Major Dates in Scotland

Due to a change of organisation personnel, Rockrose Equestrian Centre has unfortunately had to withdraw from hosting the Area Festival, Summer Regional and Scottish Championships for British Dressage members in 2026.

Following this disappointing news, the BD team at Head Office, in consultation with the Rules & Fixtures Committee, has been working hard to reallocate the Area Festival and Regional Championships to new venues on the originally planned dates to minimise disruption to members competition plans.

Thanks to the co-operation and flexibility from other BD venues in Scotland, this process has been completed swiftly, and we can confirm that the following arrangements will apply to these fixtures for 2026:

Summer Area Festival & Summer Regional Championships

• Netherton Equestrian (Perthshire) – Summer Area Festival with Music will remain on the original dates of 17 to 19 July 2026, with an additional date of Thursday 16 July.
• Bogenraith Equestrian (Aberdeenshire) – Summer Regional will remain on the original dates of 8 to 9 August 2026.

We appreciate that some members will be impacted by the change in geographical location for these fixtures. However, due to the short timescales involved, it was important to allocate based on the original tender applications we received and select venues that have run major dates previously, with a proven track record in organising these events and providing the required standard of facilities to meet our competition criteria.

Scottish Championships

The Scottish Regional Committee have confirmed that this Championship will be now run at Highfield at Howe with their support on the scheduled date as originally planned.

• Highfield at Howe (Fife) – Scottish Championships will remain on the original dates of 12 to 14 June 2026.

British Dressage would like to thank the organisers at Netherton, Bogenraith, and Highfield for their support, as well as our members for their understanding. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Rockrose Equestrian for their support of British Dressage over the past decade and we hope to see them hosting again in the future.