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At the hub of every competitive equestrian’s world, these are the centres of competition and training that attract riders both locally and from far and wide to make use of their facilities.
Once again we asked each of our section editors to nominate 10 in their field. Here are the results, presented in descending order according to where the counties were placed in our feature Britain’s Horsiest County.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- Hartpury College
- Cheltenham Racecourse
- Beaufort Polo Club
- Cirencester Park Polo Club
HAMPSHIRE
- Tweseldown cross-country course and point-to-point track
NORTH YORKSHIRE
- Middleham (training centre)
LINCOLNSHIRE
- Arena UK
SOMERSET
- Holnicote (point-to-pointing)
SURREY
- Guards Polo Club
ESSEX
- Towerlands Park Equestrian Centre
LANCASHIRE
- Myerscough College
WEST SUSSEX
- Cowdray Park Polo Club
- Hickstead
SUFFOLK
- Newmarket (training centre and racecourses)
WILTSHIRE
- Barbury Castle (point-to-pointing)
- Larkhill (point-to-pointing)
BERKSHIRE
- Lambourn (training centre)
- Ascot (training centre)
LEICESTERSHIRE
- Leicestershire (the home of hunting)
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
- Addington Manor
DERBYSHIRE
- Flagg Moor (point-to-pointing)
DORSET
- Kingston Maurward College Equestrian Centre
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
- Aston-le-Walls
GWENT
- Wales and West Showground
STRATHCLYDE
- Rowallan Activity Centre
Do you agree? Which venues would you have nominated and why? Email hhletters@ipcmedia.com to let us have your views
For the full report on Britain’s Horsiest County, see the current issue of Horse & Hound (7 July, ’10) — out today
Find out how we did the scoring
