753 Working Show Horse

Judges: This class is held under the Rules of the British Show Horse Association. Competitors and horses must be registered or have temporary membership with a Day Ticket. Information on Day Ticket registration may be found at the front of the schedule. Horses registered with the BSHA must be owned, exhibited and ridden by current BSHA Members. Riders must be 15 years of age or older. Registration numbers must be quoted on entry forms. This class is a qualifier for the SEIB Working Show Horse of the Year Final, to be held at the BSHA National Championship Show. The two highest placed horses in the top five, not already qualified, in each Open Working Show Horse class, will qualify for the Final; no horse placed lower than fifth will qualify. Any horse which is a Grade B Showjumper, Intermediate Eventer, or above, as at the 1st January of the current year, is not eligible to compete in any Working Show Horse class. A rider may ride up to two horses in the jumping phase but must then select one horse to take through to the ride and conformation phases (if required). No change of rider is allowed. Horses may wear protective boots, of a plain colour, for the jumping phase only; no weighted boots are permitted; no change of tack is permitted between jumping and flat phases. Jumps will not exceed 3'0" in height and 3'0" spread. Stepping back at any obstacle on the course will be counted as a refusal. The same horse cannot be entered in a hunter class and working show horse class at the same show, on the same day, or vice versa.