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What a year for equestrian events! We had been hoping for an onwards and upwards year after two years affected by the Pandemic. And in someways it was onwards and upwards. We still grew in size (again!) in terms of events listed, entries made, entry fees paid, new Show Organisers signing up, but were obviously still affected by 3 major national events:
This caused a wide range of cancellations across the country due to hard ground and on the extreme days just too hot for equines and humans to be out doing anything other than trying to keep cool. It also had a serious effect on cross country hire throughout the Summer because, even when it was cool enough to get out and about, the ground remained like concrete for a large majority of the year.
Now we had hard ground for a different reason! Not just grass but "all weather" arenas froze during this snap. Obviously for the safety of all concerned many events were cancelled or postponed.
The biggest advocate of horse riding anybody could want sadly passed away this year after 70 years on the throne. A lot of equine activities were cancelled out of respect, and rightly so, to honour our late Queen.
Obviously we cannot let 2022 pass without a graph or two (you know we love charts).
Here we see our entries by year as a comparison for the last 12 years. Again 2022 saw growth in entries taken through Horsevents, with the increase being brought about by more Show Organisers running more events than in previous years. We would be looking to see that increase still further over the next 12 months. This growth may well have been even greater if it were not for the events cancelled during the year due to extremes in the normal temperature pattern.
We have included the comparison of month on month really so that it can be used to compare to 2021 (read our 2021 review for more information) where there was a massive peak in March after the lockdown was lifted. In 2022 we can see a more accurate spread of entries over the year, with the May peak due to Summer Shows and One Day events with the quietest month being December (although that may have not been the case without the severe frost we had!)
This first pie chart shows the % of basket entries by number of entries in each basket. More than HALF of all entries made are for a single entry. And 90% of all entries are for 2 or less entries at a time. This shows there is potential for Organisers to add on sales- perhaps offering a multi class discount for events to encourage more entries at one time?
Our second pie chart splits down all the entries made into event type. Showjumping has again dominated that split (as it did in 2021), but has actually increased its proportion of entries from 36% of all entries to 41% of all entries (between affiliated and unaffiliated). Tuition has also increased its proportion size from 9% to 11%. These increases are not just a portion increase but a real value increase as well as total entries have increased from 2021 to 2022.
Onwards with 2023, good luck to anybody competing at whatever level in 2023, maybe we will see you on horse.events, and best wishes to the new King.
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