2013 BEF Futurity Dates and Venues Announced

The dates and venues for the 2013 British Breeding/BEF Futurity evaluation series have been announced. The Futurity is the fastest growing young horse evaluation programme in the UK and 2013 is set to continue this trend. With capacity for well over 900 entries, the Futurity aims to identify British bred young potential sport horses and ponies destined for top level careers

in dressage, eventing, show-jumping or endurance, and may even find the Olympic champions of the future.

The Futurity evaluations are held at 16 venues throughout the UK during July and August. The young horses go home with a Premium score (grade), an attractive rosette and a detailed, informative score sheet. Stylish parchment certificates follow in the post a few weeks after the evaluation. Entries open online on the 1st June and some venues fill up within 48 hours so breeders need to respond quickly to be sure of a place.

Horses and ponies are entered for the discipline they are bred to perform in, with age groups for foals, yearlings, two and three year olds. Each horse is evaluated in hand and loose in an indoor school as well as undergoing a vet’s assessment. Breeders value the Futurity because it allows them to get their youngstock out in public, but in a low stress enclosed environment.

The BEF’s Head of Equine Development Jan Rogers commented on the positive feedback they have had from the series. “The Futurity is showing itself to be an assessment system which British breeders value, because it enables them to demonstrate, long before a horse is able to compete, that it has performance potential. We are looking forward to another successful season for British breeding”.

For more information, visit www.britishbreeding.org.

Futurity Dates and Venues 2013

• 16 Jul Writtle College, Essex, CM1 3RR
• 18 Jul Plumpton College, Sussex, BN7 3AE
• 22 Jul Hartpury College 1, Gloucestershire, GL19 3BE
• 23 Jul Hartpury College 2, Gloucestershire, GL19 3BE
• 25 Jul Southview EC, Cheshire, CW7 4DL
• 30 Jul Myerscough College, Lancashire, PR3 0RY
• 01 Aug Arena UK, Lincolnshire, NG32 2EF
• 06 Aug Tall Trees, Cornwall, PL32 9XR
• 12 Aug Catherston Stud 1, Hampshire, SO20 8HX
• 13 Aug Catherston Stud 2, Hampshire, SO20 8HX
• 15 Aug College EC 1, Keysoe Bedfordshire, MK44 2JP
• 16 Aug College EC 2, Keysoe Bedfordshire, MK44 2JP
• 19 Aug SNEC, Edinburgh EH52 6NH
• 20 Aug Richmond EC, Yorkshire DL10 7PL
• 26 Aug Solihull Riding Club 1, West Midlands, B93 8QE
• 27 Aug Solihull Riding Club 2, West Midlands, B93 8QE

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