BE Prizes In Kind... best, and funniest/worst you've received?

SamuelWhiskers said:
I got a beautiful purple rosette for coming 6th at Shelford BE90 that is in pride of place for our first one!

My 34 year old veteran pony won me £56 cash on the day for winning 2 veteran classes at Newark & Notts, i'm always massively in profit with him!
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Just reading through this thread and spotted this and recognised him in your sig - and so he should have done, he was quite simply amazing, such a happy pony with a free, relaxed movement and in fantastic condition (even if he were 10 years younger!) and a joy to have up in front of you for judging (I was one of the two judges ;-) ). We nearly fell over when we saw your age card on his bridle! Hope you will be back next year to defend the title!
 
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I'm really sorry but I have no idea what the heck it is, where you buy it from or what it is called! It has no branding on it either, just green plastic and a yellow strap. I would be devastated if it disappeared as it is the most miraculous thing ever, and probably worth about 60p, but I love it!!
 
fleabittengrey said:
Just reading through this thread and spotted this and recognised him in your sig - and so he should have done, he was quite simply amazing, such a happy pony with a free, relaxed movement and in fantastic condition (even if he were 10 years younger!) and a joy to have up in front of you for judging (I was one of the two judges ;-) ). We nearly fell over when we saw your age card on his bridle! Hope you will be back next year to defend the title!
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Awww thank you very much! He is a little superstar to me and so lovely when recognised, was so thrilled to get the championship! Pony of a lifetime! He is no different at home either, just very very cheeky, but we love him and he gets away with murder!

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Sorry hi-jack of post over....back to BE prizes!! :-) x
 
My best ever prize in kind was when I took my "retired" advanced horse along to do an OpenPN as he was so bored not getting to compete and at 20 years old I thought he might enjoy a jolly. Bought him a day ticket and although an open section I entered HC as I though it wrong if he took a prize off a "genuine" PN person. However the secretary never noticed my HC tcik and he was down competitively so when the results went up (he would have been 4th!) I explained that I didn't want a prize as I would feel bad about it. The organisers took this on board but to my astonishment I was given a "special" prize at prizegiving of a lovely cashmere scarf for sportsmanship! It was a far better prize than if I had stayed 4th!!
 
Great Tew: Cracking prizes - Grade I money, embroidered rug, and a beer tent to entertain visitors despite the deluge... ;) :D

On a serious note, for ERA ;) -- no one expects to make money eventing, but it would be absolutely ground breaking if, when you come into the top 10, you at LEAST get your entry fee / start fee back. Utterly miserable to win your section and realise you still can't fill a lorry up with the cash. I think Eventing Nation has looked at it a bit, there has to be a way to bring in broad base sponsorship since rarely do you gain access to such a wide demographic (12-60, male and female, who share an ability to shed money for fun... ;))... doesn't there.....?!
 
Well this prize was not from a BE event but its a good story so I will tell it anyway. As a child in the 80's I managed to win myself a bag of spillers racehorse cubes! I have no idea why somebody thought that this was a good idea to give to a child but hey I thought it was cool at the time. I was banned from feeding the said cubes to my pony and they were secreted away in the back of the feedroom out of harms way. At the time I was getting my pony fit for a pony club 2 day event that included roads and tracks and steeple chase. I was very over excited about this prospect and was rather overzelous in both my fittening work and feeding regime as I secretly began to replace the standard horse and pony cubes with generous helpings of racehorse cubes. Anyway to cut a long story short I ended up with a rather dissapointing result at the 2 day with a pony fit enough to run the national practically standing on its head during the dressage and then tanking off with me on XC day which resulted in me ending up 3 fields past one of the XC jumps with a big fat E on the score board. Serves me right!!
 
I won mine (or rather the horse and Chatter1 did and I rudely claimed the prize and rosette as my own ;)) at an unaff event at Aldon last season - could that have been it?
 
nope well I only ever won 4 prizes eventing. some ice boots from SLM (unafil), some cash from moreton last year and then two prizes mentioned above this year. previously as a showjumped they gave me cash :p :p

There is a vague recollection of how i acquired it in my head but i don't know how LOL
 
Well i've had a few rubbish prizes in my time and a few good ones. I'll start off with the good ones:

2nd Milton Keynes Unaff 3day 2006 - a embroidered thermatex rug (that fits!), £50 tack shop voucher, gold membership to equine affairs, bouquet of flowers, a polo shirt, a sash, a engraved silver plate, a medal and a rosette!!!!!

1st BE90 at Stafford 2009 - a leather headcollar, £50 Blaze clothing voucher, and a pro photo

4th ON at Chatsworth 2011 - £80, £25 blue chip voucher (I use blue chip!), and a baseball cap

I have also won varying amounts of prize money, but TBH I tend to forget how much!

The bad ones i've had were:

1st BE100Open at Skipton 2008 - a horrid cheap nasty embroidered body warmer in a size XXXXXXL (yep 6 extra large!). It was so big you could have fitted at least 4 of me in it and still had room to spare, and it came down below my knees! What is the likelyhood of the winner of a section to really be that big? They must have known it was a rubbish prize.

