The EHOA Board send their condolences to the family and friends of Di Lewthwaite who sadly passed away on Monday 30th January.
Di was the owner of Supreme Rock (Rocky) ridden by Pippa Funnell who led the British Team to Silver in the Sydney Olympics 2000, individual and team Golds at the European Championships in both Lumuhlen 1999 and Pau 2001, followed on by their wins at Badminton in 2002 and 2003.
We are delighted to invite you to join us on Zip Travel’s tour to the FEI Eventing European Championship at Haras du Pin!
For just the second time in its 70-year history, the European championship returns to the iconic French National Stud. In the idyllic Normandy countryside the British team will be trying to re-capture the gold medal (and indeed all the individual medals!) they won so emphatically in Avenches in 2021. As well as being an exciting competition in its own right, this year’s event will also serve as a fascinating indicator of who the leading contenders may be when the Olympics arrive just down the road in Paris next year.
The Zip Travel tour includes VIP Supporter season tickets (for all days), travel from the UK, daily transfers and accommodation in the historic city of Caen. A welcome reception, course walk, National Stud tour and, of course, a Calvados tasting is also part of the package along side entrance to a tent with live broadcast and access to a free bar.
As ever, there will be expert Zip Travel representatives leading the tour and answering any questions you may have.
Join us between 8 – 14 August 2023 in our 18th year of running an eventing tour. Prices per person start from £1,795 for a shared double/ twin room and £2,395 for a single.
To book email sales@zip-travel.co.uk or call 01926 888797
Find out more at www.zip-travel.com
Don’t miss your chance to enter the draw for tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games!
Register on the ticket portal between 1 December and 31 January to gain access to the initial draw for tickets. If you’re successful, you’ll be given a 48hr allocated timeslot between February and March in which to purchase your tickets for up to three sessions of sport.
There will be a further opportunity to enter the draw for individual tickets in March.
Find out more and register here 👉 https://tickets.paris2024.org/en/
Photo: Paris 2024
Equiratings released their latest podcast which is all about our EHOA 4* league and the winners Ros Canter and Kate James, owner of Pencos Crown and their journey to success. Should you wish to listen you can find the podcast here:
https://podfollow.com/equiratings-eventing-podcast/episode/99a3623d18b7e6e994e1e73f1530ac6376543fa4
This weekend sees the final events of the domestic calendar.
Bicton and Norton Disney are running this weekend, with the three days classes at Bicton having started yesterday. If you are going here are the details you will need.
Results and start times for both events can be found on: www.eventingscores.co.uk
If you would like to follow the International scene, the young horse Champions at Le Lion D’Angers are running this week as well. Their results can be found here: https://results.worldsporttiming.com/event/122
Wishing everyone out and about competing/observing the very best of luck.
This weekend we have the following events running:
As always results can be found on eventing scores and the British Eventing website.
Overseas there is Maryland 5* which you can follow on Horse and Country TV, providing you have a subscription. To follow the results you can find them here on: https://live.rechenstelle.de/2022/elkton/leaderboard01.html
Strzegom in Poland is also running a multitude of classes.
Good luck to all those members with horses out and about.
Ros Canter and Pencos Crown Jewel win the 2022 EHOA Members League
Ros Canter and the 13-year-old mare, Pencos Crown Jewel owned by Annie Makin and Kate James have been confirmed as the overall winners of this year’s EHOA Members League.
Newly launched for 2022, this exciting and dynamic league for top level eventing on British soil is funded by The Event Horse Owners Association (EHOA), a strategic partner of British Eventing. The concept rewards the most competitive and consistent combinations at CCI4*-S and CCI4*-L levels throughout the season and carries a fabulous prize fund of £20,000; divided between the winner (£15,000), the runner-up and a special prize for the top placed horse ridden by a young rider (aged 28 or below until end of 2022). The winner also receives a stunning bronze horse head trophy that has been specially crafted by EHOA member, Jackie Olivier and mounted on a base produced by Peter Wedd.
The points system, designed by EquiRatings, distributes points for the top 25 (CCI4*-L) and top 15 (CCI4*-S) finishers – plus a unique negative points structure for cross-country jumping errors, which delivers the potential for dramatic changes to the series leader board on every 4* cross-country day.
Top 3 finishes in the CCI4*-S at Chatsworth and the CCI4*-L at Bramham gave Ros and Pencos Crown Jewel a great haul of points and quickly moved them into an early lead. A solid eight-place finish in the CCI4*-S at Hartpury in August awarded them another strong score and an overall total of 45 points – good enough to keep them in the top spot throughout the rest of the season.
The runner up title went to Heidi Coy and her own 10-year-old mare, Halenza. Three top 10 finishes – in the CCIO4*-S at Houghton, the CCI4*-L u25 at Bramham and the CCI4*-S at Hartpury – left them on a brilliant total of 39 points. Aged under 28, Heidi also picks up the extra prize for the horse ridden by a young rider – giving her a fabulous total prize fund of £5,000.
For more information on the league and to view the final standings, click here.
The league is just one of the many ways in which the EHOA supports British Eventing. They provide further support with coaching and officials CPD, as well as sponsoring prizes for key British Eventing competitions – such as Area Festivals and the Masters. You can show your support for the EHOA and all the good they are doing for the sport by becoming a member. Visit the EHOA website for more information.
Photos by kind permission of 1st Class Images
The British Eventing Support Trust and delighted to announce their first fundraising ball which will be taking place on Saturday 10th December 2022 at The Savoy Hotel, London.
This exclusive black-tie event will begin with a drinks reception followed by a three-course meal with wine and entertainment.
Our auctioneer will give you the chance to bid on some outstanding ‘money can’t buy’ items in our Live Auction. While you can bid from your seat in the silent auction. Most important of all you will be helping to raise money, which will provide invaluable support for injured event riders and to improve the safety and well-being of the people at the heart of our sport.
“As a patron of the British Eventing Support Trust, It would be fantastic if you could all support the Winter Ball.
The money raised from this event will help assist even more riders.” Nicola Wilson, British Eventing Support Trust Patron
Tickets are priced at £180, £220 and £300 per person. The prices differ as to where they are located in the ballroom and if they have champagne on the table or not. Tables can be made up of 8 – 12 people.
Please contact events@besupporttrust.org.uk for further information.
The organisers of Little Downham have extended their generosity to invite all Owners with horses competing to a complimentary light lunch.
To be included in the numbers please email your name to Sarah Skillin at: littledownhamht@gmail.com by Sunday 25th September.
