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NATIONAL PONY SOCIETY SUPREME DRESSAGE CHAMPIONSHIP 2025/26

This competition was introduced to encourage both performance and education of British bred ponies and their riders. Qualifiers will run from the 1st April 2025 through to 31st March 2026 and culminate in the

NPS Supreme Dressage Championship Final

to be held at Bury Farm EC, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9BT
16th May 2026
  • 2023 NPS Supreme Dressage Results
Each test will consist of the following six sections all of which will have their own Final:-
  • Registered Mountain & Moorland breeds not exceeding 138cm
  • Registered Mountain & Moorland breeds exceeding 138cm
  • Registered British Riding Ponies
  • Part Bred Horses/Ponies registered with their appropriate Native Breed Part Bred Stud Book – including Part Bred Arab ponies over stamped in the British Riding Pony Stud book and ponies registered with the British Sports Pony Stud Book. Please note Part Bred Native ponies and Sports ponies over stamped within the British Riding Pony & Stud Book may only compete in one section per season.
  • Highest placed Mini rider aged under 12 years on 1st January 2025
  • Highest placed Junior rider under 18 years on 1st January 2025
  • To qualify for the 2026 Final, you must have scored 59% or above in Prelim or Novice.
  • The qualification card MUST be filled in and returned to the NPS office with the £8 fee to secure your place in the Final!
  • Qualifying rounds are open to competitors from the UK and elsewhere.
  • The Final will run in accordance with the 2024/2025 NPS Dressage Rules which will be available to all NPS Members.
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  • Horse/ponies must be ridden at the Final by the qualifying rider.
    The owner or rider must be fully paid up Performance, Qualifying or Life members of the NPS in order to compete at the Final.

At the Final the winners of each section for each Test will be required to perform a 4 minute Freestyle to Music for the judging of the Overall NPS Supreme Dressage titles. Ponies may only compete in this section once even if they have won both their Preliminary & Novice section Finals.

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A Team Challenge is incorporated in the 2025 Championship Final. Each Team to comprise four ponies and riders who have qualified for any section of the NPS Supreme Dressage Championships 2024/2025. All four Team Ponies scores to count. Each Pony & Rider combination may only compete for one Team.

There will be both Preliminary & Novice Team Championships.

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No show affiliation fee will be charged for 2025/2026 qualifiers.

Requests for qualifiers are welcomed from NPS Areas, Breed/Show Societies, Pony Club Branches , Riding Clubs & Competition Centers in the UK and Europe.

Qualifiers should be run under British Dressage rules wherever possible. All qualifying shows are requested to use BD list Judges if possible.

New for 2025 – Shows can use any Prelim or Novice tests. 

Shows are requested to offer all 6 section qualifications but exceptions will be considered for approval by the Dressage Working Group.

Qualifier Application Packs and Information :-

  • Dressage Affiliation Form
  • Dressage Qualifying Show Dates

Contact:- NPS Dressage Working Group Secretary, Mrs. Angela Kember on Tel: 07906 451630 or email her on :- angela.kember@icloud.com.

Please show us on your affiliation form the exact way you would like your event to be displayed in our publications, which will include the NPS website and NPS Dressage Working Group Facebook page.