Blenheim Palace – for amateurs too…
Up to 120 competitors can be accommodated.
If you are a regular of the BE100 circuit then, yes, you could compete at Blenheim Palace in an exciting competition being launched this year.
The brainchild of Event Director, Mandy Hervieu, the competition aims to give local amateur combinations a thrilling experience in terms of venue and competition.
Imagine, riding in front of an enthusiastic Sunday crowd of the September three-day-event bidding to be crowned inaugural winner of the Tri-Zone BE 100 Eventers’ Challenge.
Up to 120 competitors can be accommodated to compete over a mixed course of 1m-1.05m show jumping and cross-country fences in the Bladon Arena with the winner being the round with the fewest jumping penalties closest to the optimum time.
And to enter, all you need is three ‘qualifying results’ of double clears at BE100 venues within 65 miles of Blenheim Palace between July 31st 2009 and August 1st 2010.
Mandy says, “Our Riding Club and Pony Club Eventer Challenges have been so popular that we wanted to give more amateur riders the chance to compete at Blenheim in a similar format. Additionally as the qualification is based on jumping results only, even if you have a horse whose dressage is not the best you can still qualify.”
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