Directions: Amport is 5 miles west of Andover and is signposted from the A303 adjacent to a railway bridge. The showground will be signposted off the Andover-Grateley road from Amport village.

Organiser: Susie Pool, Pegasus House, Everleigh Rd, Haxton, Salisbury, Wilts, SP4 9PT. Tel: 01980 671523 Email: net@bvrc.co.uk

For emergency use & ONLY AVAILABLE ON 13th May: Mobile: 07377 087121 Entries Secretary: Briony Tarlton, 7 Sandydown Cottages, Sandydown, Stockbridge, Hants SO20 6BY Tel: 07789 687160

BVRC Organisers/Secretaries are not able to respond to TEXT messages
Entries will be strictly limited & close on Saturday 5th May
DOGS ARE NOT PERMITTED ON THE SHOWGROUND
Riders must be 16years of age or older
The competition will be run on grass using two 20x40 arenas.
Every effort will be made to minimise waiting times between classes, but please remember that the event organisers and their teams are volunteers who give up their time for your benefit.
We are privileged to have the use of this site.
Please clear up all droppings & DO NOT feed hay outside of your lorry / trailer.
Leave area tidy.
DO NOT LEAVE HORSES OR PONIES TIED TO LORRIES/TRAILERS & LEFT UNATTENDED

You can book using our Secure Online Entry System.
Payment is secure and it goes directly to Bourne Valley Riding Club.
You will receive an email confirmation of your booking and payment.

Entry Fee: BVRC £13, Non BVRC £14. 

Food and Refreshments provided by The Horse Trough
Helen 07988 821486 Email: info@thehorsetrough.co.uk

Health & Safety Policy The organiser of this event has taken reasonable precautions to ensure the health & safety of everyone present. For these measures to be effective, everyone must take all reasonable precautions to avoid and prevent accidents and shall obey the instructions of the organiser, and all officials & stewards.

Competition Notes:
For the avoidance of doubt, competitors shall understand that the rules and conditions of entry (listed below) are the sole terms under which the Bourne Valley Riding Club (BVRC) organises competitions. Competitors shall not enter BVRC events unless they have read, understood and fully accepted these terms.

BVRC General Rules & Conditions of Entry
1. All classes will be run in accordance with current Official Rules for British Riding Clubs' Competitions.
2. It shall be deemed a condition of entry that neither the organisers nor land owners nor their agents shall be held responsible for any loss, injury, damage to competitors, onlookers, their property, servants or horses or ponies, howsoever caused.
3. Competitors shall be 16 years of age or older at the closing date for entry.
4. Anyone who is competing, exercising, handling or responsible for a horse and is not a British Riding Clubs (BRC) member must have their own third party insurance.
5. Horses and ponies shall be 5 years of age or older for Horse Trials or 4 years of age or older for all other ridden competitions, at the closing date for entry.
6. Horses may only be ridden once in Horse Trials, otherwise horses may be ridden once only in each class apart from PYO dressage in which entry is restricted to once only in each test. At BVRC Novice Shows ONLY, horses may be ridden more than once in each class, but by different riders.
7. Everyone mounted, whether or not a competitor, shall wear correct riding clothes, which must include ‘Protective Headwear’, with a harness properly adjusted and fastened. Failure to do so will incur elimination. ‘Protective Headwear’ constitutes a hat meeting one of the following standards: British PAS 015:1998 or 2011 } Provided they are BSI Kitemarked European VG1 01.040: 2014-12 } or Inspec IC marked American ASTM F1163:2004a or 04a onwards Provided they are SEI SNELL E2001 and SNELL E2016 mark Australian & New Zealand AS/NZS 3838 2006 onwards Provided they are SAI Global marked Skullcaps must be worn with an appropriate coloured silk. Side Saddle riders must wear protective headwear, as shown above. Bowler or Top hats are not permitted.
8. Long riding boots, designed for riding, or short riding boots with either gaiters of same leather and colour or suede half chaps, of identical colour to the boots and with no decoration or tassels of any sort, are to be worn. Dressage Gloves are compulsory. Show Jumping/Working Hunter Body protectors are strongly recommended. Cross Country A Body Protector to BETA Level 3 (Purple Label dated 2009 or after) is compulsory. An Airbag style protector, if used, must be worn over a permitted body protector. Riders wearing Exo Body Cage protectors must inform the organiser before commencing the cross country. MEDICAL ARMBANDS ARE COMPULSORY AND MUST BE WORN ON THE RIDER’S ARM.
9. Hair must be neatly secured and MUST not hang lower than the shoulder line when standing normally. Jewellery including body piercing components and therapeutic medical devices (wristbands) must be removed. If removal is not possible, items must be covered up by clothing or gloves. This will be done at the rider’s own risk.
10. A watch is permitted for the cross country phase of Horse Trials or for Hunter Trials. No other receiving, recording, transmitting or monitoring devices may be used during any phase of any event. Competitors are NOT permitted to take mobile phones onto the cross country course when competing. Head Cams will not be permitted on any part of the horse or rider at any time.
11. When specific times have been allocated, competitors must report to the steward 10 minutes before their given start time. This will also apply to each phase of Horse Trials and for Hunter Trials. Failure to do so may incur elimination.
12. Faults for Show Jumping/Working Hunter classes: Disobediences which will be judged as: 1st Disobedience 4 faults, 2nd Disobedience 8 faults, 3rd Disobedience Elimination.
13. A competitor may not, under penalty of elimination, compete on a horse that has practised over any of the obstacles to be used on the Horse Trials or Hunter Trials course for the five days prior to the competition.
14. In the event of elimination on the Cross Country in Horse Trials or Hunter Trials, for reasons other than a fall of the horse or two falls of the rider, competitors may proceed on the course but shall not obstruct other competitors.
15. The organisers reserve the right in the light of prevailing circumstances to cancel the event, alter classes, Judges, times, prize money or any other published information.
16. In all cases the Judge's decision is final. Any objection shall be accompanied by a deposit of £20 and within half an hour of the incident. The deposit will be returned only if the objection is upheld.
17. In the event of any dispute, which cannot be satisfactorily resolved, the BVRC may, at its option, agree to a full or partial refund of the competitor’s entry fees. For the avoidance of doubt claims for consequential liability, expenses or other payments shall in no circumstances be accepted.
18. Refunds or transfer of entry fees will only be made after close of entries, on production of a vet or doctor's certificate, except in the event of cancellation when all fees will be refunded less a small proportion to cover non-recoverable costs.
19. Medical facilities will be limited to standard NHS accident & emergency callout, unless it is explicitly stated otherwise.
20. Any veterinary services utilised (including horse transportation, accommodation or legal disposal of deceased animals) shall be charged to and paid by the competitor. The BVRC does not guarantee that there will be immediate access to a veterinary services or a horse ambulance on the showground, unless otherwise stated.
21. Any farrier services utilised shall be charged to and paid for by the competitor. Unless otherwise stated, the BVRC does not guarantee that there will be immediate access to a farrier on the showground.
22. BVRC does not guarantee that the showground is a secure site or that the showground perimeter cannot be breached by runaway animals. It is the responsibility of the competitor to ensure, so far as is possible, that runaways cannot occur.
23. The BVRC’s responsibility for runaway animals shall be limited to informing the local civil or military police. All costs incurred in any recovery including the cost of any damages incurred during the incident shall be charged to & paid by the competitor.