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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News
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Features
‘Go forward and don’t over-do the make-up’: how to impress the 2024 Royal Windsor amateur hunter judge
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Opinion
Robert Walker: ‘Remember, we all have to start somewhere’
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Features
‘Practice makes perfect’: how to impress the judge when showing in-hand
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Features
‘I didn’t really ride him, I just hung on’: top riders on their (memorable) first ponies
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Opinion
Simon Reynolds: ‘Is showing too protective of its young adults?’
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Features
Allister Hood: 3 ingredients for a trot-up that will impress the judge
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Features
20 signs you’re an incurable showing addict
Showing tips
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What do I wear in my horse or pony showing class? Read our dress code guide for show riders...
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Looking to buy the next best riding horse of the showing circuit? Read this handy guide…
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Find the showing world intimidating? 6 questions you thought were too obvious to ask
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H&H’s guide to show hunter classes: weight categories, presentation and what makes the judges cringe
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How can I make my own working hunter jumps at home?
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Is your show or dressage horse a fidget? Helpful tips to teach them to stand still when asked
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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
Opinion from top producers
Tack and clothing
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Coat shine sprays worth adding to your grooming kit before show day
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Beautiful velvet riding hats that offer the traditional look
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7 hoods that will protect your grooming efforts
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6 show shirts that are perfect for the summer weather
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Look and feel the part in one of these stylish tweed jackets
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The best mane and tail detanglers to keep your horse looking lustrous
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.