Merseyside Police Equestrian Event renamed for 2009
The Blue Lights Horse of the Year Show, for the emergency services, will return to Aintree from 5-8 August.
The show, renamed since last year’s Merseyside Police Equestrian Event, will include open and novice classes in show jumping, dressage and testing the horses’ bravery in simulated “difficult” situations.
Last year’s event raised £6,000 for Riding for the Disabled and attracted 5,000 spectators.
For more information, go to www.bluelightshorseoftheyearshow.co.uk
This article was first published in Horse & Hound (26 February, ’09)
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.