Premier Amateur Ridden HOYS Qualification

4.TSR DEFINITIONS & CLASSIFICATIONS

4a. General TSR Definitions

 

Member                                          A member is a person who has purchased a TSR Membership which entitles the person to receive TSR benefits for the term as stated on the website. TSR Membership does not confer holding any shares in The Showing Register or Grandstand Event Management Limited or voting rights.

 

Owner                                             The legal owner of the horse/pony is the name of the person in the passport or in the case of a lease agreement the lessee shall be deemed the owner. The person named on the passport and the lessee remain responsible for all past and present connections.

Producer                                         A person who keeps horses/ponies, including training, livery, schooling, rides or handles equines for the show ring for more than one exhibitor/owner paid or unpaid.

Exhibitor                                         A person who has entered a TSR Event or Show

 

Immediate Family

The following are defined as immediate family:

 

Grandparents

Parents/Parents Partners Husband/Wife and Partners Brothers and Sisters

Sons and Daughters

Step Parents

Step Grandparents

Brothers and Sisters

Legal Guardians

Father/Mother In Laws

Sister/Brother In Laws

Nieces and Nephews

 

 

 

4b. TSR Amateur Definitions

Amateur/Home Produced           Applicable to TSR Talent Spotting, TSR Premier Amateur Show, Premier Amateur HOYS Ridden Award Qualification and Premier Amateur Points League the following are defined as amateur/home-produced:

You are eligible for TSR Amateur/Home Produced classes and the Premier Amateur HOYS Ridden Award Qualification unless you are a Professional.

You are a Professional in relation to Showing if you derive ANY income (main or part time) from working with horses/ponies in connection with Showing OR if you fall into one of the following Professional definitions as detailed below:

Professional Producer                  A person who keeps horses/ponies, including training, livery, schooling, rides or handles equines for the show ring for more than one exhibitor/owner paid or unpaid since 1^st January 2021.

Professional Rider                         A person of any age who rides horses/ponies in the show ring for more than one owner paid or unpaid since 1^st January of the preceding year.

For Clarification, 

A person may ride their own animal and that of one other owner in the current year.  All parties must be Amateurs.

Professional Handler                    A person of any age who leads horses/ponies in the show ring for more than one owner paid or unpaid, including Lead Reins since 1^st January of the preceding year.

 

Professional Breeder

 

Professional Show Groom           A person who receives remuneration or otherwise for employment full, part-time, or self-employed in connection with Showing in the current year or since 1^st January of the preceding year.

Professional Trainer/Instructor  A person who teaches and/or trains in any discipline paid or unpaid.

Instruction or training carried out with beginners at a riding school or associated facility, who train or compete at unaffiliated local level is accepted.

Instruction or training carried out with riders on their own horses or ponies who seek professional tuition but who do not compete is accepted.

Instruction or training carried out with riders who compete at or represent their pony club or riding club, or compete independently, at regional or national competitions are not classed as beginners and is not accepted.

A person who teaches and/or trains in the Showing discipline paid or unpaid.

 

 

Professional Owner                       A person who exhibits an animal in their name which is professionally produced for the show ring in the current year. Any other animals in their name/care or ownership or in the name of an immediate family member/spouse/partner even if they are kept at home will NOT be eligible for the Amateur Home Produced Classes in that year.

 

All children/juniors not to have attained their 18^th birthday before 1^st January in the current year will fall under their parents/guardian’s status.

 

Immediate family (as defined in 4a.)/Spouses or Partners of a Professional who work or are howsoever otherwise engaged or involved in any capacity with the Professional’s business whether or not for remuneration will be treated as being a Professional.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, you are eligible for the TSR Amateur/Home Produced classes if you:

1. Keep your horse/pony on livery on a non-showing yard
2. Work in racing, riding school, non-showing yard or other non-showing discipline
3. Are a brand ambassador up to a limit of benefits worth £200 in one calendar year
4. Receive remuneration for ancillary services for example as a farrier, vet, physio
5. Have lessons/training one to one and at clinics
6. Loan/lease a horse/pony as long as there is a formal agreement, and it is shown and/or exhibited in your name
7. Send a horse/pony to be broken to be ridden during the period of November 2024 to 1^st March 2025 with a professional as defined above. This horse/pony is not eligible to compete in the Premier Amateur HOYS Ridden Qualification classes in the current year but this does not affect any other animals already in the ownership, lease or loan in the current season by those who meet the amateur definition.
8. Sell a horse/pony through a professional between November 2024 and 1^st March 2025 which is sold and does not return to or remain in your ownership whether that be part or full, or through a lease or loan agreement.

 

Horse/Pony Eligibility

A horse or pony is NOT eligible for TSR Amateur/Home Produced classes and/or the Premier Amateur HOYS Qualification if it is:

1. Stabled, schooled or competed with/by a Professional as defined above in the current year
2. Ridden/lead by a Professional in the current year
3. Shown in the name/owned or sponsored by a company or commercial firm
4. Attended in the ring or outside the ring by a Professional in the current year
5. If the owner and/or rider and/or handler has another horse/pony stabled with a Professional as defined above in the current year
6. If either the owner, rider or handler is a professional
7. Shown by a person for which that person’s immediate family is a Professional
8. Ridden by a professional in training sessions or clinics in the current year
9. Animals which have been produced in the current season that have been purchased, leased or loaned from a professional are not eligible to compete under the amateur definition in the current year. This does not affect any other animals already in the ownership, lease or loan in the current season by those who meet the amateur definition.
10. Broken to be ridden by a professional and during this period are competed in showing classes of any kind.

11. Placed on Sales Livery with a professional at any time in the calendar year, which returns to the owner or rider having not been sold, will not be eligible under the amateur definition in the current year. This does not affect any other animals in your ownership, lease or loan.

 

TSR takes very seriously the spirit of these amateur/home-produced conditions any member found to be contravening them may be subject to exclusion from the society with immediate effect. If you are in any doubt about your status please ask the office for guidance, the decision of The Showing Register on eligibility will be final.

Amateur Status for Horse of the Year Show 2025

Any member or competitor wishing to compete under the TSR amateur definition in relation to any qualification gained for Horse of the Year Show ridden classes, must ensure they maintain their amateur status from 1^st January 2025, up to and including the last day of Horse of the Year Show Sunday 12^th October 2025.

TSR reserve the right to refuse entry to Horse of the Year Show should it become aware through eligibility checks or concerns that this ruling has not been adhered to. This applies to owner, rider and animal. If you have any queries relating to the TSR Amateur Definition, please contact the office directly.

 

 

 

 

 

If you are in any doubt about your amateur status please ask the office for guidance, the decision of The Showing Register on eligibility will be final.