Foreign Breed National Finals
APHS-FBS
Foreign Breed Society National Finals
APHS-FBS FOREIGN BREED NATIONAL FINALS CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW6th OCTOBER 2024Pickering Grange Equestrian Centre, Ellistown, Leics., LE67 1EZ.Judges: Lisa Randles, Nigel Vale & Lorraine Hirons.
We will be holding the finals at our NEW Foreign Breed National Finals Show in October 2024 (date and venue TBC). There will be a range of classes open for qualified horses (membership required by exhibitors), plus a range of open classes for non-qualified/non-members. A sliding entry fee scheme will be in operation, with discounts on entries for members.
The 2024 schedule can be viewed by clicking on the Blue Box at the top of this column.
Overnight stabling, hook ups, camping & prebooked evening meal for the Saturday night should be made directly with Pickering Grange
We have a NEW Foreign Breed Veteran Championship - open to any foreign breed that has placed 1st or 2nd in any of our APHS Veteran classes during 2024.
This show is a VHS Gold Ticket Qualifier - Veteran Champion & Reserve will qualify for the 2025 VHS National Championships.
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If you would like YOUR event to be a qualifier for our National Championships, then please contact us
HERE
or use the form below.
Shows holding Foreign Breed classes (non-indigenous to GB, Northern Ireland & Eire) are welcome to apply.
These classes need to be judged under Foreign Breed Show Rules - if your class is being run under "English" rules (individual show required), then any suitably qualified Panel judge can officiate. If they are being judged under "American" rules, then a judge from the Foreign Breed Judges list, or one holding an American "R" / "r" card must be appointed to officiate.
These classes need to be judged under Foreign Breed Show Rules - if your class is being run under "English" rules (individual show required), then any suitably qualified Panel judge can officiate. If they are being judged under "American" rules, then a judge from the Foreign Breed Judges list, or one holding an American "R" / "r" card must be appointed to officiate.
For more information and/or details please get in touch.
HOW THE APHS-FBS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS WORK
To enter one of our National Finals you must have qualified and received a qualification card.
We are using a NEW system for 2024!
The top 3 in any qualifying class will receive a qualfying card. Cards CANNOT be passed down the line.
The reverse of the cards must be completed and returned to APHS (36 Philpot Square, Peterborough Road, London, SW6 3HX) and exhibitors must become APHS-FBS members in order to take part in any of the "Foreign Breed Finals" or "Supreme Championships" at the Foreign Breed National Finals Show. (There are many classes at the show for non-qualified/non-members too - so all are welcome to join us in this end of year celebration of Foreign Breeds).
If you are a show secretary who hold foreign breed classes and you would like them to be qualifiers for our Foreign Breed National Finals, please get in touch with us. To help with costs, we ask that Show Secretaries enclose an A5 SAE with their application form for return of our qualifying cards.
View our "other events" page to see a list of current qualifying shows.
WILD CARD option to qualify too.
This is an option for Judges to present in ANY class (does not have to be a Foreign Breeds class) to any pure or partbred Foreign Breed that they feel is a good representative of (that) breed. These can be in any open type competition, where ever the judge is officiating at.
If you are a judge who regularly comes across foreign breeds and would like some Wild Cards for 2024, please get in touch with us.
For 2024 we will be offering qualifying cards to the top 3 in all affiliated classes. ONE CARD PER HORSE FOR THE SHOW is required - once qualified you can enter as many classes as you like at the FB National Finals.
Please contact us
for more information.
SPONSORS AND AWARDS
A big thank you to our sponsors for this event - without the support of our generous sponsors we would not be able to bring you these great shows. If you would like to know more, or to support us at this or future events, then please see the form below, or contact us HERE
We rely on sponsors for prizes and additional bling awards, all of which help make our events special. Can you help? Please get in touch
if you would like to sponsor a class or championship.
Thank you to our 2024 sponsors:
Emma & Tim Taylor
- sponsors of the "RCHI" Perpetual Challenge Trophy - for the National Ridden Purebred Champion (to hold for one year).
Nancy Tew
- sponsor of the Purebred Iberian In Hand class and Best Menorcian awards in both the Purebred Iberian In Hand & Ridden classes.
USA-UK
- sponsor of the Pure & Partbred USA-Breeds FBHOYS In Hand classes and sponsor of the Purebred In Hand Foreign Breed National Finals, with a guaranteed £50 for the champion and £25 for the Reserve.
UK Friesian Federation
- sponsor of the Friesian In Hand & Friesian Ridden FBHOYS classes.
Equines In Balance
- sponsor of the Partbred Iberian In Hand FBHOYS class.
Horse Show Garlands
- sponsor of the FB Veteran Championships.
Ridden National Purebred Champion 2021, Sonny Hillier's Tjomme W (shown by Pete Saunders) also winner of our 2021 JRL Supreme Champion of Champions
