Entries close at MIDDAY on Thursday 26th November
Times will be published on our website after 18.00 on Friday 27th November
As the health and safety of all visitors is paramount please ensure that you have read the below information as you will be asked to comply with these guidelines during the course of your visit. Bury Farm reserves the right to ask competitors to leave the centre if any of the below guidelines are breached.
In line with biosecurity measures please have your passports available for inspection upon arrival at the centre. Horses must have up-to-date vaccinations and the organisers reserve the right to turn horses away from the competition if proof of vaccination records cannot be presented upon arrival.
The dressage section will take place in the Outdoor Arenas and the Showjumping will take place in the Indoor Arenas.
The Showjumping Course will stay the same throughout the day and will have no doubles. It will be run as a Table A4 (which is the whole round against the clocks where combinations are placed based on lowest faults then quickest time). Please note: 3rd refusal = elimination.
DRESSAGE SECTIONS:
Most UA dressage classes are run under two Sections, Restricted and Open. These sections are offered in the interest of fairness to all riders. Sections ensure that those who are new to competing can be placed in the class alongside competitors of similar experience. Those who have wider experience of competing through equine affiliations or through riding more advanced horses, will be able to enter the Open section.
Sections are not offered in all classes but, where sections are applicable, they are defined as per the below.
RESTRICTED:
This section is reserved for riders who have limited experience of competitions, and who only compete in the Unaffiliated Dressage environment.
Competitors may ride in the Restricted section if neither they, nor their horse, are registered with BD, BS or BE.
If either the competitor or the competitor’s horse is registered with BD, BS or BE, they must ride in the Open section.
OPEN:
Any horse or rider who is registered with BD/BE/BS should enter the Open section of an UA Dressage class.. This means that if either a rider or their horse is registered with an Affiliated Equine body, they should enter the Open section.
Riders who won have more than 40 BD points at Preliminary level and above should also ride in the Open section of any UA Class, even if they are no longer registered with BD.
Riders who compete at BD Quest and BS Club level should enter the Open section of UA Dressage Competitions.
Any competitor who has won an UA Dressage Championship at Bury Farm may enter the same level at which they have previously won but they should enter the Open section at that level and any level below. They may compete in the Restricted section for any level above the level at which they have previously won.
Please note that it is the rider’s responsibility to enter the correct section at our UA Dressage Shows. We will not change rider sections after times have been published.