6 Y.O. Irish Breeders Classic Championship

6 Y.O. 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 as choosen between the 5 and 6 Y.O. Grand Finals. 

***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 – €20,500 incl. the Breeders’ Prize

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.  Please enter both qualifying rounds at time of entry.  Failure to do so will result in been unable to compete.

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  €150 will be refunded should a horse be withdrawn.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 drawn.

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.

PLEASE NOTE

The Sunday Final is confined to the Top 20 Combinations who have Two Double Clears over  the Two qualifying rounds or those who have accumulated the highest points over the Two qualifying rounds.

Scoring allocation; 1st place 100 points, 2nd place 99 points and 3rd place 98 points and so on.

The remaining non qualified combinations will proceed to  the 5 and 6 Y.O. Consolation Final.

Disqualifications; No points are awarded if a combination is eliminated or decides to retire.

Ties; If there is a tie for the Final qualifying spot, all riders tied on equal points will be allowed into the final.

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

Qualifying rounds will run as two phase special.

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

6 y.o’s qualifiers = 1.20m. – 1.25m

6 y.o’s finals = 1.25m. – 1.30m

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

1^st to 10^th place – Share €17,000.00 and

11^th to 20^th place – Share €1,000.00 equally.

Breakdown of Prize Fund less a deduction of SJI Levies at 5%

1^st place – €4,907.84

2^nd place – €3,271.89

3^rd place – €2,180.77

4^th place – €1,454.83

5^th place – €970.38

6^th place – €646.43

7^th place – €535.99

8^th place – €357.82

9^th place – €238.55

10^th place – €160.50

11^th to 20^th place in the 6 Y.O. Grand Final will share €1,000.00 which will be distributed equally – €100.00 each

€2,550.00 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 from Paul Beecher.

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

Value €100.

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 6 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 Fund 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 from RRJ Equestrian.

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

Value €100.

Irish Breeders Classic 6 Year old winner