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Join leading presenters Christoph Hess and FEI 5* Judge Katrina Wuest, with Philipp Hess at their sides as guest rider and trainer, for Making Medalists. This year’s British Dressage National Convention, presented by Harrison Clark Rickerbys, takes place 6-7 November 2021 at Hartpury University, Gloucestershire.

With the Olympic and European titles back in the hands of a talented German team, we aim to uncover what makes this nation so good at dressage, developing horses and riders for career long success, producing not only quality, but healthy and happy athletes.

Our Olympic-inspired sessions will be tied together by panel sessions with members of the Team GB support team, joining us to talk exclusively about their experience in making medalists and supporting Britain’s best riders and horses on their way to success.

Whilst we look towards those representing the sport on the world’s stage, the National Convention is for everyday riders, giving all accessible tips to improve training and competition success at every level, for every individual goal.

This is your chance to be back watching the National Convention in person. Taking place at Hartpury Arena, we have a limited number of tickets available this year, so please visit

national-convention to fi nd out more and avoid missing out. For those unable to attend in person at Hartpury, live streaming access for coverage both days of the Convention will also be available at the same price of £45 for members.

Congratulations to the recently upgraded judges listed below. List 1 - Helen Clark (South & West) List 2A - Maria Eilberg (North & West) List 2 - Tamsyn Cowie (South & West) and Jackie Selway (South & East) List 3 - Daniel Watson (South & East)

Hilary Purvis (List 5) from Aberdeenshire has retired from the Judges Panel. British Dressage would like to thank Hilary for all her hard work and support over the years and wishes her all the best for the future.

It is with great regret that we inform you that Fiona Edmunds, a List 5 Judge from Leicestershire, has sadly passed away. We offer our sincerest condolences to Fiona’s family and many friends across the region.

This is a polite reminder that horses and riders should be registered before entering BD competitions. Organisers may take late entries at their discretion however the onus is on the competitor to ensure they are registered prior to the entry being accepted.

To join online, please visit

membership. If you would rather sign up/renew manually, you can download, complete and post the forms to the BD offi ce. Due to the high volume of registrations at peak times, we advise you allow three working days for postal registrations to be processed.

Those who compete without being registered will not be covered by the BD members’ insurance and their results will be excluded. Repeat offenders may be fi ned.

Please remember that horse and rider combinations must be eligible for the section entered as once the test is ridden, the section cannot be changed retrospectively. Eligibility tables can be found in Section 1 of the Members’ Handbook.

To receive recognition in competition reports, it is imperative that a horse’s owner/s is/are registered as such with British Dressage. Visit britishdressage.co.uk/

membership/ where you will fi nd a change of ownership form, or email membership@ britishdressage.co.uk to add an owner. All owners of registered horses must be a Premier Club member as a minimum.

Apologies to Jacqui Campbell who with her own Machno Excalibur scored 68.56% for tenth place in the KBIS Preliminary Gold at the NAF Five Star Winter Championships, not as printed on page 38 of Issue 6.

28-31 Oct Aintree International EC High Profi le Show, Merseyside 28-31 Oct Saracen Horse Feeds Quest National Championships, Bury Farm, Buckinghamshire 11-14 Nov Elite Equine Associated Championships, Bury Farm, Buckinghamshire 02-05 Dec Keysoe High Profi le Show, Bedfordshire 11-12 Dec Ideal Saddles Combined Training Championships, Onley Grounds, Warwickshire 16-17 Dec Olympia London CDIW, ExCel London 13-15 Jan Vale View High Profi le Show, Leicestershire A comprehensive list of major dates can be found online at