IHSGB Breeding Weekend with lessons and competition

The IHSGB breeding Team invite you to The Breeding & Competition Weekend – Sat 4th May / Sun 5th May 2024 at Netherton Equestrian, Netherton Farm, Aberargie, Perthsire, PH2 9NE

This year, the IHSGB is traveling to Scotland and the breeding team is pleased to invite you to a weekend full of activities and fun for riders of all abilities and spectators alike. There is a charge for visitors of £ 5 which will include participation in a get together on Saturday evening, where our judge will explain the connection between rideability and conformation of horses, and give useful tips and hints for riding in Sunday’s competition.

Stabling:

Please book your stabling directly with the yard on 07590 727818 or 07855 468809.

Feed:

Unless agreed otherwise with the yard, please bring your horse feed with you.

Rules:

Participating horses must be vaccinated and insured. The show is run under FEIF rules – please follow the link below for further information: www.feiffengur.com/documents/FEIF%20Sport2024_web.pdf

Dogs are welcome, but must stay on the lead at all times.

There might be a burger van (depending on numbers), we will update you closer to the event.

Preliminary timetable:

Saturday from 1pm: 

• Afternoon lessons (up to 2 people per group) – please indicate in the booking form what you would like to practice (a test that you intend to ride next day, or work on a particular problem – please give as much information as possible so that we can pair riders).
• Young horse assessment
• Conformation assessment
• Evening: get together at The Famous Bein Inn – dinner, questions and answers about riding the tests on Sunday, connection between ride ability and conformation

Sunday early to 2.30pm:

Showtime – tests on offer:

V2 – Group intermediate four gait test (up to 3 riders). The horses show the four gaits as instructed by the speaker. The sections include:

1. Slow tölt
2. Slow to medium speed trot
3. Medium walk
4. Slow to medium speed canter
5. Fast tölt

V5 – Group elementary four gait test (up to 5 riders). The horses show the four gaits as instructed by the speaker. The sections include:

1. Any speed tölt
2. Slow to medium speed trot
3. Medium walk
4. Slow to medium speed canter

T3 – Group intermediate tölt test (up to 3 riders). The horses show the sections as instructed by the speaker. These include:

1. Slow tölt
   Return to walk and change rein
2. Slow tölt; lengthen stride distinctly on the long sides, on the short sides slow
3. Fast tölt

T6 – Group elementary tölt test (up to 5 riders). The horses show the sections as instructed by the speaker. These include:

1. Any speed tölt
   Return to walk and change rein
2. Slow to medium speed tölt; on the long sides holding both reins in one hand clearly showing no rein contact with the horse’s mouth

T8 – Group elementary tölt test (up to 5 riders). The horses show the sections as instructed by the speaker. These include:

1. Any speed tölt
   Return to walk and change rein
2. Any speed tölt

Dressage A (Walk, Trot, Tölt)

1. A Enter at A in walk, proceed down centre line without halting C
2. At C turn right
3. M-B Between M & B transition to tölt
4. A X A At A 20m circle right in tölt
5. A-K Between A & K transition to walk
6. E-B Change rein in walk between E & B
7. B Turn left
8. M-C Between M & C transition to tölt C X C
9. At C 20m circle left in tölt
10. C-H Between C & H return to walk
11. H-X-F Change the rein in a free walk on a long rein
12. F-A-K-E Turn right at F, medium walk to E
13. E Half circle right 10m to X
14. X Half circle left 10m to B B-C continue in medium walk
15. C-H between C&H transition to trot H-E-K-A Continue in trot  to A A-X
16. At A 1½ 20m circles left in trot
17. X-C At X 1½ 20m circles right in trot
18. C-M-X-K Continue in trot, change rein across diagonal  K Turn left at K
19. K-A Between K&A transition to walk
20. A At A turn left down centre line in walk
21. G Halt, immobility, salute

Dressage B (Walk, Trot, Tölt & Canter)

1. A Enter at A in TOLT, proceed down centre line without halting C
2. At C turn left
3. H TOLT around the arena to A
4. FXH change the rein
5. H TOLT around the arena to A
6. A circle 20M diameter, between X&A working canter right
7. A working canter around the arena  between B&F working TROT
8. FAK working TROT
9. K medium WALK
10. E Turn right, B track left M working TROT
11. C circle left 20M diameter, between X&C working CANTER left
12. C working canter around the arena, between B&M working TROT
13. C medium WALK
14. HB Change rein in a free walk on a long rein
15. B Medium WALK
16. F working TROT
17. A down the centre line
18. G Halt, immobililty, salute

Futurity (horses up to 7 years old) – up to 2 riders ride their horses in all 4 or 5 gaits according to the judge’s comments

Best of 4

Track & Trail (detailed infos to follow closer to the date)

Cost:

£ 120 for the weekend (includes lesson on Saturday, small conformation judgement of your horse, evening Q&A session and competition on Sunday)

£ 100 reduced fee for IHSGB members

Additional tests on offer:

£ 30 Young Horse Assessment (for horses up to 7 years old) – judgement of gaits and conformation acc. to the following form: https://www.feiffengur.com/documents/Young%20Horse%20Evaluation%20Form%20(EN)_2023.pdf

£ 20 reduced fee for IHSGB members

£ 60 Full conformation judgement (includes measurements and very detailed conformation assessment as in a FIZO judgement – for those who are interested in getting their horse FIZO assessed in the future)

£ 50 reduced fee for IHSGB members

Please contact breeding@ihsgb.co.uk for any questions you might have.

Please make your entries using the Booking Form.