Christmas Delivery details. 

We send our UK order by Royal Mail, first Class signed for.  In order to be sure that we get orders processed in time for Christmas, we request that orders are received by Sunday 20th December.  Any order received after that will be processed as soon as possible.

European Dates vary, but can be summarised as follows;

Monday 14 December	Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland
Tuesday 15 December	Canada, Finland, Sweden, USA
Wednesday 16 December	Austria, Iceland, Ireland, Portugal, Spain
Thursday 17 December	France
Friday 18 December	Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Switzerland

We wish all our customers the compliments of the season, and a happy and healthy 2016

Here we are at Hickstead again, for the Longines Royal International Horse Show.  We are hoping for more glorious weather at one of the best shows on the circuit.  We are at Stand 78, selling the very finest English leather Headcollars, as well as the very finest quality Brass nameplates, engraved to the very highest standards.

As one of the biggest outdoor shows in the country, the Longines Royal International Horse Show uniquely sees the elite of many equestrian disciplines compete side by side: it has everything from the thrills and spills of international showjumping to the elegance and glamour of champion showing horses and ponies, to the exhilarating buzz of the country's best scurry ponies to event riders galloping across-country.

The international showjumping classes get underway from Thursday onwards, with the highlight of this day being the new-look Amlin Plus Eventers’ Challenge, back at Hickstead by popular demand.

This challenge features our favourite, Rose Carnegie, who is a friend of Brass Tacks.  We will be cheering her on!

Friday’s feature class is the Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup™, presented by Longines, where teams of four riders will be competing to qualify for the series final in Barcelona. It is the only chance British fans will have to see their team compete on home soil.

Saturday’s Templant Events Queen Elizabeth II Cup is one of the most coveted titles in the national showjumping circuit, while Sunday’s finale is the Longines King George V Gold Cup, one of the oldest and most prestigious classes in the world.

The show also plays host to hundreds of national showjumping classes, including the peak of winter national showjumping qualifiers - the British Showjumping Winter Finals. There’s also carriage driving, scurry driving, side-saddle classes and lots more.

For showing riders, this is exclusively a championship show, and is the culmination of many months of qualifications throughout the winter, with a host of prestigious classes for many types and breeds of horse and pony. Each year the very best of these battle it out for the British Horse Society Supreme Horse and the Underwood Supreme Pony Championships.

Ladies’ day is held on the Saturday of the Longines Royal International Horse Show, held in aid of the Mark Davies Injured Riders’ Fund, which we featured here recently. Show visitors are encouraged to dress to impress, with a host of prizes on offer to the most elegantly attired ladies.  We look forward to seeing the amazing outfits at Stand 78!

Hickstead has hosted the Longines Royal International Horse Show (Patron: Her Majesty The Queen) since 1992. Having celebrated its centenary in 2007, the show - the official Horse Show of The British Horse Society - is now the venerable age of 108, and one of the oldest horse shows in the world.

 

The Trailer is hitched, and we are en route to the Royal Windsor Horse Show.  Come and Visit us at stand F178 for the latest show offers on the finest English Leather headcollars, with beautifully engraved brass nameplates.  The show opens tomorrow (13th May) and goes through until Sunday 17th May, with over 3,500 entries, it is the largest UK outdoor show of the year!