It’s the new year and it is never too early to start planning your equestrian outings for the next 12 months. As well as all the usual excitements — such as Royal Ascot and the Equestrian.com Hickstead Derby — 2015 will also see the eventing European championships come to Scotland.
Here are some of the major dates to be scribbled in your diary that are not to be missed:
Cheltenham Festival
10-13 March
Location: Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire
Crabbie’s Grand National Festival
9-11 April
Location: Aintree racecourse, Merseyside
Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials
6-10 May
Location: Badminton, Gloucestershire
CHI Royal Windsor Horse Show
13-17 May
Location: Windsor Castle, Berkshire
The Dodson & Horrell Chatsworth International Horse Trials
15-17 May
Location: Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Rolex Kentucky Three-Day event
23-26 April
Location: Lexington, America
Investec Derby Day
6 June
Location: Epsom Downs racecourse, Surrey
Equi-Trek Bramham International Horse Trials
11-14 June
Location: Braham, West Yorkshire
Royal Ascot
16 -20 June
Location: Ascot racecourse, Berkshire
Luhmühlen Horse Trials
18-21 June
Location: Luhmühlen, Germany
The Equestrian.com Hickstead Derby Meeting
24-28 June
Location: The All England Jumping Course Hickstead, West Sussex
The Longines Royal International Horse Show
29 July- 3 August
Location: The All England Jumping Course Hickstead, West Sussex
Festival of British Eventing
7-9 August
Gatcombe Park, Gloucestershire
FEI European championships for dressage, showjumping, reining, driving and vaulting
11-23 August
Location: Aachen, Germany
Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials
3-6 September
Location: Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire
FEI European Eventing Championships
10-13 September
Location: Blair Castle, Perthshire
FEI European para dressage championships
17-20 September
Location: Deauville, France
British Dressage Summer National Championships
17-20 September
Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire
Blenheim Horse Trials
17-20 September
Location: Blenheim Palace, Oxforshire
Horse of the Year Show
7-11 October
Location: Birmingham NEC
Pau Horse Trials
21- 25 October
Location: Les 4 Etoiles de Pau, France
Adelaide Horse Trials
19-22 November 2015
Location: Adelaide, Australia
