Sponsored Events

Dodson & Horrell is the new title sponsor for the British Showjumping National Amateur & Veteran Championship Series and during 2012; we will be supporting 76 National Amateur Second Rounds as well as the National Amateur & Veteran Championship Finals.

The National Amateur Championships give amateur riders and horses the opportunity to contest an end of year final over four different heights of fences – 90cm, 1.00m, 1.10m and 1.15m and the National Veteran Riders Championships are split into minor and major categories.

The National Amateur & Veteran Championships will be held at Aintree Equestrian Centre on 15 – 18 November 2012.

www.britishshowjumping.co.uk

Dodson & Horrell has been sponsoring the Hunter Show at Bramham since 2010 and the show takes place in the East Arena on the Thursday of Bramham International Horse Trials. The Hunter Show is affiliated to Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain and is split into six classes; Lightweight, Middleweight, Heavyweight, Hunter Championship, Working Hunter and Novice Working Hunter.

The Lightweight, Middleweight and Heavyweight classes are qualifiers for Horse of the Year Show (HOYS), National Hunter Supreme Championship Show and the Bramham Hunter Championship. The Working Hunter class is also a HOYS qualifier.

Bramham runs on the 7th-10th June 2012.

www.bramham-horse.co.uk

Dodson & Horrell has been supporting Blenheim International Horse Trials for a number of years as the Official Suppliers of Horse Feed, supplying feed for approximately 140 horses for four days. We are also the proud sponsors of the Riding Club and Pony Club Team Challenges.

The Riding Club and Pony Club Team Challenges take place on the Thursday and Friday (respectively) of the Blenheim Horse Trials. Each Team Challenge sees 35 teams of four compete against each other to complete a round of show jumping and cross country within an optimum time.

Blenheim runs on the 6th-9th September 2012

www.blenheim-horse.co.uk

Dodson & Horrell has been the Official Supplier of Horse Feed to the Burghley Horse Trials for approximately the last 15 years, supplying horse feed for between 80-85 top class performance horses including those competed by our sponsored event riders, Oliver Townend and Piggy French. When Oliver won Burghley Horse Trials in 2009 on Carousel Quest, the horse was fed on Dodson & Horrell.

Dodson & Horrell also has a tradestand at Burghley and the stand can be found next the Lion Bridge, which is located near the South Park Entrance.

Burghley runs on the 30th August – 2nd September 2012.

www.burghley-horse.co.uk

Dodson & Horrell has loyally supported British Dressage for 13 years. Our sponsorship of the Novice Summer Championship series extends to the National Dressage Championships and seven regional championships.

The Novice Championship is open to around two thirds of the total BD membership - some 7000 horse and rider combinations. Riders begin to qualify for the 2013 championship from 1st December 2012 by attaining scores over 65% and 19 points, ten scored at dedicated qualifiers, to go forward to a series of summer regional championships. A good placing here gives them a coveted ticket to the National dressage Championships at Stoneleigh Park, Warks in september 2013.

The National Dressage Championships run on 13th-16th September 2012.
British Dressage – www.britishdressage.co.uk

Dodson & Horrell celebrates its 25th year of support and sponsorship of Point-to-Pointing this year and we’re marking our silver anniversary with our fifth year of sponsoring the Point-to-Point Owners & Riders Association (PPORA) Club Members Series for Novice Riders.

Dodson & Horrell is the longest standing sponsor in Point-to-Pointing and this season; we support 22 qualifiers plus the Final held at the North West Point-to-Point Club at Tabley on Sunday 20th May 2012.

Our series commences at the PPORC at Barbury Racecourse on Sunday 4th December 2012 and the remaining 21 qualifiers occur throughout December 2011 to May 2012.  
PPORA – www.ppora.co.uk

Dodson & Horrell has been supporting Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) for approximately the last eight years and our sponsorship capacity at HOYS is as the Official Supplier of Horse Feed. All of the horse feed is delivered into the NEC a week prior to the start of the show.

Our involvement with showing also extends to our sponsorship of the Bardo Webber Show Team, who won the 2011 Supreme Horse of the Year Championship with Mrs Jackie Beatham’s Comberton Clancy, who is fed on Dodson & Horrell Build Up Conditioning Mix.

HOYS runs on the 3rd-7th October 2012.
HOYS – www.hoys.co.uk

Dodson & Horrell has been supporting the work carried out by the Veteran Horse Society for many years and it is through this association that we became involved with Veteran Horse Showing and Veteran Horse Dressage.

Veteran Horse Showing has been running its series since 2002 and Dodson & Horrell has been sponsoring the series since the very beginning, therefore we are celebrating our 10th year. This affiliated series caters solely for horses and ponies 15 years and over, whether they are competing In-Hand or Ridden. The series hosts a Live Grand Final at The London International Horse Show Olympia.
Veteran Horse Showing – www.veteran-horse-showing.co.uk
Veteran Horse Dressage – www.veteranhorsedressage.co.uk