Sir Colin Spedding Award 2027
Nominations for the Sir Colin Spedding Award 2027 closed on Friday 31 July 2026. The winner will be announced at the 35th National Equine Forum, on Thursday 04 March 2027.
Details of the background to the award can be found here.
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, you will be asked to add more details when you make your nomination
- 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 closed 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.