Showing
Whether you’re looking for the latest showing news, exclusive interviews with top showing producers or opinions from influential names, Horse & Hound’s showing hub is the place to be. Also keep in touch with our bloggers’ showing diaries and watch our latest videos, as well as picking up top tips to improve your performance and browse the latest tack and clothing.
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Showing top stories
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Features
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Opinion
Stuart Hollings: ‘Showing has been stuck in a rut for a while’
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Showing
‘They don’t really like each other!’ Fell mare and her daughter both qualify for this year’s Royal International Horse Show
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Features
Meet the home-bred Highland mare who became The Queen’s fourth Royal Windsor M&M supreme champion
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Features
Scott Brash and Piggy March in Nations Cup action, plus four other events to follow this week
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News
‘70 years of fabulous reign’: rocking horse replica of Barbers Shop presented to The Queen
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Features
Couldn’t attend this year’s Royal Windsor Horse Show? Check out these 29 winners who graced the showing rings
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News
The Horse & Hound Podcast 103: Laura Collett on winning Badminton | Royal Windsor review | Life as a vet | News round-up
Showing tips
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Is your horse a fidget? Helpful tips to teach them to stand still
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‘We can learn from our mistakes together’: Working hunter specialist Katy Green on finding your next jumping partner
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‘You only live once’: How a PE teacher became one of the country’s leading showing producers
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H&H’s guide on how to impress the judges on an ex-racehorse
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H&H’s guide to intermediate showing classes: which class should you go in and how to turnout
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H&H’s guide to M&M working hunter pony classes: how to ride each breed and what the judges are looking for
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H&H’s guide to working hunter pony classes: how to present your pony and nail your individual show
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H&H’s guide to show hunter pony classes: what the judge is looking for and how to win
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‘Practice makes perfect’: how to impress the judge when showing in-hand
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#SundaySchool: how to teach your horse to jump a bullfinch
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H&H’s guide to showing a small breed mountain and moorland pony
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H&H’s guide to showing a large breed mountain and moorland pony
Opinion from top producers
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Katie Jerram-Hunnable: ‘It’s hard for an adult to settle a stressed horse, let alone a child’
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Julie Templeton: ‘Come over from the dark side’ *H&H Plus*
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Rebecca Penny: ‘All you have to do is turn up and it’s no laughing matter ’ *H&H Plus*
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Stuart Hollings: ‘Take up the challenge or pay the price’ *H&H Plus*
Tack and clothing
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Look and feel the part in one of these stylish tweed jackets
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15 smart show rugs sure to stand out from the crowd
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14 coat shine sprays worth adding to your grooming kit
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15 show shirts that are perfect for the summer weather
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The best mane and tail detanglers to keep your horse looking lustrous
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What do I wear in my horse or pony showing class? Read our dress code guide for show riders...
What is showing?
Showing is an opportunity for horses and ponies to compete side by side with others of the same type — from hunters and working hunters to show ponies and native breeds, plus cobs, hacks, seniors and many more.
The winter showing circuit comes to an end in March, with riders battling for prestigious titles at winter championships, such as the Ponies UK Winter Classic and the BSPS Winter Championships.
Once the summer scene gets underway, qualifiers for the Royal International Horse Show at Hickstead in July are hotly contested. Royal Windsor in May is also in most riders’ diaries, whether as a competitor or spectator.
Then all eyes turn to society summer championships and qualifiers for October’s Horse of the Year Show, where a supreme horse and pony is crowned, and top-class workers, hunters, hacks, cobs — plus many more — come under the spotlight. For natives and senior in-hand and ridden equines, their moment to shine comes at Olympia in December.