ENTER A CLASS
You can enter almost any class at the Northern Ireland Festival. The only exceptions being classes 401-415 where you need to pre-qualify.
SHOW RULES
Click Here to view the General Show rules, the Class Specific Rules, the Jumping Fence Heights and the Horse and Pony Breed Criteria Specifications.
SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS
Sponsor a Championship, get a ring named after you or your company, book a trade stand or place an advertisement in the next show catalogue.
RUN A QUALIFIER
Apply to run a Northern Ireland Festival working hunter qualifying show. Simple, free sign up process. Choose which classes you wish to run.
WHAT IS NIF?
The Northern Ireland Festival is the largest annual horse and pony show on the island of Ireland. The three day show takes place at Cavan International Equestrian Centre and attracts around 2500 entries each year.
NORTHERN IRELAND FESTIVAL
Established in 2005, the Northern Ireland Festival has become a firm favourite with competitors and many return year after year. This annual ‘equestrian holiday’ offers a diverse range of jumping and showing classes for a wide variety of horses and ponies.
- Three day show with three ‘black tie’ indoor evening performances.
- Six rings operating throughout the weekend on superb all weather surfaces.
- All the judges are recruited from the Great Britain mainland.
- Includes NI Festival Working Hunter championship finals and HOYS qualifiers.
Latest NIF News
Show Grounds Layout and Show Office Opening 2026
The 20th Northern Ireland Festival is due to take place from 1st to 3rd May 2026. Catalogue Entries close Sunday 5th April 2026 at midnight. Late entries and on the day entries will be available providing the class is not full. But they will…
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Laminate Your Numbers and Support the Air Ambulance NI Charity
We will once again be offering a laminating service for your competitor numbers at NIF 2026. This has proved extremely popular in the past (especially when it starts raining). Last year we all raised an incredible £1105 for the Air Ambulance NI Charity. We…
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NIF 20th Anniversary Logo
NIF 2026 is scheduled to be the 20th Northern Ireland Festival. To celebrate we are pleased to launch our twentieth anniversary logo.
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