The Gosling Cup is a well-established and long-running competition, unique to Area 8. established by the Gosling family and more recently by the Lyster family
It is open to teams in the southern Branches of Area 8, to participate in a competition that consists of:
– Turnout of Pony & Rider: in which pony, rider and tack are all assessed individually (marks out of 20)
– Individual Ride: a current dressage test
– Team Ride: a special quadrille dressage test, in which all four ponies are in the arena together!
– Gosling Cup Team Ride
Handy Hunter Trial: using whatever cross-country course is available, this includes some simple challenges e.g. opening gates
Show Jumping
The Gosling Cup has a special scoring system: the Gosling Cup Rules. Each year, the competition is hosted by one of the participating Branches.
Each Team consists of 4 members under 17 years on the day of the competition (with one allowed to be over 17) riding horses/ponies 15.2 or under. All 4 member’s scores count.
The Essex and Suffolk Team of Phoebe Prideaux, Aoife Rew, Gracie Tyte and Bea Nicholls were crowned Gosling Cup Champions in 2017 after a 20 year old wait and we were proud to host the 2023 Gosling Cup which was won by Essex Hunt North.
