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National Jumping Competitions

All National Jumping Competitions will be held in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the British Show Jumping Association, 2009 and the Rules, Regulations and Conditions of The Royal Windsor Horse Show 2009. In particular, your attention is drawn to Clause 26 in the Conditions of Royal Windsor Horse Show.

COMPETITORS PLEASE NOTE THAT ENTRIES WILL BE STRICTLY LIMITED, AND WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE RECEIVED.

Declarations: Competitors are required to declare their starters by 8.00 p.m. on the previous day prior to the competition.; No competitor will be allowed to jump Hors Concours.
Substitutions: All substitutions must be made at the time of declaration.
Order of Jumping: Competitors will jump in Catalogue order, which has been drawn.

To be Judged on Wednesday, 13th May

Class 1 The Horse and Hound Foxhunter – First Round (Castle Arena): Rules: BSJA Rule 310; Table A7. Speed: 350 metres per minute.; In the event that more than 50 entries are received, this competition will be run according to BSJA Rule 286b (Two Phase).; Total prize money in each section: £236.; This competition will be divided into two sections (A and B). No competitor may enter more than three horses in this competition, and no horse may be ridden in more than one section.; Entry Fee: £16.; Prizes: £50; £40; £30; £20; £16; £16; £16; £16; £16; £16.; 1st rosette sponsored by Horse and Hound.; The six highest placed horses in each section will qualify to compete in the Walwyn Novice Championship, to be held on Wednesday 13th May. Declarations to compete in the Championship must be received immediately following the completion of Class 1 in the Declarations Office.
Class 2 Grades B & C Handicap Jumping Competition (Castle Arena): Rules: BSJA Rule 284. Table A4. Speed 350 metres per minute.; Height of fences: Grade C – 1.30m / Grade B – 1.35m.; Total prize money: £1,050.; For registered horses in Grades B and C. Please state grade of horse on entry form. No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 50 entries received.; Entry Fee: £36.; Prizes: £350; £210; £120; £100; £80; £60; £50; £40; £40.
Walwyn Novice Jumping Championship (Castle Arena): Rules: BSJA Table A4. Speed 350 metres per minute. Maximum height in 1st round – 1.30 m.; For registered horses. Restricted to the six highest placed horses in each section of Class 1.; Total prize money: £500.; CHALLENGE TROPHY, in memory of the late Lieutenant Colonel C T Walwyn, DSO,OBE, MC, presented by P Walwyn Esq and Mrs Holt.; Prizes: £130; £100; £70; £50; £50; £50; £50.

To be Judged on Thursday, 14th May

Class 14 The Royal Windsor Horse Show 6 & 7 Year Old Championship (Castle Arena): Rules: BSJA Rule Table A4. Speed: 350 metres per minute.; Total Prize Money: £ 750.; In the event of equality of penalties for first place, there will be one jump-off against the clock.; Fences: Height: 1.25m (6 y.o.) / 1.35m (7 y.o.); Spread: 1.35m (6 y.o.) / 1.45m (7 y.o.); No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 60 entries received.; Entry Fee: £32.; Prizes: £220; £175; £110; £55; £50; £35; £35; £35; £35.
Class 15 Grades B & C Handicap Jumping Competition (Castle Arena): Rules: BSJA Rule 286b (Two Phase). Speed 350 metres per minute.; Maximim height of fences: Grade C – 1.30m / Grade B – 1.35m.; Total prize money: £1,050.; For registered horses in Grade A, to be ridden by Adult, Associate or Junior Associate members of the BSJA.; No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 60 entries received.; Entry Fee: £36.; Prizes: £350; £210; £120; £100; £80; £60; £50; £40; £40.
Class 17 Grade A Jumping Competition (Castle Arena): Rules: BSJA Table A7. Speed 375 metres per minute. Maximum height in 1st round - 1.50m.; Total prize money: £ 3,050.; For registered horses in Grade A which have won in excess of £1,000 in prize money in the 2008 calendar year, to be ridden by Adult, Associate or Junior Associate members of the BSJA.; No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 40 entries received.; Entry Fee: £45; Prizes: £1000; £750; £500; £250; £200; £150; £50; £50; £50; £50.
Class 23 Accumulator (Against the clock) (BHS Frogmore Arena): Rules: BSJA Rule 274 Speed 375 metres per minute. Maximum height in 1st round - 1.40m.; Total prize money: £ 2,020.; For registered horses in Grade A, to be ridden by Adult, Associate or Junior Associate members of the BSJA.; No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 40 entries received.; Entry Fee: £40; Prizes: £650; £450; £300; £200; £150; £100; £50; £40; £40; £40.

