Sir Colin Spedding Award 2027
Nominations for the Sir Colin Spedding Award 2027 are now open.
Details of the background to the award can be found here.
Please make your nomination for the 2027 Sir Colin Spedding Award through the link below, nominations will close on Friday 31 July, 2026.
Picture: Winner of the Sir Colin Spedding Award 2026, Prof Chris Riggs, being presented with his award by HRH The Princess Royal, President, National Equine Forum. Picture courtesy of Shai Dolev Photography.
Nomination checklist
- Have you listed your nominee’s exceptional qualities and achievements, explained how they are relevant to the equestrian world and how they have gone 'above and beyond'?
- Has your nominee won any other awards in recognition of their work in the equestrian world prior to the close of the nomination period of the Sir Colin Spedding Award? If so, they will not be eligible for the Sir Colin Spedding Award
- Your nominee can be a person or organisation
- Multiple nominations for the same person or organisation will not carry additional merit
- Nominees cannot nominate themselves
- Commercial organisations are not eligible for the Sir Colin Spedding Award
- The shortlist and ultimate decisions will be final and the National Equine Forum Organising Committee will not enter into any discussion or provide any feedback on any individual nominations
- The National Equine Forum Organising Committee reserve the right to nominate a winner in light of exceptional circumstances outwith the normal nomination process
- Nominations for the Sir Colin Spedding Award 2027 will close on Friday 31 July, 2026.
The winner of the Sir Colin Spedding Award 2027 will be announced at the 35th National Equine Forum on Thursday 04 March 2027.
Please make your nomination for the Sir Colin Spedding Award 2027 via the form below. Upon the successful submission of your nomination you will receive an email confirmation.