Wednesday, February 08, 2012
HORSE OF THE YEAR SHOW ‘WILD CARD’ ON OFFER VIA THE INTERNATIONAL STAIRWAY & INTERNATIONAL TRIAL'S
Tuesday 02 March 2010

British Showjumping are thrilled to be able to offer a 'Wild Card' to Horse of the Year Shows(HOYS) via both the International Stairway and International Trial classes at the County Shows throughout the forthcoming season.
Each of the above classes will now have a 2010 Horse of The Year Show Wild Card League sitting behind them allowing the winner to be awarded a HOYS Wild Card allowing them to compete in the International classes at the 2010 Horse of the Year Show which takes place between the 6-10th October.
Guidelines
A ‘HOYS Wildcard League’ will be run over the following competitions during 2010, the winner will be awarded a HOYS Wildcard allowing them to compete in the International classes at the 2010 Horse of the Year Show:
International Trial
Suffolk 2/3 June
New Forest & Hants 27/29 July
Oxfordshire Area Show 19/20 June
Suffolk 2/3 June
New Forest & Hants 27/29 July
Oxfordshire Area Show 19/20 June
International Stairway
Devon County 20/22 May
Suffolk County 2/3 June
South of England 10/12 June
Royal Highland 24/27 June
Royal Norfolk 30 June – 1 July
Great Yorkshire 13/15 July
New Forest & Hants 27/29 July
Pembrokeshire County 17/19 August
Royal Berkshire 18/19 September
Devon County 20/22 May
Suffolk County 2/3 June
South of England 10/12 June
Royal Highland 24/27 June
Royal Norfolk 30 June – 1 July
Great Yorkshire 13/15 July
New Forest & Hants 27/29 July
Pembrokeshire County 17/19 August
Royal Berkshire 18/19 September
Points will be awarded to horse/rider combinations placed 8th = or higher on the following scale;
1st = 12 points / 2nd = 9 points / 3rd = 8 points / 4th = 7 points / 5th = 6 points / 6th = 5 points / 7th = 4 points / 8th = 3 points
Horse/rider combinations placed equal will share equally the total points attributable to the combined placings (for example, four riders placed 4th equal receive 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 divided by 4 = 5.5 points each).
The best 6 results will count and the winner of the ’HOYS Wildcard League’ to be awarded 1 HOYS Wildcard allowing them to compete in the International classes at the 2010 Horse of the Year Show.
In the event of equality of League Points at the end of the Series the competitor with the greatest number of first places will be the winner of the League. If there is still a tie the number of second places will count and so on, until there is no longer a tie.
To ensure consistency, competitors must be using the correct tack as listed in the FEI Rule Book