To be Judged on Friday, 15th May

Class 41 Open Jumping Competition (Castle Arena): This competition will be run according to BSJA Rule 286b (Two Phase). Speed: 375 metres per minute.; Maximum height in 1st round - 1.40m.; Total Prize Money: £2,020.; For registered horses in Grade A which have won in excess of £1,000 in prize money in the 2008 calendar year, to be ridden by Adult, Associate or Junior Associate members of the BSJA and Foreign Riders riding appropriately registered horses according to BSJA Rule 33.12 .; No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 20 entries received from British Riders and a further 15 entries received from Foreign Riders. In the event that the allocation to Foreign Riders is not taken up, additional places will be offered to British Riders.; Entry Fee: £40.; Prizes: £650; £450; £300; £200; £150; £100; £50; £40; £40; £40.
Class 43 Eraser Stakes (Castle Arena): Rules: BSJA Rule Table A4 plus Special Rules. Speed: 400 metres per minute.; Maximum height in 1st round - 1.45m.; Total Prize Money: £ 3,050.; For registered horses in Grade A which have won in excess of £1,000 in prize money in the 2008 calendar year, to be ridden by Adult, Associate or Junior Associate members of the BSJA and Foreign Riders riding appropriately registered horses according to BSJA Rule 33.12 .; No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 20 entries received from British Riders and a further 15 entries received from Foreign Riders. In the event that the allocation to Foreign Riders is not taken up, additional places will be offered to British Riders.; Entry Fee: £40; Prizes: £1,000, £750; £500; £250; £200; £150; £50; £50; £50; £50.
Class 46 Grade A Jumping Competition (Castle Arena): Rules: BSJA Table A7. Speed 375 metres per minute. Maximum height in 1st round - 1.50m.; Total prize money: £4,000.; For registered horses in Grade A which have won in excess of £1,000 in prize money in the 2008 calendar year, to be ridden by Adult, Associate or Junior Associate members of the BSJA and Foreign Riders riding appropriately registered horses according to BSJA Rule 33.12 .; No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 20 entries received from British Riders and a further 15 entries received from Foreign Riders. In the event that the allocation to Foreign Riders is not taken up, additional places will be offered to British Riders.; Entry Fee: £45; Prizes: £1,250; £850; £550; £400; £300; £200; £150; £100; £100; £100.

To be Judged on Saturday, 16th May

Class 84 Her Majesty The Queen’s Challenge Cup for Services Teams Jumping Competition supported by Land Rover (Castle Arena): Rules: BSJA Table A7. Speed 325 metres per minute.; Phase 1 - All three riders from each Team (Castle Arena); Phase 2 - One rider from twelve best Teams. Parade of ALL Teams (Castle Arena); Total prize money: £312.; Open to all serving Officers and Other Ranks from any Unit, Hunt, Polo, Riding or Saddle Club of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army, Royal Air Force and Mounted Police, and the Auxiliary members of those Services riding horses on the strength of or the property of the Unit, Hunt, Polo, Riding or Saddle Club or of the individual riders or their families. No horse may be Grade A / Advanced Eventer having completed a 3* Horse Trials or above. To be ridden in uniform.; Teams of three.; Phase 1 - Over a course of approximately nine fences, none of which will exceed 1.05m. Teams will consist of three horses and no rider may ride more than one horse. Teams will jump in the order of the draw, as printed in the Catalogue. The No 1 Riders from each team first, followed by the No 2 Riders and the No 3 Riders.; The twelve teams with the lowest aggregate of faults in Phase 1 will nominate one rider to go through to the final Phase (Phase 2). To determine the placing of teams, faults incurred in Phase 1 will be carried forward to Phase 2. In the event of equality of jumping faults, the aggregate time of the team will decide.; Phase 2 – The nominated rider from the team placed twelfth in the preliminary round will jump first followed by those riders nominated from the other teams in descending order of faults accumulated from Phase 1: The total faults in both phases will determine the final placings. In the event of a tie in total faults from both phases for any one place, the time of the nominated rider in Phase 2 will decide.; If a competitor is eliminated this will not eliminate the team, but the competitor will be awarded the score of the worst horse, in the phase concerned, with 20 faults added.; Declarations to be made by 8.00p.m. on Friday evening, 9th May. Competitor’s numbers to be collected from the Declarations Office by the Team Captain.; Entry Fee: £36 per team.; CHALLENGE CUP PRESENTED BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN; The highest placed overall individual rider in the second round, and the highest placed rider under 25 in the second round, will receive prizes kindly donated by The Worshipful Company of Saddlers.; Prizes: £72; £60; £48; £36; £36.; There will be special prizes for the best two teams, in Phase 2 (the Final), of non-horsed units. Teams from the Household Cavalry Regiment, The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, The Training Centre and Depot, RAVC, the RCMP and the Mounted Police, will not be eligible for these prizes.; The Committee will have absolute right to exclude from these Special Prizes any other Team at their discretion and will so inform any such Team before the start of the competition.; CHALLENGE TROPHY - THE QUEEN’S PLATE; Prizes: £36; £24.
Class 85 Open Jumping Competition: BSJA Rules, Table A4, Speed: 400 metres per minute.; In the event of equality of penalties and time for first place there will not be a jump-off.; Max Height in first round: 1.35m; Max Spread in first round: 1.45m; Total prize money: £3,050.; For registered horses in Grade A which have won in excess of £1,000 in prize money in the 2008 calendar year, to be ridden by Adult, Associate or Junior Associate members of the BSJA and Foreign Riders riding appropriately registered horses according to BSJA Rule 33.12 .; No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 20 entries received from British Riders and a further 15 entries received from Foreign Riders. In the event that the allocation to Foreign Riders is not taken up, additional places will be offered to British Riders.; Entry Fee: £ 40; Prizes: £1,000, £750; £500; £250; £200; £150; £50; £50; £50; £50.
Class 86 Open Jumping Competition: BSJA Rules, Table A7, Speed: 375 metres per minute.; In the event of equality of penalties for first place, there will be one jump-off against the clock.; Max Height in first round: 1.35m; Max Spread in first round: 1.45m; Total Prize Money: £5,150; For registered horses in Grade A which have won in excess of £1,000 in prize money in the 2008 calendar year, to be ridden by Adult, Associate or Junior Associate members of the BSJA and Foreign Riders riding appropriately registered horses according to BSJA Rule 33.12 .; No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 20 entries received from British Riders and a further 15 entries received from Foreign Riders. In the event that the allocation to Foreign Riders is not taken up, additional places will be offered to British Riders.; Entry Fee: £ 50; Prizes: £1,650; £1,250; £850; £450; £300; £200; £150; £100; £100; £100.
Class 87 St George of England Puissance (Castle Arena): Rules: BSJA Rule 278. Table A. For registered horses in Grades A and B, ridden by Adult, Associate or Junior Associate members of the BSJA.; Total prize money: £6,000.; Entry Fee: £60; THE STEPHEN CROSS CHALLENGE TROPHY; Prizes: £2,000; £1,500; £1,000; £500; £400; £250; £100; £100; £75; £75.

