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Win a family (2 adults, 2 children, 1 car) members enclosure admission ticket to the Longines Royal International Horse Show on Friday, 2nd August.
Photos by Samantha Lamb www.samanthalamb.co.uk. Those wishing to enter should follow the website link www.hickstead.co.uk/ general-information/ prize-draws-offers.aspx and enter the competition code ELM13. Alternatively www. hickstead.co.uk/win (or typing hickstead/win in to Google) will reach the same page. If you are NOT on the internet, please turn to the entry form to enter.
venerable age of 106, and one of the oldest horse shows in the world. As one of the biggest outdoor shows in the country, the Longines Royal International Horse Show uniquely sees the elite of many equestrian disciplines compete side by side: it has everything from the thrills and spills of international show jumping to the elegance and glamour of champion showing horses and ponies, to the exhilarating buzz of the country’s best eventers flying acrosscountry. For showing riders, this is exclusively a championship show, and is the culmination of many months of qualifications throughout the winter, with a host of prestigious classes for every breed of British horse and pony. The show also stages the peak of winter national show jumping qualifiers as the home to the British Showjumping Winter Finals. As one of only eight global hosts to the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ Series, the show is also the British public’s only chance to see their national showjumping team compete on home ground.
Highlights - Friday 2nd August 2013
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The Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ of Great Britain presented by Longines Riding Horses Working Hunters Mountain & Moorlands
Friday 2nd August 2013
The competition at the Longines Royal International Horse Show reaches fever pitch on Friday 2nd August with whole countries’ national pride and dreams pinned
on one class, the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™ of Great Britain presented by Longines. As the only chance for the British public to watch their team compete on home turf, the stands are always packed, and coming so late in the season a good or bad result could mean the difference between relegation or survival in the toughest annual inter-nation competition in the world. British Breeding is also championed today in the much sought after Old Lodge Young Horse Breeding Championship, and the Supreme Riding Horse Championship will be fought over and decided in the ring in front of a panel of expert judges. Nations Cup
The Longines Royal International Horse Show 31st July - 4th August 2013
The All England Jumping Course, Hickstead, is proud to be the long-standing host of the Longines Royal International Horse Show (Patron: Her Majesty the Queen), the Official Horse Show of The British Horse Society. Having celebrated its centenary in 2007, the RIHS is now the Robert Whitaker
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