Area Festivals
The PetPlan Winter Area Festival Championships will run at at Addington Equestrian from 16-20 April 2025, alongside the NAF Five Star Winter Championships. Horse & Hound’s reporters will be on site throughout the 2025 show to bring you all the latest action via the website. Full reports from the championships will also feature in the magazine.
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‘They laughed when I bought him’: self-confessed ‘cob convert’ wins dressage titles
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‘There were four of us in the arena!’ Pregnant partners bow out on a high with national qualification
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‘My life is just drama!’ Rider who sang her way to Area Festivals survives broken lorry to qualify for championships
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‘I’m not leaving this arena!’: rider sings her freestyle music after CD gives up the ghost — and wins
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‘I said I would love a Petplan rug but I never expected to win’: Wildcard first-timer takes surprise Area Festival title
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Tales from Hartpury: Teenager lands a title just one month after appendix surgery
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Tales from Hartpury: ‘He was really poorly – we thought we were going to lose him’
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Tense finish as huge class goes right to the wire on day four of the Area Festival Championships
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Area Festival Championships: ‘Goey’ chestnut mare produces best test to date to clinch PSG glory
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Storm Eunice: UK shows cancel after rare red weather warning
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Petite partnership take top spot at Solihull EC Area Festival
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‘This makes everything worthwhile’: 18.2hh Clydesdale wins freestyle at Area Festival
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‘He’s my everything’: 26-year-old horse who beat bone infection, fracture and lymphangitis takes two Area Festival wins
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Petplan Equine Area Festival Championships 2020 hall of fame *H&H Plus*
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Alan the £5 pony who lived by a main road is heading to national championships
The pony got into dressage ‘by accident’
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British Dressage unveils new Area Festivals format
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Anna Ross: Should Area Festivals be renamed? *H&H VIP*
Horse & Hound's dressage columnist encourages competitors to take responsibility for perceptions
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Area Festivals qualification changing to meet demand
“The Area Festivals have been a huge success and we want as many riders as possible to experience the thrill of competing in championship-style conditions”
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Calls for Area Festival finals to be extended to grand prix
Dressage riders and spectators have called for classes to be extended up to grand prix at the Petplan Equine Area Festival finals
