HOYS 2025
Horse of the Year Show – or HOYS as it is more commonly known within the British equestrian world – is the end of summer show that everyone wants to compete at.
Held indoors at the NEC in Birmingham, the show includes end of season national championships for showing and showjumping competitors, as well as international showjumping of the highest calibre.
Alongside two arenas of top-class competition, spectators can look forward to being delighted by outstanding displays and entertained by crowd-favourites including scurry driving and mounted games.
Horse & Hound’s team of expert equestrian journalists are on hand to keep fans up to date with all the news throughout the show, including up-to-the-minute reports, interviews and more.
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HOYS live showing news updates
Latest HOYS news
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Celebrating HOYS supreme ponies of the year: 2003–2025
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Celebrating the HOYS supreme horse of the year winners 2003–2025
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Meet the inimitable hack and six more prolific show horses and ponies who bowed out at HOYS 2025
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‘The most exciting title for some time’: Nigel Hollings on the HOYS show pony showdown and impressive breeding
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‘A bit of a journey’: rider who had two brain surgeries excels at HOYS – with one-eyed horse who was delighted to be back
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From the Shetland to the Welsh cob, meet 25 stunning natives who won at HOYS 2025
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‘It’s not about the win’: praise for tiny rider who put her pony before her HOYS dream
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‘You never get used to something like this’: Ross reigns for eighth supreme champion horse title at HOYS
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‘Am I dreaming?’: producer leads home-bred who survived two rare operations to HOYS 2025 supreme champion pony title
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Home-bred grey comes of age to win HOYS grand prix with rider who came back from serious injury: ‘He ticks all the boxes’
Meet the judges
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‘Being trusted to assess the country’s best horses is a privilege I never take lightly’: meet HOYS supreme judge Lisha Leeman
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‘No fat ponies will be getting top marks from me’: meet HOYS mountain and moorland mini and working hunter judge Erik Mackechnie-Guire
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‘I want everything to look easy and effortless’: meet 2025 HOYS judge David Bennett
Your essential guide
What date is Horse of the Year Show 2025?
The Horse of the Year Show 2025 (HOYS) will take place from Wednesday 8 October until Sunday 12 October.
Where is Horse of the Year Show 2025?
The Horse of the Year Show is held in October each year at the NEC in Birmingham. Some 50 acreas of the exhibition centre is transformed into a home-from-home for those taking part, including stabling for some 1,600 horses and ponies, while around 60,000 spectators can be expected to attend across the five days.
Is HOYS held at Olympia in London?
No. The horse show that used to be held at Olympia in December each year is called the London International Horse Show. It is a different horse show to HOYS. The Olympia show has now moved to the Excel in London’s docklands as the Olympia exhibition centre in Kensington is being redeveloped.