General Rules and Regulations
Stables must be booked online. There will be 77 Permanent Barn Stables at £58 per night, plus Temporary Barn Stables at £38 per night, available on the showground.
Competitors must ensure that there is availability on all nights for permanent stable bookings before booking, and only book stables for horses they have entered in classes. Requests for proximity to other riders should be made in the stabling notes. Competitors who wish to be placed on the waiting list for permanent stables need to email amanda@showdirect.co.uk
Stables must only be booked in the riders name and not booked for friends. Requests can be added in the stable notes.
Horses may not arrive before 2.00pm on 8 April and all horses must depart on Sunday 13 April.
Stable hire is from 5.00pm on day of arrival – 4.00pm on the day of departure (access from 2.00pm on Tuesday 8 April). Stables must be vacated on time so that incoming horses may be stabled. If stables are not vacated on time a fine of £80 per stable may be charged for late departure.
All Competitors will pay a £20 per stable cash deposit upon arrival at the Stable Managers Office prior to being allocated stables. This deposit is fully refundable prior to departure and upon confirmation that the Competitors stable has been emptied of bedding and left tidy. If the stable is not emptied of bedding and left tidy the deposit will not be refunded.
Any damage caused to stables will be charged to the hirer.
Horseboxes / trailers may be parked some distance from the stables.
Competitors may not sub-let or re-sell any stables they have purchased and are then unable and / or don’t wish to use themselves.
Stable Manager’s Office is open daily from 7.00am – 8.00pm
Stable Bedding
All stables will be empty of bedding on arrival. Natural Flake Shavings may be purchased from the Stable Manager at £9.00 per bale between 9.00am and 8.00pm.
For further information on Natural Flake Shavings please visit www.awjenkinson.co.uk
Straw is not permitted.
HorseHage
High Fibre HorseHage may be purchased from the Stable Manager £9.00 per bale between 9.00am and 8.00pm.
For more information on Horsehage please visit their website www.horsehage.co.uk
Vaccination Certificate
All horses and ponies at the Blue Chip Championships must have a current and valid certificate of vaccination against Equine Influenza.
Please read Point 38 in the Blue Chip Winter Show Jumping Championships General Rules & Regulations.
There will be random checking of certificates and any horse or pony found without a valid certificate will not be permitted to remain at the Show.
Electric Lorry Hook Up
Limited 6amp electrical hook ups are available for horseboxes at a cost of £105 (inc. VAT) per hook up for the period that the Competitor is staying on the Show Ground and may not be transferred to another Competitor. Horseboxes will require a 16amp (blue socket) extension cable (which must conform to current electrical regulations) to connect to the socket supplied.
Whilst the Organiser will endeavour to supply the hook up booked the Organiser does not guarantee a constant supply throughout the Show, nor do we accept any responsibility for losses and / or discomfort occurring as a result of a break in the supply provided.
Electrical connection must be booked on-line and is on a strictly first come basis. No refunds can be made on any cancelled bookings.
Further Information for the Blue Chip Championship Finals