3rd BE90 at Skipton 2006 - a mug

2nd BE90 at Ivesley 2006 - a £15 voucher for the tack stall that was there. The only problem was the prize giving was so late the tack stall had all ready packed up and gone home, never to be seen again!

4th BE100 at Skipton (again!) 2011 - a likit refil and a bar of Kendal mint cake

1st BE90 at Richmond 2009 - a rambo saddlecloth. The other BE90 section winner at the same prize giving got a John Whitaker bridle!!!
 
charlimouse said:
Well i've had a few rubbish prizes in my time and a few good ones. I'll start off with the good ones:

2nd Milton Keynes Unaff 3day 2006 - a embroidered thermatex rug (that fits!), £50 tack shop voucher, gold membership to equine affairs, bouquet of flowers, a polo shirt, a sash, a engraved silver plate, a medal and a rosette!!!!!

1st BE90 at Stafford 2009 - a leather headcollar, £50 Blaze clothing voucher, and a pro photo

4th ON at Chatsworth 2011 - £80, £25 blue chip voucher (I use blue chip!), and a baseball cap

I have also won varying amounts of prize money, but TBH I tend to forget how much!

The bad ones i've had were:

1st BE100Open at Skipton 2008 - a horrid cheap nasty embroidered body warmer in a size XXXXXXL (yep 6 extra large!). It was so big you could have fitted at least 4 of me in it and still had room to spare, and it came down below my knees! What is the likelyhood of the winner of a section to really be that big? They must have known it was a rubbish prize.

3rd BE90 at Skipton 2006 - a mug

2nd BE90 at Ivesley 2006 - a £15 voucher for the tack stall that was there. The only problem was the prize giving was so late the tack stall had all ready packed up and gone home, never to be seen again!

4th BE100 at Skipton (again!) 2011 - a likit refil and a bar of Kendal mint cake

1st BE90 at Richmond 2009 - a rambo saddlecloth. The other BE90 section winner at the same prize giving got a John Whitaker bridle!!!
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note to self- skipton do NOT do good prizes! Best prize i got was unaffil at Eland Lodge- won a lovely embroidered amigo cooler thingy in the right size too :D they do (or at least did) a series of hunter trials that were sponsored by horseware and in one season i won tonnes of HW vouchers and bought myself some tops, socks and a turnout rug :D if places like eland and beckwithshaw can get good sponsors then why can't major BE events?? not picking i just don't understand.....

my SJ trainer came to somerford BE to help me and wanted to know what i could win...said i wasn't sure, possibly a dandy brush and she just looked at me like i was completely insane......
 
i got a good prize at skipton ,i think i was 4th and won tack cleaner & conditioner :)

think i was 6th in an 80t at hutton and won the cheapest baseball cap ive ever seen :(but got a lovely rosette

2nd unafil 90 £30ish ,3rd unfi 90 £22ish, 3rd unafil dressage £15

6th HT £7 i think and a lovely sash ,rosette & massive trophy for a summer points sj thingy

2nd unaffil 100 £25 voucher for a horse potrait :)
 
Some of our horses have won some fantasticly bizarre things for racing! We've had a fantastic toy truck - like proper cast metal truck - I think it was a coffee company one? Not entirely sure - it had the NZ Rugby team on it. Another horse got an Eddie Stobart toy truck. At Sedgefield the winners were getting Plastic Toy Tractors from the days sponser - Rooster Potatos! Plenty of bottles of Whiskey, Champers and the likes, tropheys, pics, quaics, yada yada as well as minimum prize money of £1100 for the winner.

I've had a few strange BTO prizes as well in my time. Most of them are £30 or £50 cash but I have also had - funninly enough all from Hexham so I don't bother plaiting up there anymore - an XXXL Hexham Racecourse T-shirt - stable staff generally don't come in that size. An M&S voucher for £30 - to be used that day at the Metro Centre. A crate of John Smiths Extra Smooth - which they tried to hand me to carry whilst I was still leading the horse! Needless to say I left that one for the jockeys! A Radio FM goody bag which contained a plastic bowl, a t-shirt, a disposable camera and plastic cutlery. I am no great fan of Hexham lol!

The best day I ever had was at Cartmel. Won £50 and a Sticky Toffee Pudding for BTO at Cartmel Racecourse. Horse then won the race so the Owner, Jockey, Trainer and I got another STP and a bottle of Champers!
 
Not BE, not even the right country :p or the right discipline
But I love American prizes! Going as a barn and taking 6 horses meant that in a show sponsored by Finish Line we got enough supplements, calmers and hoof oil etc to last years. That's just a small selection when we were unloading the trailers at home, but well done me for color co-ordination!
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I've also won money, saddle cloths and bridles etc, plus rugs and the always illusive sash! But I've also gotten sponges and sweat scrapers, a polo shirt that was so big my sister and I managed to both wear it at the same time :o
 
I got a Joules voucher for a BE90 win at Scone, saddlery vouchers, photo vouchers etc
Cash/cheques for most Novice placings etc.

