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Sunshine Tour 2024

Sunshine Tour Championships to be held at T he All England Jumping Course , Hickstead, from Thursday 12th – Sunday 15th September 2024

Dressage, show jumping & showing qualifiers are held from 1st january to 31st july 2024 eventers challenge qualifiers are held from 1st november 2023 to 31st july 2024 , 🏅qualification🏅.

Dressage and Show Jumping: 1st to 3rd place qualifies.

Showing and Eventers Challenge: 1st to 4th place qualifies.

Qualification is only valid if:

1. Both horse/pony and rider/handler are eligible to compete at The Sunshine Tour Championships . Restrictions apply about previous experience, competitive success, and affiliated points. It is the COMPETITOR’S RESPONSIBILITY to ensure that both the horse/pony and rider/handler are eligible.

2. The competitor is placed in an ELIGIBLE QUALIFIER CLASS , within the qualification period.

3. Online horse registration AND record of qualifying results are submitted via www.sunshinetour.co.uk within one month of competition , using screenshots/photos or downloads that CLEARLY SHOW the date, venue, class type, placing and competitor details.

See www.sunshinetour.co.uk for further details on competitor restrictions, eligible qualifier classes, horse registration and recording of results.

👩🏻‍💻 additional information 🧑🏻‍💻, registration and recording of results are free..

The Sunshine Tour checks the eligibility of all horses/ponies using the information given and will issue a HORSE REGISTRATION NUMBER if successful. Registration is required each year.

When results are correctly recorded, The Sunshine Tour will verify the placing and issue a unique QUALIFICATION CODE . Each qualification code can be used ONCE to enter into one championship class (same horse/competitor combination, discipline and level).

PAID FOR ENTRY is necessary to take part in the championship show, entries open in early August (date to be confirmed and will be publicised on the website and social media).

Qualification does NOT guarantee entry in championship classes , entries are taken in the order of receipt and some classes can fill very quickly.

Class Criteria: rules used to judge qualifying classes (e.g. format/rules of class, restrictions on age of rider, height/colour/breed of horse, etc.) might not exactly match the championship class. It is the COMPETITOR’S RESPONSIBILITY to read the schedule about the rules and criteria of each class.

www.sunshinetour.co.uk for further details 

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until 31st July 2024  

Dressage Championships

Intro, Prelim, Novice & Elementary, plus Junior ‘Special’ and warm up classes and arena familiarisation.

Show Jumping Championships

From 50cm to 1.0m for Juniors and Seniors. Mini Tour including juniors classes from Lead Rein up to 45cm. 

Eventers Challenge Championships

Combined show jumping and cross country competitions from 50cm to 90cm for all ages of rider. 

Showing Championships

Ridden, In-Hand, Lead Rein, Breeds, Youngstock, Veterans, Working Hunters and Fun classes. 

Dressage & Show Jumping competitions: 1st to 3rd qualifies.

Showing & Eventers Challenge competitions: 1st to 4th qualifies.

Qualifier Classes 2024

SHOW JUMPING QUALIFIER CLASSES

1ST - 3RD PLACE gained in unaffiliated competition QUALIFIES. Qualification DOES NOT go down the line . Riders can qualify from mixed age group classes and select relevant age group when registering.

Not eligible..... Team, Pairs, Horse & Hound, Puissance, 5 Bar, Fault & Out, BS affiliated classes.

DRESSAGE QUALIFIER CLASSES 1ST - 3RD PLACE gained in unaffiliated competition QUALIFIES . Qualification DOES NOT go down the line.

Riders can qualify in open or restricted classes & select relevant section when registering.

Intro Dressage

BD Intro or centre’s own Walk & Trot classes Pony Club or Riding Club tests restricted to walk and trot

Prelim Dressage

BD Prelim tests Pony Club Novice or Riding Club Prelim

Novice Dressage

BD Novice tests Pony Club Intermediate or Riding Club Novice

Elementary Dressage

BD Elementary tests Pony Club Open or Riding Club Advanced

Junior Dressage

Junior classes or junior riders taking part in Intro, Prelim, Novice and Elementary classes 

Not eligible..... Teams, training classes, clinics, quadrilles, BD affiliated classes or 'virtual' competitions.

