The Racehorse to Riding horse competitions encompass most of the equestrian disciplines.

Whether you compete at a multi-discipline level or want to ride your horse at the Horse of the Year Show there is a way to participate and show off how re-trainable an ex-racehorse can be.

The South Essex Insurance Brokers series offers two different types of competition;

The Racehorse to Riding Horses Performance Horse Championship and The Racehorse to Riding Horses Show Championship which culminates at the Horse of the Year Show and both are open to professionals as well as amateurs.

Select either of the buttons below to access the relevant championship.

This is a competition to support and encourage the re-education of racehorses taken out of racing and re-educated for social riding, affiliated or combined discipline (unaffiliated) competition.



The Racehorse to Riding Horse HOYS Show Championship is a series for thoroughbreds that have raced in either Point to Point, Flat or National Hunt Racing.

The competition is open to amateurs and professionals.

The class is called the South Essex Insurance Brokers HOYS Racehorse to Riding Horse Show Championship and the format of judging will be as for a riding horse class but the best of type will win. Therefore, if you have a hunter, hack or riding horse that has raced you are eligible to compete and the best horse on the day will be the winner.

Competitors must bring the horse’s passport to the qualifier and please bring a photocopy to be left with the secretary. A copy of the passport will have to be produced before an entry can be accepted at Horse of the Year Show.

Horses must be over 4 years old and 148cms or over, riders must be 15 years old and over. The first two horses will go forward to Horse of the Year Show; if the first two horses have already qualified, horses down the line to sixth place will be eligible to compete at the HOYS Championship at judges discretion.

Please click here to see dates and much more.



RoR/SEIB Elite Performance Awards - £30,000 Prize Money!!

Retraining of Racehorse and South Essex Insurance Brokers Ltd have joined forces to create a series of competitions to promote the ex-racehorse: There is a prize fund of £30,000 and to be eligible your horse must have run in the UK and be registered with RoR at www.ror.org.uk or telephone 01488 648998.

There is a significant monetary prize for each discipline that will be presented at the Breeders Dinner and Awards Ceremony in January 2011

For more information on the competition click here

Retraining of Racehorses have kindly donated the trophies at the qualifiers for Racehorse to Riding Horse HOYS Show. Click here to learn more about Retraining of Racehorses