But ... I once sponsored a RC SJ series and went to a lot of trouble to buy some lovely travel rugs (£70 each) and had them embroidered with my logo and "XYZ RC Show jumping winner 2007" And I bought a 6ft3 and a 6ft6 and I received a very rude email from the winner saying that the rug did not fit her horse and could I take it back and give her a cash replacement .

Last time I sponsored that RC.
 
Have to admit i have been very lucky with the prizes i have won at BE. They include, a bridle, weatherbeeta fleece rug, horseware fleece rug, Mattes platinum numnah, fly rug combo, Prolite tendon boots, grooming bag, and various little bits and bobs.
The thing that annoys me most is when you win a tub of supplement which no doubt you dont use! I also won a baseball cap for 4th once, The person who was 3rd got a baseball cap and an envelope!! When she opened it, it was a £5 voucher for a tack shop!
Bricky always give excellent prizes and they usually give to 10th place too.
 
Many moons ago I got a lovely real bristle body rush for highest placed mare in a PN.

1st at Intro t-shirt, fleece jacket and something else that I can't remember - sadly the one thing I would have really liked for that was a photo of my horse going XC, but as I was last on the course and hissing with rain the 'tog never took a pic of me :(

Not BE, but our RC give Ind lessons with very good dressage trainer to winners of the league, and the runner up get a shared lesson (prob worth £40/£25 each). Also over the years have given rugs/ saddlecloths/ headcollars/bandages etc as prizes.

At Easter time we always give easter eggs, and at Xmas a tube of smarties or similar jsut as a little extra.
 
Well, this year Billy has won me quite a lot!

Intro 2nd - £30 voucher
Intro 2nd - Rosette. Not so great, but we don't have to have prizes at intro
Prenovice 2nd - £20 voucher for horseware Ireland. 1st and 3rd also got the same prize :rolleyes:
Prenovice 3rd - £45

(we have only done 6 events so would say that was pretty good :p)

At Pony club, at a ode I won a engraved silver plate for best dressage and a hat/boot bag from horseware ireland (sponsers) for coming 3rd.
At our areas we were 3rd and won a rubber feed bowl and brush which was fab - very useful!

At the IPC champs we were 3rd and won a red mills rucksack, a set of bandages in chocolate brown (:D) and a grooming kit!! :D
The best bit was I also won best dressage at the champs, so dad bought me a red mills coat as a prize :D

I have though managed to build up my gear from winning things - I won my xc nummnah and rugby shirt, also won my stock, I won nearly all my white saddleclothes as well :p
Have won 3 rugs, 2 of which are worn to shows (especially my red mills one, which funnily enough is red!) and the other I won on my pony, so I don't use it, however it is still in my rug cupboard :D
Still haven't managed to win a sash though :(

Have won a sponge on many occasions, although I do find them very useful considering how much Billy likes to rip them up/chuck them across the yard :mad: I have at least on 2 occasions been greeted with a great dirty, soaping wet sponge in my face :mad:
He has a great aim!!
 
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My friend once recieved a mouldy and scratched leather head collar - I was disgusted. Said i would have laughed and asked where the real prize was if it had been me!

Was amusing to win 2 pillows when i can 2nd at an event - the winner got a duvet! Rather odd but better than nothing!

On a better note my boy has won 400-500 pounds eventing this year - it's been fab! Placed every outing bar 1 so I can't complain! And he has now moved upto novice! Yey!
 
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Can any other Northern Peeps remember the event that was sponsored by a certain feminine hygiene products company ;)

not sure if the winners got products by them but i remember ALL COMPETITORS getting a free voucher :p
 
got placed 10th at larkhill BE90 (which they later changed to 11th waaahhh :( ) and just got a bog standard rosette, but when I did half a mornign dressage stewarding they very kindly gave me an easter egg for my troubles (totally won over by chocolate at all times)

Best prizes I have won have been unaff

Newbury show when Soap won the ROR class we won
£33 prize money
2 lovely rosettes, really snazzy, big tails, gold centre
£50 Tesco voucher
ROR gilet which I was hyped about.....until it arrived in the only sizes they had left XXL! :( Would love to wear that gilet and show off about how mega my boy was, but I would look like a massive green barrel!

Also won a little local sj class and got a fleece rug!

I think the LEAST BE prizes should involve are really nice, big, unusual rosettes from 1-10th place. Something really special not just the same old one colour small ribbon
 
Santa_Claus said:
just searched several online shops for one but can't find it!

As said darkish green woven (in a totally random squiggly line way) plastic/rubber in a normal brush 'oval' shape/size. abotu half a cm thick with a yellow fabric strap for your hand!
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Aah! I'mm sure I've seen those in our local saddlers!

I will find out for you when I'm next in there :D

J&C
 
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