EVENTERS CHALLENGE QUALIFIER CLASSES 1ST - 4TH PLACE gained in unaffiliated competition QUALIFIES. Qualification DOES NOT go down the line.

Combined show jumping and cross country style competition. Cross country section can be knock down or fixed, against clock or optimum time. Qualfiying competitions can be held on surface or grass.

Not eligible..... ODE, cross country, hunter trial, team chase or BE affiliated classes. 

SHOWING QUALIFIER CLASSES 1ST - 4TH PLACE gained in showing competition QUALIFIES. Qualification DOES NOT go down the line.

Fun Showing Classes

Any Novelty and Fun showing classes: e.g. Prettiest Mare, Handsomest Gelding, Judge’s Choice etc. Judging of class could be based on turnout, neatness, presentation, manners, suitability, encouragement. participation etc. If in doubt about the eligibilty of your class, please check with Sunshine Tour HQ.

Turnout Classes

Condition & Turnout classes – ridden, in-hand & lead rein.

Novice, Newcomer, Introduction to Showing, Set Pattern, Walk & Trot classes (but not training classes). Ridden & In-Hand classes for horses or ponies or mixed heights - novice, introductory or restricted classes.

Lead Rein & First Ridden

Lead Rein Show Pony or M&M or mixed type classes – 10 years and under. First Ridden Show Pony or M&M or mixed type classes – 12 years and under.

Equitation & Best Rider

Equitation or Best Rider - 12 years and under, 16 years and under or mixed age classes. Junior Handler or Child Handler classes.

Pony Club, Riding Club, All-Rounder, Family Horse & Pony

Pony Club Pony or Riding Club Horse or All-Rounder Horse/Pony. Family or Versatile Pony or Horse & Handy Pony or Handy Horse.

Veteran Horse & Pony

Ridden or In-Hand or Lead Rein Veteran or Senior class for horses or ponies 15 years & over.

Rescued or Rehabilitated

Ridden or In-Hand class for rescued or rehabilitated horses and ponies.

In-Hand Show Horse & Show Pony

Cobs and Maxi Cobs – in-hand classes, can be separate or mixed height classes Show Horse & Riding Horse classes – in-hand, can be separate breed/height classes or mixed Show Hunter classes – in-hand, can be divided into small and large horses or mixed Mountain and Moorland or Native – in-hand, can be divided into small and large breed or mixed Coloured, Odd Coloured and Piebald & Skewbald – in-hand horse or pony or mixed height classes Show Pony & Show Hunter Pony - in-hand show pony or show hunter pony or mixed type classes

Ridden Show Horse & Show Pony

Cobs and Maxi Cobs – ridden classes, can be separate or mixed height classes Riding Horse and Hack classes – can be separate type/height classes or mixed Show Hunter & Ridden Hunter classes – can be divided into small and large horses or mixed Mountain and Moorland or Native – ridden, can be divided into small and large breed or mixed Coloured, Odd Coloured and Piebald & Skewbald – ridden horse or pony or mixed Show Pony & Show Hunter Pony - ridden show pony or show hunter pony or mixed type classes

Working Hunter, Working Show Horse/Cob & Working Hunter Pony

Working Hunter – can be split by height or mixed height 14.2hh / 148cm and over. Working Show Horse or Working Cob. Working Hunter Pony and M&M Working Hunter Pony – can be split by height or mixed height.

Not eligible.. Training classes, member-only affiliated classes, second round or championship classes. 

Qualifier Form 2024 - Showing - click here to download

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Sunshine Tour or staying away at a show anyone?

• Thread starter claracanter
• Start date 13 March 2017
• 13 March 2017

claracanter

Well-known member.

Massively excited as me and my boy have qualified for the Sunshine Tour Arena Eventing at Hickstead in September. I have never been to a stay away show( yes I know it's months away) but it seems like there will be loads to take, hay, shavings, etc.etc.. I have a trailer and I hate camping. Anyone have any advice for staying away at a show or actually done the Sunshine Tour at Hickstead?  

Congratulations! I went last year and loved it. Never done anything like that before. I posted a thread on and got loads of useful tips, if you search on Google you may find it, am not v good at linking threads in here. Best tips I got was to take a portable wheelbarrow or similar. I got a tub trug which was brilliant. Also, I don't do camping either so I stayed in the locally premier inn! Took my lorry so I needed to get a cab the first night but after that my friend joined so I had a lift. There's an even close one, travel lodge I think, which is walking distance. Was a fab few days, I'm sure you'll love it.  

