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Barrier Spring Festival 2024 - Northern Ireland

Arena Eventing, Dressage and Show Jumping competitions are running across Northern Ireland with the finals being held 23rd - 25th March 2024 at Castle Irvine.

The Barrier Spring Festival is a competition series for Dressage, Show Jumping and Arena Eventing. Riders will compete to qualify for the Finals. The qualifying route for each sport is as follows:

Dressage – Qualifiers for Preliminary PC70, Grassroots PC80, Novice and Intermediate Dressage will be held until March 2024 to enable Members to qualify for the Final. Members competing at Open level can enter direct to the Final.

Arena Eventing – Qualifiers for PC70, PC80, PC90 and PC100 will be held until March 2024 to enable Members to qualify for the Final.

Show Jumping – Qualifiers for PC70, PC80, PC90 and PC100 will be held until March 2024 to enable Members to qualify for the Final. Members competing at PC110 level can enter direct to the Final.

Barrier Spring Festival Rules 2024 - Northern Ireland
BAHSF Show Jumping Rules NI 2024 updated 17/11
PDF - 254 kB
BAHSF Arena Eventing Rules NI 2024 updated 17/11
PDF - 199 kB
BAHSF Dressage Rules NI 2024 updated 7/11
PDF - 233 kB

Running a Qualifier - Organiser Information

Branches, Centres, and competition venues are welcome to include Spring Festival qualifiers in their competition schedules. Please refer to the Spring Festival rules (available soon) for specific sport rules. All qualifier competitions must be registered via the online form. 

To book a qualifier competition click here.

All qualifier competitions are required to submit their results. Results should be recorded either via www.ponyclubresults.co.uk or by using the templates below. All results should be submitted via the online form.

To submit results click here.

Results Templates
BAHSF Arena Eventing Results Sheet
XLS - 92 kB
BAHSF Dressage Results Sheet
XLS - 58 kB
BAHSF Show Jumping Results Sheet
XLS - 83 kB
Barrier Spring Festival 2023/24 Qualifier Competitions
NI Qualifier Competitions 2023 24
PDF - 90 kB
Barrier Spring Festival 2023/24 Qualified Riders
NI Showjumping Qualified Riders
PDF - 101 kB
NI Dressage Qualified Riders (1)
PDF - 51 kB
Arena Eventing Qualified Riders
PDF - 46 kB

Barrier Animal Health

Barrier Animal Health, founded in 1988, will share with Members how products based on natural ingredients offer safe and effective solutions to support the healthcare needs of their horses and ponies. This partnership progresses The Pony Club’s charitable purpose to promote and advance the education and understanding of the public, and particularly children and young people, in all matters relating to horsemanship and the horse.

Click here to visit their website.