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ARMATHWAITE HALL STRONGID-P HORSE
TRIALS & COUNTRY FAIR 2000
FRIDAY JUNE 30, SATURDAY JULY 1
& SUNDAY JULY 2
· The Armathwaite Hall Country Fair and
Strongid-P Horse Trials was first held in 1999 and is again centred on the
4-star Armathwaite Hall Country Hotel bordering Bassenthwaite Lake, bringing
proven expertise to the varied hospitality opportunities. Alongside the
event’s corporate sponsors, the VIP marquee will welcome local businesses,
event horse owners and private parties wanting to simply enjoy excellent food
and drinks amongst the ambience of a top class sporting occasion in the Lake
District.
· WHAT’S ON?
Friday, June 30
- Country Fair Arena - showing classes (horses)
- Lakeland Arena - showing classes (horses)
- Main Arena - Burghley Young Event horse 4 and
5-year-old qualifiers
- Horse trials dressage (pre-novice and novice)
- THERE IS NO CROSS COUNTRY ACTION ON FRIDAY
- Childrens’ Fair and Trade Stands
Saturday, July 1
- Horse trials dressage (pre-novice, novice,
Strongid-P Classic & advanced)
- Main arena - Horse trials showjumping
(pre-novice and novice)
- Horse trials cross country (pre-novice and
novice)
- Country Fair, Childrens’ Fair and Trade
Stands
Sunday, July 2
- Horse trials dressage (advanced)
- Main arena - Horse Trials showjumping
(Strongid-P Classic & advanced)
- Horse trials cross country (Strongid-P
Classic & advanced)
- Country Fair, Childrens’ Fair and Trade
Stands
- The Strongid-P Classic section puts up the
first car - a brand new £25,650 TD5 Discovery jointly sponsored by the
event and Lloyd Landrover - ever offered as a horse trials prize in Britain and
is the culmination of the Classic Discovery Series, which also involves three
other advanced events in the UK. The car enhances the £16,000 Strongid-P
Classic cash prize fund and puts the Armathwaite Hall total prize pot on a par
with the famous Badminton horse trials
- The Country Fair entertainment programmes run
throughout Saturday and Sunday and promise a great family weekend.
- There will be terrier racing in which
visitors can enter their dogs, gundog displays also aimed at audience
participation, the perennially popular hunt parades and the Lurcher Club of
Great Britain will stage long jump and high jump competitions.
- There is to be a separately run qualifying
competition for the Countryside Alliance Terrier Championship and displays of
falconry staged by Trotters World of Animals.
- The horse trials cross country course runs
through the Trotters animal park and all visitors to the event can enjoy free
admission to Trotters throughout the weekend, where they can see both farm
animals and more exotic species, including gibbons, lemurs, wallabies and
reptiles.
- A second, family arena will host a variety of
entertainment specifically for younger visitors, including the Strombolis
sword-swallowing and fire-eating extravaganza and two former British trampoline
champions - Wax ‘n Wain, performing a comedy trampoline and high bar act.
- Brass bands and jazz bands, plus a piper will
add atmosphere to the large number of trade stands that make the event a
shopping ‘must’. There is also a childrens’ fair, which like the
trade stands, is open on all three days.
For further details and an interactive course
walk please visit Armathwaite's website -
click
here
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