WHAT IS THE BEF FUTURITY
Monday 22 July 2013
The Futurity is the fastest growing young horse evaluation programme in the UK and 2013 is set to continue this trend. With capacity for well over 900 entries, the Futurity aims to identify British bred young potential sport horses and ponies destined for top level careers in dressage, eventing, show-jumping or endurance, and may even find the Olympic champions of the future.
The Futurity evaluations are held at 16 venues throughout the UK during July and August. The young horses go home with a Premium score (grade), an attractive rosette and a detailed, informative score sheet. Stylish parchment certificates follow in the post a few weeks after the evaluation.
Horses and ponies are entered for the discipline they are bred to perform in, with age groups for foals, yearlings, two and three year olds. Each horse is evaluated in hand and loose in an indoor school as well as undergoing a vet’s assessment. Breeders value the Futurity because it allows them to get their youngstock out in public, but in a low stress enclosed environment.
The BEF’s Head of Equine Development Jan Rogers commented on the positive feedback they have had from the series. “The Futurity is showing itself to be an assessment system which British breeders value, because it enables them to demonstrate, long before a horse is able to compete, that it has performance potential. We are looking forward to another successful season for British breeding”.
For more information and to enter, please visit www.britishbreeding.org.
Futurity Dates and Venues 2013
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16 Jul |
Writtle College, Essex, CM1 3RR |
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18 Jul |
Plumpton College, Sussex, BN7 3AE |
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22 Jul |
Hartpury College 1, Gloucestershire, GL19 3BE |
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23 Jul |
Hartpury College 2, Gloucestershire, GL19 3BE |
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25 Jul |
Southview EC, Cheshire, CW7 4DL |
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30 Jul |
Myerscough College, Lancashire, PR3 0RY |
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01 Aug |
Arena UK, Lincolnshire, NG32 2EF |
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06 Aug |
Tall Trees, Cornwall, PL32 9XR |
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12 Aug |
Catherston Stud 1, Hampshire, SO20 8HX |
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13 Aug |
Catherston Stud 2, Hampshire, SO20 8HX |
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15 Aug |
College EC 1, Keysoe Bedfordshire, MK44 2JP |
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16 Aug |
College EC 2, Keysoe Bedfordshire, MK44 2JP |
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19 Aug |
SNEC, Edinburgh EH52 6NH |
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20 Aug |
Richmond EC, Yorkshire DL10 7PL |
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26 Aug |
Solihull Riding Club 1, West Midlands, B93 8QE |
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27 Aug |
Solihull Riding Club 2, West Midlands, B93 8QE |
Picture: Top three year old in the 2012 BEF Futurity, Catherston Definitive.
Picture credit Kevin Sparrow.
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