Voting is now open for the SEIB Yard of the Year Awards

Nominations are now open for the 2022 SEIB Insurance Brokers Yard of the Year Awards. The prestigious awards allow you to nominate your favourite yard to celebrate excellence in competition, teaching, training and horse care.

The SEIB Yard of the Year Awards have categories for best small riding school, large riding school, full livery yard, DIY livery yard, best Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) riding school and, for the first time in 2022, there’s a category for competition venues, too.

Once nominations close, the panel of judges will draw up a short-list. Each yard will be invited to create a short video of their premises and showcase what makes it special. The shortlisted proprietors will then be invited to the SEIB Awards ceremony in July 2022, where the winners will be announced.

The awards will be judged on a combination of competition, training, horse care, marketing and business acumen. Atmosphere of the yard and the help and support available to clients will also be vital in helping the judging panel decide on the winners.

SEIB Marketing Manager Nicolina Mackenzie, said: “SEIB have insured livery yards and riding schools for decades and are proud to support the industry with these awards. The inclusion of the competition venue of the year award in 2022 is something we are looking forward to. At SEIB, we know that there are many yards, venues, centres and riding schools that provide an outstanding service, and we want to recognise and highlight their professionalism, skill and commitment.”

Voting opens on 14 February 2022 and closes on the 14 April 2022. To vote for your favourite yard across any of the six categories, visit, seib.co.uk/yard-awards