Royal Highland Show Qualifiers

[Lovejoy]

I am buying a wee baby soon and next year I will be showing her. I have asked advice from my friends in the know and they suggested that, because of her breeding she should go for RHS 2008.

Do I have to qualify youngstock? cos obviously I cant qualify her as a yearling the year before?! If so, which shows are qualifiers?

Help purleese!

[Daffy Dilly]

AFAIK you don't. There aren't the same number of shows up there as there are down here, so it'd be quite hard to qualify!

[Palomino Mare]

Hi,

i dont *think* so but not 100% sure. i posted a thread yesterday asking about the british show horse association as i had never heard of it before: http://www.newrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114964

nobody has replied but if you follow the link then i think they hold qualifier shows for things - but then again i've never heard of it!

[laz]

Dont quote me on this but for most of the classes you just enter. Its the showjumping that holds some qualifiers but i dont think the showing does. You have to pay a tidy some of money to enter though. The only qualifying shows that i really know of in Scotland is at Blair Atholl and Strathallan.

[eventerbabe]

i'm pretty sure you don't have to qualify for classes at the highland. You just enter :)

[Lovejoy]

Thanks peeps! Can't wait to show her off. She is only 3 weeks old (poor girl - doesn't know whats in store!)

[Nookster]

I think you have to enter a long time before hand though?

[Palomino Mare]

yeh i think the closing date is march:confused:

[Wally]

I think the entries close at the end of April for some classes