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Important Qualification Details.
IMPORTANT QUALIFICATION DETAILS.
With the British IHDT Championship drawing near and many areas have some very close classes, qualification will be tight this year. ONLY THE BEST will qualify for the Championship, this includes Invitation classes.There could be 176 competitors qualifying this year.
PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS
Please take note of the Rules below.
JUNIORS - If you recieve an Invitation to compete you must enter your date of birth, if this information is with held you may be put in the wrong class!
SMALL PONY drivers - you must state single or pair on the entry form.
All COMPETITORS that qualify will be sent a schedule from the office. Schedules will not be available from your area organiser.
RULES
10.9 All the previous season’s National Indoor Champions & the Reserve Supreme Champion have the right to defend their titles and do not have to re-qualify provided they compete at 50% of the events in their one nominated AREA & CLASS in the current season.
10.10 Past National Supreme Champions are qualified for all future National Indoor Championship Finals provided they compete at 50% of the events in their one nominated AREA & CLASS in the current season. They may compete in classes other than those of their Championship win.
10.11 IHDT UK, as the organisers of the Championship Finals reserve the right to issue invitations to further competitors as they see fit.
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New Easton Event 14 February
NEW EASTON Event 14 February
Please note details of this event can be found on the Events page under NORWICH.
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New Event.. Easton College.
NEW EVENT.. EASTON COLLEGE.
14 FEBRUARY 2010.
After a successful trial event earlier in the season, another date has been made. Thanks to Elizabeth Tyas for organising this new event. See event listings for entry details.
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Flemish Farm Event Moved From Feb 28th ...
Flemish Farm event moved from Feb 28th to Feb 7th
Thames Valley area - this is to minimise date clashes. (2009-12-09-09-47-29.txt)
New Comers To Indoor Events.
NEW COMERS TO INDOOR EVENTS.
In accordance with the BHDTA Rules
ALL novice/beginner/new drivers MUST have been assessed by a qualifified Instructor OR a Open Competitor of at least five years experience. Any competitor unknown to the Organiser of the event entered must produce a certificate stating compentancy and signed by one of the above. OR the Event Organiser may arrange a assessment to be carried out at the venue prior to the event at the competitors expense.
(2009-11-24-15-39-06.txt)
New Venue And Event For Yorkshire
NEW VENUE AND EVENT FOR YORKSHIRE
A new venue has been found and booked by Yorkshire Organiser, James Binns.
There will be an Qualifying Event at Askham Bryan College near York on 3rd January 2010. Competitors points gained at this event will be awarded to their nominated area. Competitors must inform Rita (rita@ihdt.co.uk) of which area their points from this event to be allocated to.
Please contact James or Sara on 01636 821840 for details and entries.
Dates have already been set aside for next season 2010/11 if this event draws enough interest.
(2009-11-24-15-32-38.txt)
Four In Hand (team) Qualification.
FOUR IN HAND (TEAM) QUALIFICATION.
To qualify for the British Championship with a team of four ponies or horses.
Competitors must compete at an Indoor event, at least TWICE during the current season in the SAME AREA.
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Ponyandcarriage.co.uk Sponsor Junior ...
PONYANDCARRIAGE.CO.UK sponsor Junior and Novice Championships 2009 - 2010
It is with great pleasure that we announce PonyandCarriage.co.uk are to present a new set of TEDEX harness (or a voucher to be used against a purchase)to the winners of each of the three age sections in the JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP and to the winners of both horse and pony classes of the NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP.
Keep an eye out for more details of Pony and Carriage Products at the events or visit www.ponyandcarriage.co.uk.
(2009-11-02-15-15-01.txt)
New Venue/date For South West
New venue/date for South West
Future South West region events will be at Stretcholt Farm (Stretcholt Bridgewater TA6 4SR).
Please see the updated Events page.
(2009-10-28-16-58-49.txt)
More On Thames Valley Events
MORE ON THAMES VALLEY EVENTS
For the first event at BCA you may either enter on line or phone Judy Broom on 01844 208 034, during the evenings and pay the entry money on the day of the event.
This applies to the qualifying event at BCA on November 1st ONLY.
All other events - Entry form and entry fee to Judy as per Events page.
(2009-10-13-20-22-50.txt)
Thames Valley Events Are On!
THAMES VALLEY EVENTS ARE ON!
There are now FIVE QUALIFYING EVENTS.
The first event will be on 1 November at BCA. The events page will shortly be updated with dates - venues and who to send your entries to. Many thanks to Dilys Gordon and Julian Burleton in securing the venues and dates.
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Horse Tax
HORSE TAX
ANOTHER GOVERMENT PLOY TO GET EASY MONEY
OR WILL IT REALLY HELP EQUINE WELFARE & PREVENT EQUINE DISEASE?
The Government has unveiled plans to place a tax on all horse owners, as part of proposals that would create a new layer of Government bureaucracy to deal with managing and preventing animal diseases.
Rethink the Horse Tax is the campaign for a fair approach to improving horse health and welfare in the UK.
Find out what you can do - visit the new website: www.rethinkthehorsetax.org
Help yourself and every other horse owner by signing the petition.
(2009-10-04-11-33-08.txt)