Showing tips
Keep on the beat during show season with Horse and Hound’s essential showing tips. From basic turnout tricks to schooling and ring craft help, make sure you’re show ring ready with our timely advice from the leading professionals in the industry.
Learn how to impress in specific classes, ensure your horse or pony is prepared for the bigger championships and find out the pet peeves of the country’s most respected judges.
Learn from the very best via H&H’s exclusive content.
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Time to shine: how to nail your individual show to dazzle the judges
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‘I don’t belong here!’ Riding alongside our idols can lead to impostor syndrome cramping our competitive ability – here’s how to put those feelings to bed
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Want your horse to jump a big, bushy bullfinch boldly to impress the judges? Here’s how the experts go about it...
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First impressions count in the show ring: why the go-round can make or break your class – and how to ace it
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Rewarding or hair-raising? 6 expert tips for preparing mares and foals to be a breeder’s shop window in the show ring
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Effortless elegance (or so it seems): refine your side-saddle skills to glide to the top of the ladies’ show horse line-up
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Stand and deliver to stay top of the line-up – why stillness in the show ring matters more than you think
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‘Relaxed, in self carriage and covering the ground’: what the 2025 Royal Windsor hack judge will be looking for
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Looking to buy the next best riding horse of the showing circuit? Read this handy guide…
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‘They’ve got to cover the ground and travel’: meet the Royal Windsor show hunter pony performance judge
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‘Lots of riders disregard the walk – it’s the first and last thing the judge sees’: meet the 2025 Royal Windsor M&M performance judge
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‘I’m looking for a pony that is going to give a child confidence’: find out what the 2025 Royal Windsor mini M&M judge wants to see
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Know your Shire from your Suffolk from your Percheron: a cheat’s guide to the ridden heavy horse showing classes
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Set your horse or pony up for in-hand showing success by mastering these 8 key skills
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Working smarter, not harder: how to produce a lead-rein pony without riding them
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Interested in showing an American Miniature Horse, but don't know where to start? We’re here to help...
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Master these 6 key skills to wow the judges in plaited pony classes
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Time, patience and 8 more vital assets you need to retrain a racehorse to excel in the show ring
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How to be involved in showing if you don’t have the horse or the time
