Quest for future eventing stars begins

The 2006 qualifying shows for the prestigious WINERGY Burghley Young Event Horse Series have been announced. A series of 20 qualifiers will take place around the country from 19 May to 18 August 2006, culminating in a final held on Friday, 8 September at the world-famous Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (7-10 September 2006).

The Young Event Horse Series is the UK’s “Showcase for breeding for Eventing,” and qualifiers are open to four and five-year-old horses of a minimum height of 148cm, and riders over 16 years old.

Pippa Funnell, winner in 1998 with her 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Primmore’s Pride, claims that the young event horse class is “widely acknowledged as a shop window for breeders.” Tina Cooks’ British team horse General Jock is also a Young Event Horse finalist. “It is a good competition for owners and breeders to aim for,” says Cook, who also won the five-year-old championship in 2003 with Miner’s Frolic.

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