New showing classes at the British Open
Friday, December 04, 2009
Grandstand Group, the company behind HOYS and the British Open, has announced that the British Open Show Jumping Championships 2010 (7th – 10th April at Birmingham’s NEC LG Arena) will host a variety of new classes and features. The 2010 event will once again provide world-class international and national show jumping alongside the exciting displays and thrilling competition.
Ponies UK Super League
On Wednesday 7th April the Ponies UK Super League class will invite the Summer National Ridden Champions from the 2009 season to compete against the Northern & Southern Winter Ridden Champions of the current season. The Super League is split into the following five sections so the horses/ponies compete against their own types:
- Royalist Super League – Horses/Hunters/Cobs & Competition Horses/Ponies – 12 competitors will qualify
- Smoke Tree Caesar Super League – Lead Rein & First Ridden Ponies
- 15 competitors will qualify - Ferndale Super League – Mountain & Moorland Ponies
– 9 competitors will qualify - Coalport Super League – M&M and Plaited Working Hunter & Working Hunter Ponies
– 18 competitors will qualify - Wharf Super League – Show Ponies/Show Hunter Ponies/ Intermediate Show Hunter/Riding Type & Part Bred Horses/Ponies
- 11 competitors will qualify
The British Open Ponies UK Super League competition will comprise the judging session during Wednesday morning before the champions from each section go forward to the Supreme Championship on Wednesday evening.



