RoR Sam Tomlinson riding Lilborne Prince at the Red Dragon
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his year, alongside the usual pathway awards for pleasure rides, competitive rides and RoR Elite Endurance awards, Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) and EGB will again be running the Teams Championships as part of the British Horse Feeds Red Dragon Clubs Championships. Following the success of the inaugural Teams in 2022, this year we are hoping to enter regional RoR teams which will qualify at a local competitive ride and compete at the final at the Dragon later in the season. The Festival will also be awarding the usual Bronze, Silver and Gold awards for RoRs. New for 2023 is an RoR pairs class, where two horse and rider combinations will register at the beginning of the season as a pair with EGB and the duo with the most points at the
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end of the season will each win a coveted saddle pad. We know that building up to competitive levels can be daunting and in recognition of former racehorses in endurance, we are introducing the Endurance Seven (E7), a play on ITV Racing 7. This is an opportunity to
‘collect’ ride distances on a card signed by the Ride Organiser at SERC, EGB, Charity and Bridleways Rides. At seven key points, eg 50km, 100km, 150km etc…. each rider can claim a prize. As it’s rider distance that counts, distances may be accumulated on more than one horse and only completed rides will count.
Dan Abraham
Retraining of Racehorses Introduces New Recognition Awards for 2023 thanks to the Sir Peter O’Sullevan Trust
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