I went a couple of years ago and enjoyed it but the organisation that year was not great, however I gather last year it was loads better. From what i remember we took our own hay but brought a couple of bales of shavings there. Some of the stables were quite wet but it was a pretty wet september and a fair few lorries were needing to be towed off that year. Food etc is expensive so ideally take your own if you can. We used a tub trug to muck out into as was less to have to take with us. We camped but it was cold in the night even with multiple layers so make sure you take sufficient warm clothing as though it was a winters night. It's all on a hill so you will be surprised how much walking you have to do up and down. We were lucky enough to be in the main field near the stabling but some of the campers were several fields away so can be a very long walk up and down.  

• 14 March 2017

Great tips. Some really useful information, thanks. I was wondering if I'd have room for a wheelbarrow so a tub trug is an ideal solution. I will investigate Travel Lodge and Premier Inn.  

There is a nearby hotel if you really can't face camping. But do make sure you leave contact details on a laminated sheet securely attached to your stable door.  

Pie's mum

My top camping tip is if you use an air bed they are like sleeping on a block of ice! Strongly recommend putting an old quilt over it before you put sleeping bags on it. Also a hot water bottle is a must for me!  

thanks for the top tips Shay and Pie's mum.  

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The city of Irkutsk oblast .

Bratsk - Overview

Bratsk is a city in Russia located in the north-west of the Irkutsk region, in the center of Angarsky mountain-ridge. It stands on the shores of the Bratsk and Ust-Ilim reservoirs formed on the Angara River.

Today, this city, formed in 1956 due to the construction of Bratsk hydro power station, is an agglomeration of dispersed residential areas separated by forests and water areas. Residential areas, different in size, are former settlements constructed near industrial enterprises.

The population of Bratsk is about 222,500 (2022), the area - 428 sq. km.

The phone code - +7 3953, the postal codes - 665700-665783.

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Bratsk city map, Russia

History of bratsk.

In 1631, a group of 40 Cossacks headed by Panteley Demidov Penda founded a small fortress on the Angara River, in the mouth of the Oka River, and called it Bratsky ostrog. The name is derived by assimilating “Buryaty” (local native people) into “braty”, that is “bratya” (brothers).

When the fortress lost its military importance, the settlement received the name Bratsko-Ostrozhnoye, sometimes simply Bratskoye, later Bratsk.

The present city was formed due to the construction of Bratsk power station, to the north of the old settlement of Bratsk which was flooded by waters of the reservoir.

On July 15, 1955, the construction of Bratsk hydro power station and the city of Bratsk was announced as an All-Union construction. On July 26, 1961, the reservoir began to be filled with water. September 1, 1961, is considered the date of the Bratsk Sea coming into being.

Bratsk views

Bratsk Hydropower Station

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Lenin Square in Bratsk

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Bratsk street

Bratsk - Features

The city was formed from several settlements. Today, it consists of several districts located pretty far away from each other. The residential districts were built around preserved taiga forests. The length of the city along the shore of the reservoir is about 65 km. The distance to Irkutsk is 983 km by railway, and 618 km by highway.

The climate is continental with long severe winter (up to minus 35-40 degrees Celsius) and short hot summers (up to plus 25-30 degrees C). The heating season lasts 246 days. The average temperature in January is 22.7 degrees C below zero, in July - plus 18-19 degrees C. Despite the harsh climate, Bratsk economic and geographical location is quite favorable.

Bratsk plays a role of an important support base in the development of the northern regions of Eastern Siberia and the Far East. The city is located at the intersection of important communications connecting the European and Asian continents with the north of Eastern Siberia and Yakutia. This is the basis for its economic, social and cultural development.

Bratsk is one of the largest industrial centers in the region and Eastern Siberia: metallurgy; pulp, timber mass and carton producing; timber processing and wood working; chemical and food industries. It has access to electricity generated by Bratsk power station, unlimited water resources, navigable and timber-rafting ways, etc. Also, private gold miners working on the Angara tributaries and pearl divers (the Oka River) play significant role in the local economy.

