BEF Futurity 2013 dates and venues

The dates and venues for the 2013 Baileys Horse Feeds/British Breeding/BEF Futurity evaluation series have been announced. The Futurity is the fastest growing young horse evaluation programme in the UK and 2013 is set to continue this trend. With capacity for well over 900 entries, the Futurity aims to identify British bred young potential sport horses and ponies destined for top level careers in dressage, eventing, show-jumping or endurance, and may even find the Olympic champions of the future.

The Futurity evaluations are held at 16 venues throughout the UK during July and August. The young horses go home with a Premium score (grade), an attractive rosette and a detailed, informative score sheet. Stylish parchment certificates follow in the post a few weeks after the evaluation. Entries open online on the 1st June and some venues fill up within 48 hours so breeders need to respond quickly to be sure of a place.

Horses and ponies are entered for the discipline they are bred to perform in, with age groups for foals, yearlings, two and three year olds. Each horse is evaluated in hand and loose in an indoor school as well as undergoing a vet’s assessment. Breeders value the Futurity because it allows them to get their youngstock out in public, but in a low stress enclosed environment.

The BEF’s Head of Equine Development Jan Rogers commented on the positive feedback they have had from the series. “The Futurity is showing itself to be an assessment system which British breeders value, because it enables them to demonstrate, long before a horse is able to compete, that it has performance potential. We are looking forward to another successful season for British breeding”.

For more information, visit www.britishbreeding.org

Futurity Dates and Venues 2013