Barbury's international classes to Aston-le-Walls

The FEI fixture has moved for the 2024/2025 season, but eventing will still run at the Wiltshire venue next year

- BECKY MURRAY

BARBURY Castle International will not return to the eventing calendar for the 2024/2025 season.

H&H reported that Barbury’s July fixture, which included a CCI3*-S and CCI4*-S, had been removed from the 2023 calendar owing to new British Eventing (BE) restrictions placed on international events (news, 2 March).

BE’s affiliated agreement for 2023 prevents venues that host international fixtures from running unaffiliated eventing competitions during the year. They can still host riding club and Pony Club events or GO BE fixtures.

In a statement at the time, the BE board said that “in light of the increased spotlight on equestrian sport’s social licence to operate, venues holding international fixtures in 2023 would be required not to hold unregulated competitions”.