Home

Committee

Entry Forms

Results

Photos

Venue

Enter Online

Schedule

Qualifying Shows

Press Reports

Contact Us

Northern Ireland Festival Working Hunter Qualifying Classes Criteria

Festival M&M WH Pony – Exceeding 138cms
Jumps: Min 84cm – Max 99cm – Max Spread 84cm

Festival M&M WH Pony – Exceeding 122cms but not exceeding 138cms 
Jumps: Min 69cm – Max 84cm – Max Spread 69cm

Festival M&M WH Pony – Not exceeding 122cms
Jumps: Min 58cm – Max 74cm – Max Spread 53cm

Festival Cradle Stakes Working Hunter Pony Cradle (Beginner) Stakes: Working Hunter Pony, Mare or Gelding, 4 years old and over, not exceeding 122cms. Rider not to have attained their 11th birthday on the 1st January in the current year
Jumps: Min 53cm – Max 67cm – Max Spread 76cm

Festival Starter/Nursery Stakes Working Hunter Pony Starter (Nursery) Stakes: Mare or Gelding, 4 years old and over, not exceeding 133cms. Rider not to have attained their 12th birthday on the 1st January in the current year. Jumps: Min 60cm – Max 75cm – Max Spread 85cm

Festival 133cms Working Hunter Pony
Jumps: Min 75cm – Max 90cm – Max Spread 100cm

Festival 143cms Working Hunter Pony
Jumps: Min 85cm – Max 100cm – Max Spread 110cm

Festival 153cms Working Hunter Pony
Jumps: Min 90cm – Max 105cm – Max Spread 115cm

Festival 4 Yr Old Working Hunter Horse (animal must be 4 when it qualifies - passports will be checked prior to the final)
Jumps: Min 50cm – Max 75cm – Max Spread 80cm

Festival Small Working Hunter Horse (height cert required for 158cms)

Jumps: Min 85cm – Max 95cm – Max Spread 110cm

Festival 80cms Working Hunter Horse
Jumps: Min 60cm – Max 80cm – Max Spread 105cm

Festival 90cms Working Hunter Horse
Jumps: Min 70cm – Max 90cm – Max Spread 115cm

Festival 1m Working Hunter Horse
Jumps: Min 80cm – Max 100cm – Max Spread 125cm

Festival 1.10m Working Hunter Horse
Jumps: Min 90cm – Max 110cm – Max Spread 135cm


HEIGHT SPECIFICATIONS FOR PURE BRED MOUNTAIN & MOORLAND

PONIES ENTERED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BREED SOCIETY STUD BOOKS

 
CONNEMARA           
12.2hh - 14.2hh (128cm – 148cm)

DALES                      
Preferred height range 14hh - 14.2hh (142.2cm – 148cm)
(Ponies above and below this range to be placed at the discretion of the judges)


DARTMOOR             Not exceeding 12.2hh (127cm)

EXMOOR                  
Preferred height range:

Stallions and geldings 11.3hh - 12.3hh (119.4cm – 129.5cm)

Mares 11.2hh - 12.2hh (116.8cm – 127cm)

FELL                           Not exceeding 14hh (142.2cm)

HIGHLAND                Not exceeding 14.2hh (148cm)

NEW FOREST           Not exceeding 14.2hh (148cm)

SHETLAND               Not exceeding 42”

WELSH A                   Not exceeding 12hh (121.9cm)

WELSH B                   Not exceeding 13.2hh (137.2cm)

WELSH C                   Not exceeding 13.2hh (137.2cm)

  WELSH D                   Exceeding 13.2hh (137.2cm) no upper height limit