RoR Eventing Series

Overview

RoR/SEIB Elite Eventing Performance Award 

In 2010 the RoR/South Essex Insurance Brokers (SEIB) Elite Eventing Performance Award in association with British Eventing (BE) will offer a first prize of £5,000 and a second prize of £2,500. 

To be eligible your horse must be a Weatherbys registered thoroughbred and have raced in the UK, and be registered with RoR and BE.  Points will be accumulated by British Eventing from their tables starting in pre-novice BE100 up to advanced, and will be awarded from 1st to 6th place.  It will start in March 2010 to the end of the 2010 season. 

The prizes will be presented at the British Breeding Breeders Dinner and Awards Ceremony in January 2011.

To enter for the award, owners or riders simply have to register their horses with RoR and BE. Provided the horse is eligible, the points will accumulate automatically through the year. 

For more information contact RoR or www.britisheventing.com

RoR/NTF Retrained Racehorse Event Championship

Barbury’s fourth running of The Retrained Racehorse Event Championship is sponsored by RoR and the National Trainers Federation (NTF).

All horses in this class must be registered with RoR and have raced in the UK, or if they have raced in another country they must state which country they have run in when they register with RoR.

The Championship is open to any grade of horse and will run at Intermediate Novice level on Saturday 10th July - entries will be accepted on a first come first accepted basis.  The top 10 will be invited to Show Jump again for the top money.  Some Novice dressage will take place on Friday afternoon - priority will be given to those who are available to do this.  Together the sponsors have put up a £5,500 prize-fund for the Final.

Contact Barbury Castle at E: holly@barburyhorsetrials.co.uk, T: 01672 516125, W: www.barburyhorsetrials.co.uk

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RoR/NTF Retrained Racehorse Event Championship - Results 2010

Alligator Alley ridden by Matthew Heath won the Retrained Racehorse Event Championship, sponsored by RoR and the National Trainers Federation (NTF), at the Barbury International Horse Trials on 10th July 2010.

Alligator Alley (aka Roger) was bought by racehorse trainer Paul Webber as an unbroken four-year-old in 2000. It took Trevor Heath, Paul's Head Lad and Matthew's father, about three months to break him in; he was very nervous and needed a lot of confidence boosting and time. In 2002 Roger had his first run in a National Hunt Flat race where he was last. Two subsequent runs did not improve his form at all!

His owners, Andy and Christine Jenkins did not want to send the horse to the sales so they offered him to Matthew in 2003 to try to re-train as an eventer. Alligator Alley has steadily progressed through the levels at eventing, and finished third at this Championship last year. He is an excellent example of what can be achieved with ex-racehorses with time and a lot of patience.

Full results of the Championship which was open to all at Intermediate Novice Level were:

1st ALLIGATOR ALLEY – Matthew Heath (owner/rider)
2nd DANAAN PRINCE – Sam Griffiths (Sue Brendish and Rider)
3rd TRAIGA SUERTE – Elizabeth Power (Good Times Syndicate)
4th ITALIAN TOUCH – Sam Jennings (Eleanor Osmond)
5th SEVEN O SEVEN – Sam Penn (Sophie Bunch)
6th CRAIC – Ciaran Glynn (Gerald Leahy)
7th MONTINY – Julie Tew (Jane Arnold)
8th BLUE ORLEANS – Griselda Handy (Anne Lywood & Sylvain Austy)
9th CHIRON II – Lynda King (owner/rider)
10th RIVER MILL – Lucy Jackson (Alice Miller)

Eventing Class specifically for Ex-Racehorses - Oxfordshire, June & July

The first RoR/British Eventing (BE) class specifically for ex-racehorses at Ascott-under-Wychwood on 5th & 6th June was well supported with nearly 40 entries. 

Many congratulations to the winner, Five Boys ridden by Mrs Hollie Anne Cowley. Just beaten into second place was Analytical ridden by Mrs Katie Barber. See below for results of the first ten competitors.

Another class specifically for ex-racehorses will again take place at Ascott-under-Wychwood, Oxon, on 17th & 18th July. Although retrained racehorse BE classes run at higher grades, these classes are the first event of their kind at this introductory level - BE90 Open. The class, which is being sponsored by Retraining of Racehorses (RoR), aims to help bridge the gap – providing an entry level for those with ex-racehorses who want to give affiliated eventing a go.

To be eligible horses must have raced under rules in the UK and also be registered with RoR. Registration is via this website. Riders and horses do not need to be full season members of BE, but can compete on day tickets, visit, www.britisheventing.com for more information. For more information on the event itself contact the organizers on 01993 832083 or email chrisandjanet@fireflyuk.net or see the website www.crownfarm.co.uk 

Results of the event on 5th & 6th June:

1. FIVE BOYS - Mrs Hollie Anne Cowley (26.50)
2. ANALYTICAL - Mrs Katie Barber (26.50)
3. NEVER BE POOR AGAIN - Mrs Catherine Wood-Collins (33.50)
4. BARNEY MCALL - Miss Rhian Smith (34.00)
5. INTRODUCTION - Sharon Gauld (35.90)
6. FENCETHEGAP - Miss Camilla Leitch (37.90)
7. SOMETHING GOLD - Miss Jessica Lewis (39.50)
8. MR MCDELLON - Miss Emma Gibson (39.80)
9. SCUBA - Mrs Sonya Fitch-Peyton (41.00)
10. CLEAR THE DEC - Mrs Katie Barber (41.00)

RoR Elite SEIB Eventing Performance Award 2009 - Results

The new RoR Eventing accumulator series in association with British Eventing (BE) and South Essex Insurance Brokers (SEIB) was very well received.  Congratulations to all those taking part.  The final results for 2009 were:

1.  KILPATRICK RIVER - Elizabeth Power (336 points)

2.  POILU - Bridget Hall (315 points)

3.  SEPTEMBER BLISS - Elizabeth Power (140 points) 

4.  ELKRA BOY - Shelly Dixon (116 points)

5.  ALLIGATOR ALLEY - Matthew Heath (110 points)

6.  ROOKIE - Danielle Jackson (77 points)