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ALL SET FOR THE NATIONALS

Located between the shopping village and the arenas the food court offers a range of food and drink options to ensure you are fully refreshed during your visit.

Nationals shopping is a tradition and the shopping village offers a host of premium equestrian outlets, with Britain’s best brands from leather goods and saddlery to rider wear and gifts. The LeMieux National Dressage Championships is looming! Our annual ultimate celebration of dressage takes place in its new home at Somerford Park,

Cheshire, from 15-18 September.

The summer season comes to a dramatic close at our flagship event with the battle for the LeMieux National Dressage Champion title the highlight of four days of world class dressage.

From Prelim Silver to Grand Prix, 25 titles are awarded throughout the week to those who seek to add their names to the history books. Many famous faces have taken Nationals titles over the years – who will be this year’s champions?

The Equissage Pulse Para Gold Championships and KBIS Young Dressage Horse Championships are two further elements hotly anticipated by championship regulars who are treated to appearances from Team GBR stars current and future in both classes.

We have the hugely popular Fan Zone returning, hosted by Jenny Rudall, Bobby Hayler and Adam Cromarty.

This is an opportunity to hear about the latest topics in the sport and meet the stars. We’ll be looking at the transition from Youth to Senior competition with Lewis Carrier and Dr Diana Fisher will be joining us to talk about rider safety and para dressage. The masterclass hosts will preview their sessions and there will be lots of other famous faces and riders.

We’ll be further enhancing the digital experience for spectators this year. With sustainability and our impact on the environment in mind, the event programme, start lists/results, nationals radio and podcast will all be easily accessible online, and based on feedback from the 2021 championships, via new QR code points across the showground.

Somerford Park provides a stunning setting for our showcase event, with open and covered grandstands For tickets, timetables and further details visit the dedicated microsite on the BD website.

DAILY MASTERCLASSES ARE BACK...

with Sophie Wells and Sir Lee Pearson – fresh from another medalpacked World Para Dressage Championships – hosting Thursday and Friday, and 2021 National Champion Emile Faurie (above) will be joining us over the weekend for the Saturday and Sunday masterclasses. Emile has a stable full of exciting young prospects, so visitors can look forward to fascinating insights into producing talented horses as well as getting tips from the top. ABOVE: EMILE FAURIE, 2021 LEMIEUX NATIONAL CHAMPION, PRESENTS A MASTERCLASS ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. RIGHT: LEWIS CARRIER IS ONE OF THE MANY FAMOUS FACES IN THE FAN ZONE THIS YEAR.

PHOTOS: KEVIN SPARROW PHOTOGRAPHY AND PC IMAGES UK

MANY FAMOUS FACES HAVE TAKEN NATIONALS TITLES OVER THE YEARS – WHO WILL BE THIS YEAR’S CHAMPIONS? around the LeMieux arena and plenty of seating at the Kudos and Vector arenas. The Andrews Bowen Pavilion offers prime, close up undercover viewing of arenas one and two from your table, with a variety of food and drink available to purchase to enjoy while watching the competition. The BD tradestand will be returning with our supporter merchandise and staff on hand to answer any questions. We’ll also have the dedicated officials area and a section for KBIS joined on to our stand. T