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Post by blueeyed20girl on Feb 14, 2014 14:11:04 GMT
A bit of advice please people, we have a nice older "small hunter" who has won all the middle level championships, we are wanting to have a stab at county level this year with her, have had her JMB done and got it back, now question is with all the changes etc with SHGB and BSHA we technically have 3 societies to fork out for now? which equates to alot of money? do we stick to BSPS and do their intermediate SH classes or register with the others as well to do small hunter classes? decisions decisions and advice appreciated.
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Post by mikeymoon on Feb 14, 2014 21:19:17 GMT
Your age will restrict you in bsps classes if over 25
It also depends to what level you want to qualify
Bsps civers RI as well as HOYS in their int SH classes, they also hold as several shows as well as the championship show Associate classes which have sm Hunter..but not to qual RI or HOYs
If I have read correctly you only need to pay membership and horse registration to BSHA this yr only for your sm Hunter classes to Q HOYS...but SHGB if you wanted to Q RI in sm hunter classes...
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Post by gillwales on Feb 15, 2014 3:17:11 GMT
As above, also look to see what classes are available to you in your area as travelling is the biggest expense.
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Post by blueeyed20girl on Feb 15, 2014 14:34:25 GMT
Thanks guys yes I know about age restrictions, my sister rides and is 22, so eligible for intermediates, was looking at both hoys and ri qualifiers but didn't know if it was worth doing smalls aswell with the expense. I'm Linc's based so have the champs and north of England shows at arena UK fairly local.
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Post by Pepper on Feb 19, 2014 12:48:21 GMT
HOYS and RI Small Hunters are very competitive, great to go in but costly :-) - I would strongly suggest looking at the RI Amateurs classes as well.
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Post by blueeyed20girl on Feb 19, 2014 13:04:55 GMT
Thanks perky what do you mean by RI amateurs classes? was un aware of these?
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Post by Pepper on Feb 19, 2014 17:12:44 GMT
Hi
There are amateur classes at RI - I do hunters and you have to qualify much the same as open classes, but there are no pros contesting. That's not to say the standard isn't high though! I do the weights, but assume there is an Amateur Smalls class? Check on SHB or the RI schedule.
Good luck whatever you decide x
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