The Blue Chip Winter Show Jumping Championships celebrates its 18th Championship year with another hugely successful show. Over the course of five days we saw some of the best horse and rider combinations in the country battling it out for various Winter Championship titles at the prestigious Hartpury venue. Details of all prize winners are available on the Results Page and all our 2009 Champions are now in our Hall of Fame.

We would like to thank competitors, spectators, officials and sponsors for helping to make 2009 Championships such a hit and we wish you all every success over the coming year and look forward to seeing you back here in April 2010!

Keep checking the website for details on next year’s qualifiers and news about the 2010 Championship Finals!

With nearly 40 entries in this year’s Blue Chip Grand Prix competition was extremely hot and after a crowd-pleasing first round fourteen combinations went through to jump-off over Steve Renouard and Bob Ellis’s challenging course.

With top riders all fighting for the £1500 first prize – the pace was fast and the turns were tight but it was in the hands of Andrew Davies riding Mrs G Davies’ Wonderful Melody Van Der Halle who sped to victory and took first place. Following closely in second was Geoff Luckett on Old Lodge’s Brickfield Boy and in third place was Billy Twomey riding Mr E Davies’s and his own Goldex.

The popular Gala evening was almost a sell out and as usual delivered an exciting line up starting with the Blaze Junior Speed Challenge and
followed by a highly motivational Master Class and course walk by the legend that is Tim Stockdale.