To be Judged on Sunday, 17th May

Class 110 Open Jumping (Castle Arena): This competition will be run according to BSJA Rule 286b (Two Phase). Speed: 375 metres per minute.; Maximum height in 1st round - 1.40m.; Rules: BSJA Table . Speed 400 metres per minute. Maximum height in 1st round – 1.35 m.; Total prize money: £2,020.; In the event of equality of penalties for first place, there will be one jump-off against the clock.; Max Height in first round: 1.35m; Max Spread in first round: 1.45m; For registered horses in Grade A which have won in excess of £1,000 in prize money in the 2008 calendar year, to be ridden by Adult, Associate or Junior Associate members of the BSJA and Foreign Riders riding appropriately registered horses according to BSJA Rule 33.12 .; No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 20 entries received from British Riders and a further 15 entries received from Foreign Riders. In the event that the allocation to Foreign Riders is not taken up, additional places will be offered to British Riders.; Entry Fee: £40; Prizes: £650; £450; £300; £200; £150; £100; £50; £40; £40; £40.
Class 111 Speed Stakes (Castle Arena): Rules: BSJA Table C. Speed 400 metres per minute. Maximum height in 1st round – 1.35 m.; In the event of equality of penalties for first place, there will be one jump-off against the clock.; Max Height in first round: 1.35m; Max Spread in first round: 1.45m; Total prize money: £3,050.; For registered horses in Grade A which have won in excess of £1,000 in prize money in the 2008 calendar year, to be ridden by Adult, Associate or Junior Associate members of the BSJA and Foreign Riders riding appropriately registered horses according to BSJA Rule 33.12 .; No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 20 entries received from British Riders and a further 15 entries received from Foreign Riders. In the event that the allocation to Foreign Riders is not taken up, additional places will be offered to British Riders.; Entry Fee: £45; Prizes: £1,000, £750; £500; £250; £200; £150; £50; £50; £50; £50.
Class 112 The Royal Windsor Grand Prix (Castle Arena): Rules: BSJA Table A9 – Special Rules. Speed 375 metres per minute. Maximum height in 1st round: 1.60m; Max Height in first round: 1.35m; Max Spread in first round: 1.45m; Total prize money: £12,500; For registered horses in Grade A which have won in excess of £1,000 in prize money in the 2008 calendar year, to be ridden by Adult, Associate or Junior Associate members of the BSJA and Foreign Riders riding appropriately registered horses according to BSJA Rule 33.12 .; No competitor may enter or ride more than one horse in this competition, which will be restricted to the first 20 entries received from British Riders and a further 15 entries received from Foreign Riders. In the event that the allocation to Foreign Riders is not taken up, additional places will be offered to British Riders.; The best six scores, or, if necessary, all clear rounds qualify for the second round, which will be against the clock. In the event of equality, faults and time will decide i.e. the faster four faulters will qualify. All scores in the first round will be carried forward to the second round. Competitors in the second round will start in the reverse order of merit or the slowest four faulter will go first, the faster clear last. If necessary, those who do not reach the second round, faults and time in the first round will determine their placings.; If a competitor withdraws from the second round he / she will not be replaced and he / she will receive the placing from the first round.; Entry Fee: £75.; Prizes: £4,100; £2,500; £1,500; £1,250; £900; £625; £575; £550; £500.