Please register for membership of the Edenbridge & Oxted Agricultural Show to receive discounted entry fees where applicable. You must have submitted and completed your membership order before entering the class in order to avail of the discount.
Each equestrian exhibitor will be charged a £5 first aid levy fee. This is compulsory for each exhibitor and will automatically be applied at the checkout.
Monday 26th August 2024
This class fee includes an £11 RIHS contribution
CLASS RULES, REGULATIONS & QUALIFIERS
These classes are affiliated to and run under the rules of the British Show Horse Association.
This class is a qualifier for the Open Working Show Horse Championship at The Royal International Horse Show. All affiliated BSHA Open Working Show Horse classes are qualifiers for the Royal International Horse Show final and the SEIB Working Show Horse Final. This class is NOT open to Hunters, ie those horses registered and competing as a hunter or working hunter with BSHA, Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain or The Showing Register for the current season. Please refer to rule 2(iv) in the 2024 BSHA Rulebook. Any Horse which is a Grade B Showjumper, Intermediate Eventer, or above, as at the 1st January of the current year, is not eligible to compete in any Working Show Horse class. A Rider may ride up to two Horses in the jumping phase but must then select one Horse to take through to the Ride and Conformation phases (if required). No change of Rider is allowed. Horses may wear protective boots, of a plain colour, for the jumping phase only; no weighted boots are permitted; no change of tack is permitted between jumping and flat phases.
(a) Height of Fences Jumps: minimum 2’9 maximum 3’0, maximum spread 3’0
Please note that the height of the jumps may be raised at the National Championship Show at the discretion of the Course Builder/Show Director.
(b) Scoring
Jumping - 40
Style - 20
Conformation, movement and type - 20
Ride and manners - 20
Penalties:
Knockdown - 10
1st Refusal - 15
2nd Refusal - 20
3rd Refusal - Elimination
Fall of Horse/Rider or Error of Course - Elimination
Stepping back at any obstacle on the course will be counted as a refusal.
Day Tickets
The Working Show Horse qualifying classes may be entered on a day ticket, but appropriate membership and horse registration must be applied for within 14 days of the qualifier in order to confirm qualification.
Royal International Horse Show 2025
For the RIHS qualification, only the winner will qualify in this class.
SEIB Working Show Horse Final 2024
For the SEIB Working Show Horse qualification, the two highest placed unqualified in the top 5 will qualify.
Open ONLY to Hacks, Cobs, Maxi Cobs and Riding Horses, mare or gelding four years old and over, exceeding 148cms.