Eventing Cinema – the YouTube competition from BE and HorseHub

News Desk — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:27:04 +0000

Following a successful launch as a celebration of 2012 as an Olympic year, British Eventing supported by our friends at HorseHub are again offering promising film-makers the chance to enter a competition to win £1000 worth of photographic equipment.

The objective of the competition is for fans of the sport to capture the spirit of Eventing, be it with high octane cross country action, behind the scenes footage, or savouring the elegance of the dressage phase.

A keen follower of the sport is James Hustler from Norfolk who won the inaugural competition in 2012: “Freshly graduated from university, the BE Eventing Cinema competition was an excellent opportunity and offered a very generous prize which really helped me kick start my career as a freelance videographer.

“A year on I owe a lot to the competition and would highly recommend equestrian lovers and non-riders alike give it a shot.” View James’ fantastic winning entry on the Eventing Cinema webpage

Rising British star Laura Collett is new to the panel of judges this year, joining former Badminton winner and HorseHub representative Paul Tapner and BE’s Chief Executive and International Course Designer, Mike Etherington-Smith plus County Down man Liam Killen from the Equestrian Social Media Awards and the Equestrian Creative Network. Liam said: “I was blown away by the standard of last year’s entries from across the globe. They succeeded in capturing the adrenaline, precision and teamwork on show in a truly creative fashion. I can’t wait to see what 2013′s entrants create!”
Entries close on the 16th September 2013. Full competition details, term and conditions can be found on www.britisheventing.com/eventingcinema

Irish-Based Stallions Dominate British Eventing Young Horse Sire Rankings

News Desk — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:07:06 +0000

EACH year British Eventing produces rankings of the leading sires of young event horses competing in the UK. This year Irish-based stallions dominated the young horse sire rankings. The rankings, which were published on the British Eventing website in November, show that 15 of the top 20 stallions of four to eight year old event horses in the UK are those currently standing, or who previously stood, in Ireland. Ghareeb (TB), who unfortunately passed away recently, is the highest ranked Irish-based stallion in the rankings, lying in fourth place.

Horse Sport Ireland Chairman Joe Walsh said “the Irish Sport Horse Studbook is currently the leading Studbook in the world for eventing with Mr Medicott (ISH) the number one event horse in the World Breeding Federation for Sport Horses (WBFSH) rankings for 2012. At the London Olympic Games thirteen Irish Sport Horses represented seven different nations in eventing with four of these recording top ten finishes.

The recently published British Eventing sire rankings of young horses highlight the dominance of Irish-based stallion’s progeny in eventing with 15 of the top 20 sires being Irish based. This, in addition to the thirty-one Irish Sport Horses selected for the FEI World Breeding Championships for Young Event Horses at Le Lion d’Angers in France this October, would indicate that this positive trend is set to continue.”

BRITISH EVENTING TOP 20 SIRES OF YOUNG HORSES (4-8) 2012
RANKING	STALLION	BIRTH YEAR	B.E POINTS Total points (of registered progeny)	No. of contributing offspring with B.E. points	Total progeny in the IHR 2004-2008
1	JUMBO (BSHR) *	1984	1929	41	5
2	FLEETWATER OPPOSITION (TRAK) *	1977	1655	30	1
3	MILL LAW (WNTR)	1992	1415	40	0
4	GHAREEB (TB)	1990	1343	48	489
5	MASTER IMP (TB)	1987	1251	38	428
6	HARLEQUIN DU CAREL (SF)	1995	1186	34	491
7	ARD VDL DOUGLAS (HOLST)	1998	973	26	488
8	LUX Z (HANN)	1988	907	30	801
9	COURAGE II (HOLST)	1990	885	22	204
10	CATHERSTON LIBERATOR (BSHR)	1993	857	25	0
11	RICARDO Z (ZANG)	1994	796	18	401
12	PUISSANCE (ISH)	1988	790	18	222
13	ACCONDY (TB)	1992	702	25	14
14	CLOVER ECHO (ISH)	1989	634	18	237
15	CULT HERO (TB)	1991	631	21	251
16	OLYMPIC LIX (KWPN)	1996	596	13	166
17	MALTSTRIKER (KWPN)	1978	566	15	152
18	ALDATUS Z (OLD)	1985	537	14	297
19	BAZAARS EXCLUSIVE (BSHR)	1996	533	14	0
20	VECHTA (KWPN)	1991	513	11	68
*Stallions classified in the IHR standing abroad
These rankings have been compiled by British Eventing. For more information please visit www.britisheventing.com Progeny figures have been calculated from the Horse Sport Ireland online database – CapallOir

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Eventing Cinema – the YouTube competition from BE and HorseHub

Irish-Based Stallions Dominate British Eventing Young Horse Sire Rankings