £10 per car or £5 per person (i.e. a car with four people costs £10 or a car with one person costs £5).
  3. Please display your competitor number in the front windscreen of all vehicles (particularly for cars containing owners/grooms)
  4. No cars will be allowed in the lorry park due to limited space. It is a compact site, so the car park is not far from the Lorry park.
  5. Photographer: https://eophoto.co.uk/
  6. Videos from Equireel
  7. Prize Money Claim Form available here
  8. More Details on: www.munsteadhorsetrials.com

Horseheath

  1. All Spectators welcome
  2. Horseheath is an excellent viewing course with all 3 phases easily accessible from the car park, and the central marquee will provide focus for all participants and shelter if the weather is inclement.
  3. Owner hospitality on offer, supported by the EHOA
  4. Dog on leads please

General News

As always, all this weekend’s results can be found on www.eventingscores.co.uk

Reminder for all grassroots competitors and Owners, we are running a webinar on Monday 24th March at 19:00 – aimed at people heading towards the Grassroots Championships at Badminton in May. If you would like to join, please email: Alex.vantuyll@ehoa.org and I will send the Microsoft teams invitation across.

The Plum Rowland League is back up and running in 2025, generously supported by An Eventful Life, keep up with the action here: https://www.an-eventful-life.com.au/ukeurope/uk/ehoa-plum-rowland-under-21-league-2025 There is a class at Barbury this weekend so results will be updated early next week.

Good news for the veterans amongst us – the Veterans League is back for 2025 and will be run by Alex Mawdesley. Please contact him if you have any questions: alex.mawdesley@ehoa.org

Finally, the EHOA are delighted to be sponsoring a new initiative for grassroots owner riders in 2025. The initiative will see the Association support specific owner rider sections from BE 90 and BE 100 classes at 6 events in 2025. The first being a BE 100 section at Calmsden on Saturday 18th April. The Association will give additional prize money on top of what the event gives to those owner riders placed 1st – 6th, with the winner taking away an additional £200. If you would like to enter that particular owner rider section, you will need to add it to your entry in the ‘special requests’ box at the time of entry. Ballot date for Calmesden is 12 noon, March 25th – get your entry in!

Have a good weekend and I’ll be at Barbury on Sunday should you have any questions.

Have a great weekend.

Alex

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EHOA Events Grass Roots Membership

BADMINTON GRASSROOTS WEBINAR

Are you a member competing in either of the Grassroot sections at Badminton this year? If you are please can you send your details (your name, your horses’ name and which section you are in) over to alex.vantuyll@ehoa.org . We will once again be presenting awards to the top 3 members in the BE 90 class and the BE 100 class which will be supported by Lycetts. These awards take place in front of the Main House on Wednesday afternoon directly after the 5* trot up.

Next Monday (March 24th) will see the start of our grassroots webinars run by Mark Corbett and myself – hopefully with some guest presenters along the way! These webinars are open to members and non-member, so spread the word. Should you wish to join please send me an email to alex.vantuyll@ehoa.org and I will send you the invitation link. This year it will run it on Microsoft Teams. On the first session we will mainly talk about rider and horse fitness, 2025 British Eventing rule changes that will impact on you, what your individual preparation looks like and what to expect on arrival. Do come along and ask questions – even better if you have been before. Come and share your experience with us all. There is always something to learn from one another!

See you next Monday.

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EHOA Events

Week 3

This weekend’s events.

Lincoln – Lincolnshire Showground, Grange-de-Lings, Lincolnshire, LN2 2NA

Moreton – Moreton Equestrian Centre, Moreton, Moreton, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8RF

Event Specifics

Lincoln 

  1. Entrance Policy – £10 per car – payable at the gate (card machine only please – No Cash). BE members with a current BE membership card will be admitted free of charge
  2. Bicycles – These are an ideal mode of transport around the Showground due to flat ground. E-Bikes are permitted to cross the site, but are NOT to be used in Competition Areas including Cross Country
  3. The cross country app has the cross country course up should you want to look in advance of arriving: www.crosscountryapp.com/events/riseholme-colleg
  4. EHOA discount provider – An Eventful Life will be onsite filming, please make use of the discount to purchase an Annual Discount to get video’s of your horse out and about – https://www.an-eventful-life.com.au/xc-video
  5. Venue photographer will be Julia Shearwood: www.equestrianphotography.co.uk 

Moreton

  1. Directions – Signposted ‘Moreton’ from turn off A35 Bere Regis/Dorchester dual carriageway. Moreton is situated off the B3390, 1 mile from Moreton Station. Please follow the one-way system on departure
  2. Free entrance for all attendees
  3. Dogs must be kept on a lead at all times
  4. Venue photographer: www.mhphotos.co.uk
  5. The cross country app has the cross country course up should you want to look in advance of arriving: www.crosscountryapp.com/events/moreton-be-march

As always all results can be found on www.eventingscores.co.uk should you wish to follow the action from home.

