£3,000 bonus on provide for grassroots riders in new sequence problem

Grassroots eventers have the prospect to compete for a £3,000 bonus because the Northumberland Problem expands for 2024.

British Eventing (BE) fixtures Belsay Worldwide, Alnwick Ford and Burgham Worldwide Horse Trials are “delighted” to announce the return of the problem, which awards prizes for consistency at two-and three-star degree, however which this yr may even cowl the BE100 lessons on the three venues.

The problem provides mixtures that compete in the identical class in any respect three venues the prospect to win money bonuses. Profitable all three CCI3*-Ss will web an additional £15,000, successful two secures £7,000 and securing a top-three putting in every wins £3,000.

For the two-star lessons the bonuses are £12,000, £6,000 and £2,000 respectively, and for the BE100 it’s £3,000, £1,500 and £500.

Belsay occasion director Laura de Wesselow mentioned: “As a staff we’re vastly grateful to our sponsors, notably Hambro Sport Horses, and our inventive insurance coverage brokers McClaron Sports activities Ltd for enabling us to supply this improbable accumulator prize fund. Our purpose is to showcase our lovely Northumbrian venues and entice prime riders and grassroots opponents from everywhere in the nation.”

Alnwick Ford and Burgham Worldwide occasion director Craig Anderson mentioned the staff was “thrilled” to incorporate BE100 mixtures this yr, including: “There are usually not many different locations the place you’ll be able to win actually respectable prize-money at this degree.”

Final yr Mark Davidson, who is predicated with Piggy March, gained £7,000 with two wins out of three within the CCI3*-S, at Alnwick Ford and Burgham, with the Spherical Desk Syndicate’s Fonbherna Lancer.

“Profitable the CCI3*-S at each Alnwick Ford and Burgham was a profession spotlight for me,” he mentioned. “It was unimaginable to win this kind of cash and it’s an enormous incentive for riders to journey to those fantastic northern occasions. We will certainly be again this season.”

Martin Wright, grassroots consultant to the BE sports activities committee, added: “This can be a nice alternative for grassroots riders to compete for a critical prize pot. It’s improbable to see Northumberland occasions extending this chance to riders at this degree, who make up 75% of BE’s membership.”

BE100 opponents shouldn’t have competed above BE novice. The BE100 problem doesn’t embody BE100 open or open under-18 sections.

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