last updated on July 06, 2010 10:34

The closing date for 2010 Young Professionals Award applications is Monday, 2 August, 2010. The award is open to any British Rider aged 18 to 25 who has aspirations of a career in the Dressage Industry.

Applicants should be working with horses and be able to demonstrate a commitment to a future in the dressage industry. You could be working as an apprentice in a professional yard, running your own yard, or developing your own activity with horses whilst receiving some support from your parents and/or partner or other source.

Successful applicants in the first instance will be invited to attend an interactive training day held during October at either Gareth Hughes yard in Oxfordshire on Tuesday 5 October, Richard Davison’s yard in Staffordshire on Wednesday 6 October or Jennie Loriston-Clarke’s Catherston Stud in Hampshire on Thursday 28 October. Two winners from each training day go forward to the Final at the Talland School of Equitation (by kind permission of Mr & Mrs Hutton) in March 2011.

The winner will receive a grant of £4,000 and a Bridle, the runner up will receive a grant of £2,000 plus a £40 Saddlery Voucher, third place gets a £1,000 grant and £40 Saddlery Voucher and the three runners up receive a £100 grant each. British Dressage is indebted to Mr and Mrs David Manning who sponsor this award and also to the Worshipful Company of Saddlers for generously donating the Bridle and saddlery vouchers.

For more information on this exciting award please contact Sharon Weir/Ann Morton on 02476 698834 or email byrdsassistant@britishdressage.co.uk. Full details are also available on the British Dressage website under Young Riders.