Grandstand Group, organiser of the British Open Show Jumping Championships and Horse of the Year Show, has today announced that it has terminated its agreement with Equestrian Surfaces Ltd following the problems with the quality of surface being supplied to the Shows.
Grandstand Group has taken immediate action to ensure competitors’ high standards are met, appointing Andrews Bowen Ltd to supply the arena surfaces for the Group’s equestrian events. The 2008 Diamond Jubilee Horse of the Year Show (8th–12th October at Birmingham’s NEC) will be the first show to benefit from the Andrews Bowen ProWax surface as part of a new five year contract.
Grandstand Group Director, Mark Wein, commented, “Following the problems we have been experiencing with our surfaces over the past few Shows, culminating in the disastrous surface that was delivered to us for the British Open, I am delighted to sign with Andrews Bowen Ltd as the supplier of our surfaces for the next five years. We have worked with the principles of the business in the past and feel they are more than capable of delivering a top-class international surface that will reflect the calibre of our events.”
Andrews Bowen Ltd has an excellent reputation for supplying first-class surfaces and provides international equestrian events with its proven jumping base, ProWax, an extremely advanced wax based surface. This, combined with two grades of multi-washed silica sand, elastic fibres, polypropylene, polyester fibres and rubber shred, provides a secure but forgiving surface, ideal for all equestrian disciplines.