Show Date: 26th July 2008.
RING 5
RING 5
Commencing at 9.30am
SIDE SADDLE
JUDGES: Classes 19 - 21 and Championship: Mrs L. Mole, Holsworthy.
Entry Fee: Classes 19 - 21:  £5.00 Prizes: 1st Trophy and £6.00, 2nd £5.00, 3rd £5.00.
- CLASS 19 THE SIDE SADDLE ASSOCIATION EQUITATION CHAMPIONSHIPS
- QUALIFYING OPEN CLASS.
- (Run under SSA Rules defined in the current Members
Handbook). Open to SSA Members & Non-Members. Members carrying their current Championships
Points Cards are eligable for SSA rosettes to 3rd Adult and 3rd Junior places and SSA
Championship points.
- Side Saddle International
- offer a rosette, to the member
judged to be best turned out in Adult and Open Equestrian qualifying classes.
- QUALIFIER FOR THE SIR LANCELOT MEMORIAL TROPHY
- A special rosette will be offered to the Adult Member of the S.S.A.. Area in which the show is held who, during the Equitation class (irrespective of final placings), is judged to be the most elegant. That member will be eligible to compete in the Final for the Sir Lancelot Memorial Trophy (donated by the late Mrs E. Skelton) at the national Side Saddle Show. A member may only qualify once per season between one National Show and the next, and if the Judges first choice has already quilified, the rosette will be awarded to the next eligible competitor.
- CLASS 20 BEST HORSE OR PONY RIDDEN SIDE SADDLE.
- Open to horses & ponies 4 years old and over. Conformation and manners will be taken into consideration. At the judges discretion, horses/ponies may be stripped for conformation. Special rosette to the highest placed Adult and Junior Members of SSA.
- CLASS 21 SIDE SADDLE CONCOURS d'ÉLÉGANCE.
- The sole criterion for this class is the elegance of the picture presented by the horse and rider. Attention may be paid to the rider's personal appearance but detailed inspection of the rider or tack is not required. Fancy dress or period costume is not permitted. Competitors are required to walk, trot and canter. No individual show is required, but the judge may ask groups of three or four riders to give short displays. 2 special rosettes will be awarded: to the highest placed Adult rider wearing a silk hat and to the highest placed Adult rider wearing a bowler hat, provided they are members of the SSA. N.B. Silk hats are permitted to be worn by Adults in this class AT ANY TIME OF DAY. Juniors must wear hats to the current British Safety Standards for this class.
(Adult riders not wearing such hats do so at their own risk.)
Championship for 1st & 2nd prize winners from classes 19-21.
MOUNTAIN & MOORLAND
These Classes will not start before 12 Noon
JUDGE: CLASSES 22 - 24 inclusive & Championship: Gary Hodges.
Entry Fee: Classes 22 - 24 £5.00 Prizes: 1st Award & Rosettes to 6th.
- CLASS 22 BEST ALL BREEDS - Open, Led.
- 13hh & over
- CLASS 23 BEST ALL BREEDS - Open, Led.
- Under 13hh, special rosette for yearling, 2 year old and 3 year old, if sufficient entries.
- CLASS 24 BEST RIDDEN ALL BREEDS - Open.
- (May be divided)
Championship for 1st & 2nd prize winners from classes 22-24.
RING 4. RING 6.
Somerton Horse Show.