Bratsk airport offers flights to Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Moscow, Tyumen, Yakutsk. The city is connected by railway lines with central Russia, Siberia, Yakutia, Transbaikalia, the Far East.

One of the essential problems of present Bratsk is an adverse environment. The main sources of pollution are the enterprises of ferrous metallurgy, timber processing, energy, transport.

60 km east of Bratsk, there is a climatic resort “Bratsk seaside” located on the coast of the Bratsk reservoir. Patients with diseases of the circulatory and nervous systems are treated there.

Museums of Bratsk

• “Angara Village” - an architectural and ethnographical open-air museum (Komsomolskaya Street, 38),
• Bratsk museum of Angara assimilation history (Komsomolskaya Street, 38),
• The museum of Bratsk city and power station history (Gidrostroiteley Street, 54),
• The museum of history of political exile (Parkovaya Street, 3),
• Bratsk art exhibition hall (Komsomolskaya Street, 77).

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Monument to Pushkin in Bratsk

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HOW TO QUALIFY

THE SUNSHINE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS offers unaffiliated and amateur competitors the chance to qualify to compete at the UK’s most famous showground – The All-England Jumping Course at Hickstead. The prestigious 4-day championship show features dressage, show jumping, showing and eventers challenge championship classes, from 12th to 15th September 2024. 

Your Journey to Hickstead Starts Here …………

Step 1: REGISTER your horse/pony. Restrictions apply for eligibility to compete, check the competitor restrictions .

• Register HERE

Step 2:   QUALIFY by taking part in a qualifier class at a   registered centre or club and achieving 1st- 3rd in Dressage or Show Jumping, 1st – 4th in Showing or Eventers Challenge. Qualifying competitions are held between 1st January and 31st July 2024 (1st Nov 2023 – 31st Dec 2023 for Eventers Challenge, at ANY venue).

• Qualifier classes HERE
• Registered Centres & Clubs HERE

Step 3: RECORD your result within ONE MONTH of competition (by 31st Jan for Early Eventers competitions and by 3rd Aug for July competitions) and submit evidence of your result ( further guidance here ).

• Record Results for Early Eventers Challenge competitions held 1st November to 31st December  HERE
• Record Results for Competitions held 1st January to 31st July HERE

Step 4: ENTER – available early August; T&Cs apply.

KEY INFORMATION ABOUT QUALIFICATION

• Qualification is free – after recording your result, The Sunshine Tour will verify your placing and issue a unique qualification number.
• Each successfully recorded result allows you to enter in one championship class (same horse/competitor combination, discipline and level). Each horse/competitor combination can qualify up to 6 times in show jumping and dressage, up to 3 times in eventers challenge, and without limits in showing (limitations to the range of classes may apply).
• Paid for entry is necessary to take part in the championship show, entries open in early August (date to be confirmed).
• Qualification does not guarantee availability of entry in championship classes , entries are taken in order of receipt and some classes can fill very quickly.
• Class Criteria – rules used to judge qualifying classes (e.g. format/rules of class, restrictions on age of rider, height/colour/breed of horse, etc.) might not exactly match the championship class.

RULES & ELIGIBILITY

• Qualification can only be gained in a qualifier class  at a registered centre or club , within the qualification period 1st Jan-31July for dressage, show jumping & showing, 1st Nov-31st Dec for eventers challenge qualification, (eventers challenge 1st Nov to 31st Dec 2023 can be at any show, thereafter only at registered centre/club). If you cannot find a registered centre or club near you, you can apply for an Open Qualifier .
• Results, with evidence of results must be recorded within one month of competition (by 3rd August for July competitions).
• Restrictions on amateur status, previous experience and competitive success apply for both horse/pony and rider/handler. Competitors must comply with competitor restrictions  at the time of qualification and at the time of championships.
• Qualification is awarded to horse / competitor combination, no substitutes are permitted.

FURTHER INFORMATION

• Find a qualifier centre or club.
• Details about each discipline: Dressage – Show Jumping – Showing – Eventers Challenge .
• Competitor restrictions on horse/pony and rider/handler eligibility.
• Entry conditions, vaccination rules, showground and stabling information and general T&Cs: Show Information page.
• Timetables and schedules (June onward).
• General news and updates published throughout the year via News page and Facebook .

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