British Eventing venues Belsay, Alnwick Ford and Burgham International Horse Trials are delighted to announce the launch of the 2025 Northumberland Challenge, which will include the CCI3*-S, CC2*-S and the BE100 competitions across the three venues, with a total potential prize pot of £61,000.
W L Straughan & Son Ltd will headline the CCI3*-S challenge, N.I.S Limited and Encon Ltd sponsor the CCI2*-S challenge, with InXpress Tyne & Wear taking sponsorship of the BE100 challenge.
The Northumberland Challenge offers horse and rider combinations that must enter these classes at all three venues (Belsay International 28th May - 1st June 2025, Alnwick Ford International 18th - 22nd June 2025 and Burgham International 23rd-27th July 2025) the opportunity to win cash bonuses of up to £25,000 (CCI3*-S), £20,000 (CCI2*-S) and £6,000 (BE100). The prize pot breaks down as follows:
W L Straughan & Son Ltd CCI3*-S Northumberland Challenge –a total potential prize pot of £25,000
• Achieve a top three placing at all three events and win a £3,000 bonus
• Achieve two wins out of the three events and win a £7,000 bonus
• Win all three events for a further £15,000 prize
N.I.S Group Services Limited/Encon Technical Solutions CCI2*-S Northumberland –a total potential prize pot of £20,000
• Achieve a top three placing at all three events and win a £2,000 bonus
• Achieve two wins out of the three events and win a £6,000 bonus
• Win all three events for a further £12,000
InXpress Tyne & Wear BE100 Northumberland Challenge –a total potential prize pot of £6,000*
• Achieve a top three placing in a BE100 section at all three events and win a £500 bonus
• Achieve two wins out of the three events and win a £1,500 bonus
• Win all three events for a further £3,000
*Please note: BE100 Competitors must be grassroots riders and should not have competed above BE Novice. The BE100 Challenge does not include BE100 open or BE100 Open Under 18 sections.
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Dubarry Burghley Young Event Horse Explained
The aim of the Burghley Young Event Horse Series is to encourage riders, trainers and breeders to produce and present the type of young horse which potentially has the attributes needed to develop into a world-class three-day event horse. Horses eligible to compete in the 2025 BurghleyYoung Event Horse Series are based on year of birth: 4 year olds–foaled in 2021; 5 year olds – foaled in 2020.
Judging
Judges are looking for potential for the future; an athletic, loose moving horse with a promising jumping technique and attitude, which, with effective training will develop physically and mentally into a world class event horse. The winner of the class is that with the highest overall combined mark from four sections:
Dressage Phase
(35 marks)
Unlike a normal dressage test, judges are not assessing the current state of training and marks are not given for individual movements. Judges will have to weigh up the influence of the rider; a good rider may present a well-balanced, smooth test from perhaps a moderate, unscopey horse whereas a less skilled rider may not make a good horse’s attributes obvious. However, judges are reminded that it is the horse and not the rider’s attributes being evaluated. The idea is to find horses with three correct, scopey and regular gaits, whilst considering the attributes for potential longevity and performance as a world class event horse.
Jumping Phase
(40 marks)
Judges are looking for a bold athletic horse with good technique A horse with these qualities, should not necessarily be penalised for knocking down one fence (or a four-year-old having one refusal), providing they demonstrate they react positively afterwards Especially in the early part of the season, four-year-olds may find it easier to jump some fences out of trot. Notwithstanding; 3 cumulative refusals or a fall of horse or rider must result in elimination.
Potential to lengthen stride
(5 marks)
Immediately after the jumping horses are required to show lengthening of strides in canter, the judges are looking for the qualities in a horse’s potential to gallop in the future, with further maturity and development in their training
Suitability & Type (20 marks)
Judges are looking for horses with the attributes to withstand the demands of the sport in terms of soundness, speed and stamina. Lack of quality and other defects which might indicate limited stamina or speed should be penalised, even though the horse may be a nice dressage or show jumping prospect. However, a lack of size should not be held against him/her
Qualifiers
One horse per12 starters at today’s event will qualify for the Dubarry BurghleyYoung Event Horse Final at Burghley Horse Trials on Friday 6th September For information including advanced bookings see burghley-horse.co.uk
