Sponsor needed as Hickstead secures Nations Cup approval

GREAT Britain is to keep its place in the top-level Nations Cup show jumping series next year '“ and it will be at Hickstead's Longines Royal International Horse Show.

By The Newsroom

Published 25th Sep 2008, 18:00 BST

Updated 8th Jun 2018, 03:12 BST

A jubilant Daisy Bunn, Hickstead's sponsorship director, said: "We are delighted to have been chosen as one of the eight international venues to host the most prestigious Nations Cup competition in the world.

This year the FEI were very pleased with the improvements to the facility and have said that the new groundworks and stabling have cemented our place as one of the best equestrian venues in the world."

It was Hickstead owner Douglas Bunn who spearheaded the UK's fight to keep the series in this country and who, over the past three years, has given the go-ahead to spend nearly half a million pounds on improvements at the Sussex showground.

Now the search is being stepped up for the sponsorship.

For full story see Sussex Horse World, West Sussex Gazette October 1