Mounted Games

The Mounted Games have many visiting countries from all over Europe and are also joined by America, Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales and would be delighted if you would join us, with or without your flags and raucous applause to cheer on your favourite team.

This competition will be complimented with an amazing display of colour when every team joins us in an opening and closing ceremony carrying the flag of the team which they represent and supported with a theme tune of each teams choice, making their entrance more identifiable and encouraging supporters to make as much noise as possible early on.

Mounted Games is a branch of equestrian sport in which very fast races, exciting for participants and spectators alike, are performed by excellent riders on well-trained ponies.

They require a high degree of athletic ability, good riding skills, hand-to-eye coordination, general determination to see things through to the end no matter what, and a competitive spirit which nevertheless requires an ability to work together with other riders and a willingness to help one another.

Mounted Games were the inspiration of H.R.H. Prince Philip. When Col. Sir Mike Ansell was Director of the Horse of the Year Show, Prince Philip asked if he could devise a competition for children who could not afford an expensive, well-bred pony, and in 1957 the Horse of the Year Show, then at Harringay Arena in North London, England, staged the first Mounted Games Championship for the Prince Philip Cup - it was an immediate box office success. 

Teams

TEAMS will consist of a minimum of four riders and ponies and a maximum of five riders and ponies.

Once a competition has begun, the five riders and ponies stated on the declaration form may not be substituted. Ponies must not exceed 14.2hh (148cm), excluding shoes if worn.