BYEH How do you register?? (sorry if this is a dim question!!)

[dexterpat]

I would like to start doing some BYEH comps next year with my mare - She turned is an April 2005 foal and turned 4 this year (an would be too babyish this year!!)

, Do i just enter (I am based in west yorkshire where can i find a list of events?) I know there is one at bramham (Which i will be watching this week with interest)

would you explain the entry requirements and qualifying criteria - sorry to sound dumb !!

 

[jinxy]

They have one at Hambleton Show

 

[KatB]

hambleton has already gone!!

OP, you don't need to register, just enter as you would a showing class

 

[TiaPony]

http://www.burghley-horse.co.uk/YEH/QualVenues.htm

 

[Gamebird]

If you speak nicely to sw123 she has a 'How to' article she could PM you with all the details of the classes/procedure/turn-out/judging etc.

 

[dexterpat]

thank you - I'm after shows for next year for her so Hambleton would be great - thank you ladyTia that is exactly what i've been looking for!!!

 

[sw123]

Ryedale Show is fabulous and thats August time so you maybe ready by then for this year? There's the Yorkshire Sport Horse show as well also next week.

We had 3 in the top 10 out of 38 on Sunday in the rain becoming a bit of a BYEH factory at the mo!!! It is seriously competitive at the top end of the line up but at £20 exceptionally good value for great experience for horses.

How to article......

The Burghley Young Event Horse Finals are a culmination of some 20 qualifiers run throughout the country between May and August. It is a class that, if you haven’t spent all summer chasing the qualifiers, can be hard to follow and therefore a brief explanation…..

There are no tack changes between phases therefore the horse must go in a snaffle bridle but can wear a martingale/boots for the dressage.

Dressage – performed in a long arena the test is the same for 4 and 5 year olds apart from lengthened trot strides in the latter. Marked out of 35 the judge is not looking at the level of training or individual movements as in a normal test. The marks are for paces, way of going, attitude and overall impression remembering that a good rider can make an “unscopey” horse look much better than perhaps a talented horse with a novice rider. .

Marking guidelines given to the judges 1-10 poor, 21-30 good, 31-35 excellent.

Jumping – runs next to the dressage, in the same arena. The 4 year olds jump a 95cm and the 5 year olds 1.00m at the qualifiers, this increases by 5cm for the finals where there are also some cross country jumps.

This is marked out of 40 and the judges are looking for a bold athletic horse with a good technique. A horse with these qualities will not be penalised for having a fence down (or in the case of four year olds having one refusal) as long as they learn from there mistakes. Four year olds are not marked down for jumping from a trot.

Marking guidelines given to the judges 1-15 poor; 16-25 adequate; 26-35 good; 36-40 excellent

Finally the horses are untacked and trotted up for the conformation judge. Here the judge is looking for a horse with a conformation that should stand up to the demands of the sport in terms of soundness, speed and stamina. Lack of quality or defects that may prevent the horse being fast enough are marked down even though they may make a nice dressage or jumping horse. Lack of size is not to be held against a horse and judges are reminded that there can be no prejudice towards mares.

When all the horses have completed the first stage of the competition those with the top ten scores are invited back into the ring for the final judging of “Suitability and Potential”. If there are two horses on the same mark the one with the higher jumping mark is given precedence. If there is still a tie both are brought back in.

In this section a separate judge watches each horse walk trot and canter around the arena as in a show class. Each horse will then gallop individually. The judge is looking for star quality and the potential to make the ultimate world class three day event horse. The judge brings the horses into line in the order that they see their potential. This section has no bearing on the previous sections. 10 marks are awarded to the horse brought in first, 9 to the second, 8 to the third and so on.

These scores are then added to those of the previous sections to find the overall winner.

The number of qualifiers for the final depends on the number of starters at the competition. Up to 15 starters – 1 qualifier, 16-30 = 2 qualifiers, over 31 = 3 qualifiers.