Hickstead agrees to offer new M&M championship

The Young Riders Mountain and Moorland Ridden Championship, devised and supported by Ponies Association (UK), will take place on the Wednesday of the six-day show, which will run a week later next year, from July 27 to August 1.

Ponies (UK) chairman, Davina Whiteman, said: "Until now, riders as young as 13 have had to move into classes where they compete against experienced older riders.

"We have campaigned, some would say robustly, for M&M first ridden riders to have a transitional step before they move into the adult world of showing. Hickstead has been able to give us that opportunity."

For full story see Sussex Horse World, West Sussex Gazette October 24.