The Jockey Membership Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) Championships concluded Sunday, Oct. 27, with participation from 206 Thoroughbreds and 210 riders. The present was held at Steady View in Aiken, S.C., from Oct. 24-27.
Money prizes of $2,000 per division have been awarded to the 42 divisions supplied, which included hunters, jumpers, English pleasure, dressage, mixed take a look at, Western pleasure, ranch driving, aggressive path, and in-hand competitors.
“The 2024 T.I.P. Championships was an outstanding show of the flexibility and potential of Thoroughbreds in careers after their time on the monitor,” mentioned Kristin Werner, coordinator of T.I.P. “Though we needed to postpone the occasion till the tip of October, we nonetheless had nice competitors and an incredible turnout. We want to thank everybody for his or her continued help of T.I.P. and the crew at Steady View for serving to to make this occasion a hit.”
The winners and reserve champions for the T.I.P. Championships, in addition to excessive level award winners, will be discovered attjctip.com/About/CSF.
To qualify for the championships, a T.I.P.-eligible Thoroughbred should take part in a present providing T.I.P. excessive level awards, lessons, or divisions within the relevant self-discipline starting August 1 of the prior 12 months via July 31 of the championships 12 months or take part within the T.I.P. Efficiency Awards within the relevant self-discipline or qualify via a hardship request.
To be eligible for T.I.P. exhibits, a Thoroughbred is outlined as any horse that has been registered with The Jockey Membership or a international Thoroughbred stud e-book acknowledged by The Jockey Membership.
Created and introduced in October 2011, T.I.P. acknowledges and rewards the flexibility of the Thoroughbred via sponsorship of Thoroughbred lessons and excessive level awards at sanctioned horse exhibits, year-end efficiency awards, a leisure driving program, and non-competition awards. Extra details about T.I.P. is out there at tjctip.comand on the T.I.P. Fb web page at fb.com/tjctip.
The Jockey Membership, based in 1894 and devoted to the advance of Thoroughbred breeding and racing, is the breed registry for North American Thoroughbreds. In success of its mission, The Jockey Membership gives help and management on a variety of necessary business initiatives, and instantly or via subsidiaries, it serves the data and expertise wants of the game of Thoroughbred racing. Amongst its many supported initiatives are America’s Greatest Racing (americasbestracing.web), OwnerView (ownerview.com), and the Thoroughbred Incentive Program (tjctip.com). Extra data is out there at jockeyclub.com.
Steady View is a top-notch equestrian facility situated in Aiken, S.C. Established in 2010, Steady View has developed and diversified its equestrian program to satisfy the wants of each the discerning novice and the elite skilled throughout a wide range of equestrian disciplines. For extra data, go to svfequestrian.com.