5 Y.O. Irish Breeders Classic Championship

5 year old Irish Breeders Classic Competition

Funded by the Breeding Grant Initiative under National Breeding Services with thanks to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and delivered by Horse Sport Ireland.

The Tom O’Dwyer Horsemanship Trophy will be judged and presented to the best produced and ridden horse between the 5 and 6 Y.O. Grand Finals.

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***PLEASE NOTE***

ALL PRIZE MONEY WILL BE PAID TO THE RIDER OF THE HORSE UNLESS YOU INFORM THE IBC OFFICE ONSITE BEFORE PRIZE MONEY IS PAID.

PRIZE FUND – €17,500. Plus Breeders’ Prize €2,500.00

The global entry fee per horse is €280, via SJI Live.   This entry fee does NOT include stabling, please contact info@barnadownshowjumping.ie for stabling. ONSITE STABLING IS NOT COMPULSORY.

Entries open the 17^th August 2026 at 9am and close the 25th August 2026 at 2pm.

Closing time will be strictly adhered to with a €50 supplement being charged on late entries.

Please enter the two qualifiers as all draws are done via sji.live.

Full entry fee is required at time of entry.  €150 will be refunded should a horse be withdrawn. Refunds will only be given up to the Start List draw.

No substitutions of horses or riders are allowed.

All classes will be run as per SJI rules.

Horses must be registered with a studbook recognised by the Irish Department of Agriculture.

All horses must be born in Ireland and have documentation to prove so i.e. Dam, Sire and breeder must be documented in the passport. Breeders address must be in Ireland. Horses born in Ireland without documentation to prove this are ineligible.

In the event of a dispute video evidence will be viewed and allowed.

Qualifying rounds will run as two phase special.

PLEASE NOTE

The Sunday Final is confined to the top twenty combinations who have two double clears over the two qualifying rounds and the remaining will be based on a cumulative score of faults and time from the two qualifiers.

Non qualified combinations will proceed to the Consolation Final.

A rider may ride an unlimited amount of horses in the qualifiers.  For the Grand Final a rider may only ride a maximum of 2 horses.

The FINAL will consist of 1 round and a jump-off in the event of more than one clear round.

This class is open to riders of any nation.

Approximate fence height

5 y.o’s qualifiers = 1.15m. – 1.20m

5 y.o’s finals = 1.20m. – 1.25m

5 Y.O. Irish Breeders Classic Grand Final Prize Fund

1^st to 10^th place – Share €17,500.00 and

11^th to 20^th place – Share €2,000.00 equally.

Some of the above prize fund will be awarded in the form of equestrian supplies vouchers/product.

Groom’s Prize

Kindly Sponsored by Kathy McMullan of The Grooms Group and Kate Derwin.

€100 Groom Prize to the highest placed member of The Grooms Group.

Breeder’s Prize

Funded by the Breeding Grant Initiative, under National Breeding Services with thanks to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and delivered by Horse Sport Ireland.

€2,500 of the above prize fund will be allocated to the Breeders’ of the top 3 placed horses in the 5 Y.O. Grand Final, as follows.

1^st Placed Breeder €1,200

2^nd Placed Breeder €800

3^rd Placed Breeder €500

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5 and 6 Y.O. Irish Breeders Classic Consolation Final

Kindly Sponsored by Abbey Upholsterers

and Keatingstown House Stud.

***OWNERS***

***PLEASE NOTE***

ALL PRIZE MONEY WILL BE PAID TO THE RIDER OF THE HORSE UNLESS YOU INFORM THE IBC OFFICE ONSITE BEFORE PRIZE MONEY IS PAID.

PRIZE FUND – €5,000

Breakdown of Prize Money incl. deduction of SJI Levies at 5%

1^st place – €1,567.50

2^nd place – €1,045.00

3^rd place – €712.50

4^th place – €570.00

5^th place – €475.00

6^th place – €380.00

€300 of the above prize fund may be awarded in the form of equestrian supplies vouchers/product.

Groom’s Prize

Kindly Sponsored by Kathy McMullan of The Grooms Group and ?

€100.00 Groom Prize to the highest placed member of The Grooms Group.