Welcome to the Hopetoun Horse Driving Trials
at Hopetoun Estate, West Lothian.
27 - 29th May 2011
Organised by the: Scottish Carriage Driving Association Ltd.
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CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES: 30th April 2011
Main Event Sponsor 2011
| Gerald & Margo Smith |
Running this event would not be possible without help from our sponsors.
Click Here to find out more about our other sponsors.
Sponsorship
We still have opportunities to sponsor the 2011 Event.
More information Here.
Latest Sponsor News
Hugh & Karen Scott Barrett are kindly sponsoring the arenas, they will be known as Harbinger 1 and Harbinger 2.
Nupafeed are kindly providing the fastest in obstascle 2 of each class with a voucher and we are pleased to announce Tim Bradford as the Sponsor for the RDA Dressage and Cones class.
2011 marks the return of the Novice classes back to Hopetoun, we will be hosting the entire range of classes from Novice to Advanced along with Pairs, Tandems and Four in Hand Teams for both Horse and Pony.
The pre event office telephone number is: 07990 612781
Please feel free to use it if you have any enquiries, members of the media are kindly asked to refer to our
media section.
The RDA will be having a Dressage & Cones competition on Thursday, all the information needed for entrants can be found on this page.
RDA Dressage & Cones information
We have a large selection of photographs from previous years events, feel free to look through them to get a feel for the action.
Click here to go to the Photo Gallery
Ads are available in the 2011 Hopetoun Programme at £40 per full page, £20 per half page and £10 for a quarter page. Please contact Eileen Cornish Tel:01555 870288
or email: ejcornish@btinternet.com
We always need lots of help so If you would like to steward or help at anytime during the weekend. Please contact Anne and John Hulse Tel: 01768 352570
or email: johnhulse.greatasby@btopenworld.com
We have a wealth of onsite entertainment for competitors and spectatros running on most days of the competition. There is a full schedule of all the days activities and there locations around the show ground. Click Here to find out more about whats on.
Hopetoun Driving Trials are pleased to announce that we have once again secured Highland Cuisine as our main event caterers. They will be offering a comprenencive service over the duration of the competition. Click Here to find out about what they have to offer.
Lothian & Borders Area Show
Qualifier for the 2011 Osborne Refrigerators BDS Championships. Private Driving Classes will be held on Saturday 28th May. For any further details and schedule please contact : Joyce Simpson, Tel: 01577 862044
Hopetoun Driving Trials are committed to providing current and accurate information to members of the press and Media outlets. We have a dedicated Press and Media section on the website. Click Here to access the Media section of the website.
For more information, please email us on: info@hopetoundriving.co.uk


















