Everything Horse magazine Everything Horse UK Magazine, March 2015 | Page 10

EQUESTRIAN NEWS #ehuknews
Alltech to support
showing classes at
Hickstead
The Equestrian.com Hickstead Derby
Meeting (25th – 28th June) is best known
for its showjumping classes, but showing
has been a major part of the fixture since
the 1990s. This year, the show has been
given a significant boost with the news
that Alltech is to sponsor a number of its
showing classes.
With a number of Horse of the Year
Show qualifying tickets on offer and
a wide range of classes, many of the
country’s top riders and producers
head to Hickstead each June. As well as
being one of the major fixtures in the
summer showing calendar, the Derby
meeting also gives horses and ponies
invaluable experience of competing at
the showground ahead of the Longines
Royal International Horse Show, held at
Hickstead just a few weeks later.
The Equestrian.com Hickstead Derby
Meeting has something for everyone
who is a fan of equestrian sport. A total
of nine rings are in use throughout the
show, with senior national showjumping
classes, showing, scurry and carriage
driving, an exhibition polo match
and of course, plenty of international
showjumping on offer – culminating in
the famous Equestrian.com Derby on
Sunday afternoon.
The new sponsorship will see Alltech
provide support for an extensive range
of showing classes during the Derby
meeting.
These will include the Small Hunter
Championship, the Maxi Cob, Small
and Large Riding Horse classes and the
Supreme Riding Horse Championship on
the Friday.
Alltech will also be the official sponsor of
the Hack classes and the Supreme Hack
Championship, as well as the Working

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New Breeding
and Elite Sport
Horse Seminar and
Workshop
A WEALTH of knowledge and expertise
is being brought together by the team
at Harthill Stud at an evening seminar
and morning workshop on Breeding and
Producing the Elite Sport Horse.
Designed to develop open discussion
with leading industry experts and to
benefit the breeding industry in the UK,
the seminar, supported by Stallion AI
Services, Elite Stallions and Gain Horse
Feeds, will take place at Carden Park
Hotel in Cheshire on Monday, March 23
at 7pm and includes a drinks reception
with buffet dinner.
Ed Holloway will be compere for the
event and there will be a number
of experts on hand and giving talks.
The expert panel will include; Sarah
Stoneham BVSc Cert ESM MRCVS of
Cheshire Equine Clinic, GB No 1 event
rider and Harthill Stud partner Oliver
Townend, leading showjumper and
Billy Stud partner William Funnell, Enda
Carroll of Ashford Farm Sports Horses,
Paul Hendrix of Dutch Sport Horse
Sales and Arie Hamoen, leading KWPN
Stallion Inspector.
A range of topics will be covered
including; management of youngstock
to maximise potential; importance of
broodmare selection for performance;
stallion selection driven by mare
characteristics and bloodlines; what the
professional market are looking for in
Hunter class, which are all held on the
Saturday of the show.
Sunday, the final day of the Equestrian.
com Hickstead Derby Meeting,
will see Alltech support the Show
Hunter classes, the Supreme Hunter
Championship,
the Supreme
Coloured
Horse In Hand
Championship
and a series
of Chaps UK
coloured horse
and pony
qualifiers.

a young horse; sales preparation and
presentation.
This will be followed by a morning
workshop at Harthill Stud and lunch at
Bolesworth Castle on Tuesday, March 24
at 9.30am.
The morning workshop will include
practical demonstrations bringing
together many of the areas from
the seminar. Evaluation sessions will
be led by Arie Hamoen and Sarah
Stoneham, analysing different examples
of youngstock, mares and stallions,
including some exciting ridden sport
horse prospects.
The expert panel will also be on hand
to officially select the Harthill yearlings
who will be included in the first Elite
Sale which will be held at Bolesworth
International on Friday June 19, 2015.
Ticket prices to attend both the seminar
and workshop are priced at £45 per
person. Single tickets for the seminar
are priced at £30 per person and single
tickets for the workshop are priced at
£20 per person.
The British Breeders Network National
Meeting will take place after lunch on
Tuesday March 24 at Bolesworth Castle
and is open to all who wish to attend.
For more information or to book your
place please contact Gemma Holt at
Harthill Stud on 01829 720775 or visit
www.harthillstud.com
Alltech’s UK Marketing Manager, Isla
Baker-Browne said: “Alltech is delighted
to form an association with Hickstead,
which is such an institution of British
equestrian sport. The sponsorship is a
continuation of Alltech’s support of top
class British events.”
Alltech has developed the Lifeforce
Range of all-natural daily digestive
aid supplements. These products are
designed to benefit horses at every
stage of life, from breeding stock to
pleasure and performance animals.
For further information please visit
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Everything Horse UK Magazine • Issue 18 • March 2015