The new event in 2016, Horseheath, adds a Spring date to the calendar
Keep an eye out for our XC Video UK event list for 2017 - coming soon
Even though the final events of 2016 have just drawn to a close in the UK, it’s time to start planning for 2017
How better to spend those long British evenings than deciding where to compete next year and you can start that process now as the 2017 British Eventing fixture list has just been released
While some well known events have been lost including Hopetoun Horse Trials in Scotland and possibly Barbury International due to the pending sale of the property, others have been added;
- Scotland hosts an additional fixture at Kirriemuir Horse Trials, Angus, on the 2nd July 2017, as they also include a new Novice class to both their new fixture and 6th May date
- Epworth Horse Trials joins the BE calendar for the first time as they get things underway in South Yorkshire on the opening weekend of the season (4th and 5th March 2017) and will be running from BE80(T) to BE100Open level
- Horseheath in Cambridgeshire have added an extra spring date which will see them running two fixtures, on the 12th -13 April and 12th – 13th August, in 2017 for BE80(T) to BE100Open riders
- Northumberland adds the new Alnwick Ford Horse Trials to their fixtures list on 24th and 25th June for riders competing at BE90 up to Open Novice
- Poplar Park in Suffolk are, for the first time, running a second date in May on the 21st and 22nd at BE80(T) to BE105 levels adding to their first fixture on the 11th and 12th March 2017
- Trialled in 2016, the new BE105 level will continue next year increasing to eight events across the country with further dates looking to be added in due course
The Gatehouse 1* League, launched in 2016, is back next year along with the continuation of the Calver Wealth Management 2* League and Fairfax Britannia League held at 3* level.
