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The Blue Chip Pony Newcomers Championship 2020 will be held during a NEW indoor Championship Show at Aintree Equestrian Centre between 7 – 11 October 2020. Second rounds will be held at the following venues on the following dates; Onley Grounds Equestrian Complex (29th August – 1st September) Bury Farm Equestrian Village (5th – 6th September) South View Equestrian Centre  (5th – 6th September) Vale View Equestrian (12th – 13th September) Wales & West Shows (19th – 20th September) Muirmill Equestrian Centre (26th – 27th September) The top eight combinations in each second round will move forward to the Championship. Please note that the qualifiers due to take place in Scotland and Wales are subject to the easing of COVID-19...

The final Blue Chip Pony Newcomers Second Round of this year took place on Sunday during the Welsh Home Pony at Wales and West Showground near Newport, Monmouthshire and it was Seamus Taylor who bagged the win and a Championship qualifying spot. With a large field of eighty-six combinations coming forward to try and gain one of four remaining places in the sought after Blue Chip Pony Newcomers Championship Final, held at Horse of the Year Show in October, Course Designer Rafael Suarez had a big task on hand to reduce the numbers. He achieved this when whittling the field down to just five for the final jump-off. Fourteen year-old Seamus from Ellesmere, Shropshire produced the sole treble clear of...