British Dressage and Horse & Country announce extended partnership

We're pleased to confirm an extension to our broadcast parternship with equestrian sports network Horse & Country, with plans to bring extensive live coverage across all levels of the sport in 2025 alongside two new documentary series.

There’s a feast of live sport for dressage fans to look forward to in 2025, with over 100 days of sport across all of the following competitions:

January 

• Addington Winter Area Festival 
• Aintree Winter Area Festival 
• Arena UK Winter Regionals
• Onley Winter Regionals
• Vale View High Profile Show 

February

• Myerscough Winter Regionals
• Bishop Burton Winter Regionals
• Wellington Winter Regionals

March 

• Myerscough Premier League

April 

• NAF Five Star Winter Championships at Addington 
• Addington Premier League 

May 

• Addington CPEDI and CDI
• Somerford Park High Profile and Premier League

June 

• Wellington Premier League, CPEDI and CDI
• Vale View Premier League 
• Hartpury Premier League, CPEDI and CDI

July 

• Hartpury Summer Regional

August

• Bury Farm High Profile Show 

September 

• Select coverage from the LeMieux National Dressage Championships

October 

• Summer Area Festival Championships at Arena UK
• Aintree High Profile Show

November 

• Quest National Championships at Arena UK 

December 

• Arena UK High Profile Show 

All the classes covered at each event will be available to watch on demand on H&C+ and competitors can also stream the video of their own performance in near real-time from the H&C+ archive or purchase their clip to download, share and post. 

Alongside competition coverage, Horse & Country will be working closely with the team at BD to produce two lifestyle documentary series, aimed at providing inspiration and education to members and newcomers alike. The first of these will be looking at the training of the non-warmblood horse; we'll be meeting horse and rider combinations who've taken part in the Associated Championship and progressed through the levels with success. The second series will turn our attention to Quest, as we follow a team's progress throughout the year - with the ultimate goal of the LeMieux Quest Championships. Both series will be available on H&C+ and will also air on the Horse & Country channel, which is free to view on LG connected televisions in the UK as well as a variety of other free digital platforms.

As part of the partnership, BD members will continue to enjoy benefits and discounts, with 15% off an annual H&C+ membership, or 20% off an annual H&C+ Gold membership - H&C's VIP membership option for competitive riders. To access the discount code, simply sign in below, using the log in details you use for your member portal, BD online. 

Jason Brautigam commented, “We’re delighted to continue our partnership with Horse & Country as part of our mission to promote the sport of dressage through digital channels online. There’s a great line up of events scheduled for live streaming this year, alongside the introduction of two new standalone series to provide first class training and inspiration to BD members and dressage enthusiasts. We look forward to working with H&C to bring this content to new audiences in 2025”.

On behalf of H&C, CEO Heather Killen commented, “We’re delighted to be taking our relationship with BD to this next level. Combining great live sport with H&C’s special sauce in original content production is a winning formula to enhance engagement with the sport. We’re excited to work with BD to grow the sport of dressage in the UK and build British dressage riders’ profiles internationally.”