Please contact Jane Laird if you are interested

in joining the Quiz Team or Horse and Pony Care.

The Blue Cross Horse & Pony Care Competition is an unmounted annual team competition which has an Area Qualifying round where the top teams qualify for the National Pony Club Championships in August. Ponies are provided for the Area Qualifier and the Championships. Dates can be found on the Calendar.

The teams make their way around different stations, each of which covers a different theory or practical topic eg grooming, feeding, colours & markings, tack, veterinary care etc. There are three levels in the competition:

• Mini – Teams to consist of three members aged 10 years and under on the 1st January of the competition year, with one member to be 8 years or under. Questions to be based on the Care section of the E, D and easier parts of the D+ Efficiency Tests.
• Junior – Teams to consist of three members aged 13 years and under on the 1st January of the competition year, with one member to be 11 years or under. Questions to be based on the Care section of the D, D+, C and easier parts of the C+ Efficienct Tests.
• Senior – Teams to consist of three members aged 25 years and under on the 1st January of the competition year, with one member to be 16 years or under. Questions to be based on the Care section of the C+, B and AH Efficiency Tests.