Next week sees the return for the iconic venue at Barbury Castle into the BE calendar and the first EHOA hospitality marquee of 2025. If you can spare some time to pop in and check in on things in the marquee, we would be grateful of the assistance. Just drop us a note to let us know what works for you. Many thanks.

Have a good weekend of Sport.

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EHOA Membership Sponsors

Weatherbys Private Bank

Generous long term supporters of the Association – Weatherbys Private Bank have put together a short video to introduce themselves to EHOA members, new and old alike – please watch via this link: vimeo.com/1058278749/109c246376

Should you wish to get in touch with any of the team at Weatherbys, please see the brochure and contact list for the Weatherbys team – they are on standby to help. Some members of the team will also be at Badminton and some other events so feel free to contact them and arrange a time to meet in person. An opportunity not to be wasted.

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Eventing week 2

Eventing this week takes place at the following locations:

Oasby – Foxdale, Oasby, Nr Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 3NA

Tweseldown – Tweseldown Racecourse, Bourley Road, Church Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire, GU52 8AD

Event Specifics:

Oasby

Complimentary entry for everyone

Discount provider – An Eventful Life (www.an-eventful-life.com.au/) will be filming all the action so use your discount code for their annual membership to purchase your video.

Photographer onsite – Athalens – www.athalens.com

Please bring a reusable cup for beverages – everything helps with sustainability

More details on: www.bede-events.co.uk/

Tweseldown

Travel info: 7th -10th March:M25 closed in both directions between Junction 10 (Wisley) and Junction 11 (Woking) 

Free entry for all attendees

More details on: www.tweseldown.co.uk/

Equireel will be filming onsite

Please submit all prize money forms by 6th April 2025.

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EHOA Events

Eventing 2025 Kicks Off

And so it begins – week 1 of the British Eventing 2025 season and the start of the weekly event specific emails. This year we are starting with the following events:

Poplar Park – Poplar Park Equestrian Centre, Poplar Farm, Hollesley, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 3NA

Epworth 1 – Epworth Equestrian Ltd, Scawcett Lane, Epworth, Doncaster, North Lincolnshire, DN9 1LQ

Just until the clocks change in a couple of weeks please encourage your horse and it’s connections to turn up to cross country promptly as hours of daylight are short at this time of year! Sure you won’t want to forfeit your horses’ cross country run!

Event Specifics

Poplar Park

  1. Running an Owners tent for the first time so please do go and support. It will be located on the short side of the showjumping arena adjacent to the horse walk. There will be complimentary tea, coffee and cake inside and a good view of the showjumping arena.
  2. Entrance Policy – Each car displaying a current BE membership card will be admitted free unless there are non-member passengers when the charge will be £5 per car. Cars not displaying a current BE membership card will be charged £15 with all proceeds going to our chosen charities.
  3. Prize money claim forms should be submitted online by Monday 24 March 2025
  4. Event Photographer: www.actionreplayphotography.co.uk
  5. More details on: www.poplarparkevent.co.uk

Epworth

  1. On-site Tack shop & Feed Store are well stocked with all the essentials you may need or have forgotten.
  2. The in-house Cafe’ has both indoor & outdoor seating areas overlooking the SJ arena where a wide range of delicious hot & cold food is available all day to go with your fresh bean coffee.
  3. More details on: www.epworthequestrian.co.uk

General Notes:

ALL Show Jumping Collecting Rings will be strictly enforcing the existing British Eventing rule requiring competitors to enter in order and adhere to allocated times, except in exceptional circumstances which must be communicated through the secretary or scorer. This will happen at all events this season – please assist your rider to keep to this rule.

Finally we are on the look out for a couple of volunteers to assist with the EHOA hospitality at Barbury in March. If you can spare a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon or Sunday please get in touch with Tor Rickcord on: tor.rickcord@ehoa.org with your availability. She will be delighted to hear from you.

Many thanks and see you all at an event soon.