Horse & Hound

Have entry fees climbed too high?

Edited by Polly Bryan

polly.bryan@futurenet.com

@pollyrose21

OPINION

I ADMIT I'm prone to eavesdropping, but I'm hearing too many conversations about high entry fees for national championships. Is £96 for a winter championship and £66 for an Area Festival championship pushing the limits of too many pockets?

And why the difference? Both get three judges and Hartpury's top-notch arenas. So are those qualified at Area Festival level deemed less

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