The Owner/Rider Section was introduced to give amateurs who own, look after and prepare their own horses, a chance to compete successfully at the Barastoc Horse of the Year Show.

Conditions of Entry

A) Only horses which have entered either Section Two (Newcomer), Section Five (Show Hunters under Saddle) or Section Nine (Horse of the Year) are eligible to enter the Owner/Rider Section.

B) Horses must be the bona fide property of the owner or the owner's immediate family (mother, father, sister or brother of competitor). Exhibitors (12 years of age or over) and owners must be current financial members of the EFA.  Horses must be registered with the EFA.   A lessee is not considered as the bona fide owner. Horses owned in partnerships are not eligible.

C) Only competitors who show horses for pleasure and as a hobby are eligible to enter the Owner/Rider section.

D) The horse must be solely trained, exhibited and ridden only by the person/s described in paragraph B. for 6 months prior to the first day of the Barastoc Horse of the Year Show and must reside at the owner/s as described in paragraph B. home, or if agisted, be solely in the care of the owner and/or competitor described in paragraph b.b.  

The Winner and Runner up in the Owner Rider championship classes will be required to sign a statutory declaration to say they comply with Section D - at the completion of the event.

This will be done before a JP in the administration office.

E) Horses which have been exhibited, agisted, trained or produced by a person, business or partnership concerned with selling, preparing, agisting, training and/or procuring competition horses within 6 months of the first day of the Barastoc Horse of the Year Show are ineligible to enter the Owner/Rider section.  

F) Any horse Galloway or pony which places as champion or reserve in the Newcomer, Show Hunter under Saddle or Horse of the Year classes at the current Barastoc Horse of the Year Show is ineligible to compete in any of the Owner/Rider classes.

G) Any competitor who rides a horse Galloway or pony which places as champion or reserve in the Newcomer, Show Hunter under Saddle or Horse of the Year classes at the current Barastoc Horse of the Year Show is ineligible to ride a horse in any of the Owner/Rider classes.

H) No refund of entries will be given.

I) Owner ridden winners and reserves may not compete in the Barastoc Horse of the Year Sections if their owner ridden class is completed prior to the final of the corresponding Barastoc class. This includes horses and riders.

Important announcement regarding neck numbers 

You will be reminded of this again prior to the show but it is MOST important that you take note of this.

You will NOT be issued neck numbers for your horses at the 2005 Barastoc Horse of the Year Show.

We request that you buy a set of adjustable numbers from a saddlery - we recommend our sponsors Saddle-Up, who carry the four digit number sets and by Malcolm Byrne here on the Werribee Park Grounds..

These number sets have been in use by the HRCAV for some time and fit well into the neck number holders. they are inexpensive to buy and totally re-usable for future events.

When you collect your catalogue, and find your exhibit number, please insert this into your number holder.

No exhibit can enter the ring to compete with displaying their number in their number holder. You will again be reminded of this need in later correspondence, but we advise you to buy one, or maybe two sets of numbers ASAP so you are prepared.