how big does a pony have to be to do BE

[popp]

im 23 seen a lovely warmblood pony we have a 3yrs old and someone wanting to swap its a lovely pony but wat could i compete in he 14.1 .2 and is stunning wat restictions would i have dressage xc sj BE and showing thanks

 

[alicedove]

I don't know but wasn't there an actual pony eventing, detailed in the horse and hound, recently?

 

[alicedove]

I just had a little dig about, but can't find enything about it.

Is that right, if a horse is only placed at PN and never did any higher than that, would it not have any BE points?

 

[Whisky]

BE: All ponies can compete in intro, pre-novice and novice classes, and then if you want to go on into intermediate with a pony you have to get special permission from BE (eg Libby Soley and Noble Springbok have got this).

Ponies have to be at least 142cm without shoes. Horses are over 148cm without shoes.

Have a look at the BE rule book - the stuff about it is mostly on pages 11, 20 and 21. You can dowload the rule book here http://www.britisheventing.com/documents.asp?section=000100010014&itemTitle=Download+Area if you don't have it.

Armhole - yes, you don't get any points for placings until novice level. But a horse which has won three pre-novices can no longer compete in pre-novice (or intro), it would have to do open pre-novice or open intro.

 

[Thistle]

Horses are now over 150 with shoes, new rule this year to allow for fitness and excitement whilst copmeting.

My daughter events a 148cm at Novice level sucessfully. The only problem you may have is striding in combinations, ours is long striding despite being 100% pony.

 

[ajf]

Whisky is totally spot on! For unaffilated there are no rules on heights at all. RC have some though.
For FEI there are no height restrictions though, this why Karen O'Conor completed 4* on her pony and why Althea Bleekman was allowed to do a 2* on her pony (but later found out she was to young, but pony was fine!!!).

 

[only_me]

ahh but you cant do pony eventing if you are over 16... so then you have to "upgrade" your pony to do eventing; but i am not sure on the restrictions of a 23 year old to compete on a pony??

(hope i read your post properly

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[Whisky]

You can't do pony trials if you are over 16, but you can compete a pony in regular intro, PN and nov classes at any age.

 

[Thistle]

Like Whisky says, a pony gets treated the same as a horse for Intro, PN and Novice classes, as long as it is over the minimum height of 14hh.

 

[hotellie]

what i find really strange is that on bdwp when you do ur online entrys you can put your ponies height as 13.2 which seems strange!!!

 

[popp]

thanks for all you help

 

[ajf]

Pony has to be over 13.2hh to do non-pony trials (normal intro, PN and Novice) but special rules apply for pony trials.

 

[SpruceRI]

Think you can probably do Seniors BSJA as well because when I enquired about riding a pony in Seniors they didn't seem too bothered how big it was. Things might've changed these days though!

For Riding Club Area and National stuff the pony has to be a minimum of 14hh, so you'll be OK there