The final qualifier in the 2018 SEIB Search for a Star series will be held at Vale View Equestrian Centre in Melton Mowbray on the 5th August.
SEIB Search for a Star was set up to give amateur riders and their horses the chance to compete at the Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) and has led to many thrilled competitors achieving this dream.
Each SEIB Search for a Star qualifier holds classes for Working ponies and horses, Riding Horse Hacks, Show Hunters and Cobs. Competitors have the chance to qualify for HOYS in each of these classes. SEIB Search for a Star is professionally run with strict entry criteria.
For the 2018 running of the series there is a new SEIB Search for a Star Mountain and Moorland Championship with its very own final at Your Horse Live 2018. This class will be held at each SEIB for a Star qualifier and is open to pure-bred Mountain and Moorland ponies ridden by amateur riders that fulfil the full Search for a Star rules and conditions of entry.
At each of the SEIB Search for a Star qualifiers there will also be a HOYS qualifier for the SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse Show Championships. SEIB set up this Championship to support and encourage the re-education and training of ex-racehorses and help them on their way to a new career in the show ring.
Many former SEIB Search for a Star horses have gone on to great success in open classes and there are several open HOYS champions amongst those that have previously won at Search for a Star. SEIB Marketing Manager Nicolina Mackenzie said: “We are thrilled to have created these new opportunities for more amateur riders and we are very much looking forward to the qualifier at Vale View”.
Expert advice and support from the very experienced judges is on hand for all competitors at each of the five qualifiers. During the Championship build up there is the renowned Search for a Star workshop for all qualified combinations.
Entries will close on the 24th July. Late entries may be accepted with the addition of a late entry fee. Please see the Search for a Star rules for full details.
Vale View is the final 2018 qualifier for SEIB Search for a Star classes but there is one remaining qualifier for the 2018 SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse series which will be held at:
The Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, Lincolnshire – 2nd September (SEIB Racehorse to Riding Horse only)
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For full details, rules and entry forms visit www.search4astar.co.uk or www.racehorse2ridinghorse.co.uk. Find us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/SEIB.Search4AStar.
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