SHOWING 2021
This championship is for amateur riders with unaffiliated and novice horses/ponies. Professionals and professionally produced combinations are excluded from competing in the Sunshine Tour. Our definition of a ‘professional’ is someone who earns money from:
• Training, schooling or competing horses/ponies.
• Buying and/or selling or breaking in horses.
• Teaching and/or training riders (see exception below).
• Judging affiliated classes in the same discipline as your competition (paid or unpaid).
If you participate in any ‘professional’ activities mentioned above, please respect the amateur nature of this championship and help your clients instead!
People who work with horses primarily for care, e.g. grooms, vet nurses and participate in day to day exercising of horses, but not schooling, training, competing or breaking client’s horses can qualify. Instructors who only teach in a riding school with riding school horses/ponies can qualify.
All Sunshine Tour Showing competitors, horse & ponies must not be professionally produced/trained for the show ring and must not be kept in training or livery (including DIY livery) with a professional / affiliated showing producer during the current year.
2021 SHOWING QUALIFICATION
If you record your qualification within one month (for July shows, by 8th August), you will be given TWO Unique Qualification Numbers for each qualification earned. Each Qualification Number allows you to enter one championship class.
TOURS are groups of classes, divided by competence and measurable points/winnings restrictions – please respect the spirit of each level as well as the letter of the law. You CAN compete across Tours if you fit the restrictions.
If you are outside the restrictions for the class that you qualified in, you can voluntarily upgrade to a higher level.
You CAN compete in BOTH Small & Grand Tour Showing if you fit the relevant restrictions.
SMALL TOUR
Horses/Ponies competing in Small Tour
- During the period 1st January 2018 to the date of this year’s championship: horses/ponies can be registered with a showing or breed society but must not have won any affiliated class.
- During the period 1st January 2016 to the date of this year’s championship: horses/ponies cannot have competed in any affiliated showing class at RIHS, Olympia or HOYS (from 1st January 2018 for TSR HOYS Masterclass and Search for a Star).
- During the period 1st January 2018 to the date of this year’s championship: horses/ponies can have taken part in preliminary qualifying rounds of classes that do not require pre-membership of the society but must not have taken part in second rounds or championships.
Riders/Handlers competing in Small Tour
- Riders/handlers never to have competed in showing classes at RIHS, HOYS or Olympia and must not be involved with schooling, training, breaking, producing or breeding show horses/ponies.
- Cannot be currently listed on any showing panel and /or judge affiliated or unaffiliated showing classes; this restriction applies to paid or unpaid activities.
- Cannot teach others to ride, except in Riding School teaching clients not on their own horse/pony.
- During the period 1st January 2018 to the date of this year’s championship; riders/handlers can have taken part in preliminary qualifying rounds of classes that do not require pre-membership of the society but must not have taken part in second rounds or championships.
GRAND TOUR
Horses/Ponies competing in Grand Tour
- During the period 1st January 2018 to the date of this year’s championship: horses/ponies can be registered with a showing or breed society and have been placed in first round competitions but must not have won a championship class.
- During the period 1st January 2016 to the date of this year’s championship: horses/ponies cannot have competed in an affiliated showing class at RIHS, Olympia or HOYS (from 1st January 2018 for TSR HOYS Masterclass and Search for a Star).
- During the period 1st January 2018 to the date of this year’s championship: horses/ponies can have taken part in second rounds of affiliated classes but must not have gone forward to the relevant final or championships.
Riders/Handlers competing in Grand Tour
- During the period 1st January 2016 to the date of this year’s championship: riders/handlers must not have competed in showing classes at RIHS, HOYS or Olympia and must not be professionally involved with schooling, training, breaking, producing, breeding or judging show horses/ponies.
- Cannot be currently listed on any affiliated showing panel and /or judge affiliated showing classes; this restriction applies to paid or unpaid activities.
- Cannot teach other to ride, except in Riding School teaching clients not on their own horse/pony.
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