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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Katie Jerram-Hunnable’s 11 steps to create your horse’s best ever plaits
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H&H’s guide to showing a large breed mountain and moorland pony
As well as reading this guide to large breed natives, ensure you check with the specific breed society so your pony is turned out and presented in accordance to the breed standard...
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H&H’s guide to showing native, hogged and traditional coloureds
If you are showing a traditional coloured in the ring this season, you need to read these top tips
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H&H’s guide to non-native coloured showing classes
Know your classes, make an instant impact and avoid common pitfalls with H&H’s guide to showing a non-native coloured...
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H&H’s guide to show cob classes: from weight divisions to showing off correctly
How should you present a show cob correctly and how are the different weight categories defined?
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H&H’s guide to riding horse classes: how to impress the judges
H&H talks to the professionals about how to present a riding horse correctly and the key differences between a riding horse and a hack
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A guide to show hack classes: height sections, type and how to impress the judges
H&H looks at the art of producing a show hack...
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Are you eligible? What should you wear? A complete guide to horse working hunter classes
Make sure you're ready for the show season with Horse & Hound's guide to horse working hunter classes...
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9 show basket essentials that might surprise the general public
If a non-horsey person was having a nose through your show ring kit, what would make them look twice?
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#SundaySchool: Simon Reynolds — How to prevent your horse from rushing in canter
Show rider and producer Simon Reynolds gives his advice on different ways to slow down and control a horse’s power
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#SundaySchool: showing supremo on the importance of using lateral work
This is a simple leg-yielding exercise from Sue-Helen Shuttleworth (pictured) for both established and young horses, enabling the rider to master the art of flexion and the correct use of the inside rein
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How should I turn out a hogged cob for the show ring? H&H asks an expert...
‘If the horse is the correct type it shouldn’t need to be manufactured with artificial weight...’
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How should I turn out a hairy cob for the show ring? Learn from an expert…
‘The hair should appear quality to match the rest of him as it is his crowning jewels...’
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New to showing? 10 tips from the top to help get you going
Are you new to the show ring? Leading showing producers, owners and judges share their advice on how to get started, as told by Rachel Fraser
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12 things to consider if you’re completely new to showing...
Number 8 can cause problems for even the most experienced showing enthusiast!
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Early starts and plenty of planning: 7 horsey life hacks for home-produced riders
It appears organisation is a key trait shared between these super home-producers...
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Dan Williams’ showing blog: we all have to start somewhere (and mine was a disaster)
Dan shares his advice on how to get started in showing
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12 novice show horses to look out for this season
Which future stars will become the ones to beat this term?
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7 showing sins: could you be making these mistakes in the ring?
Leading producers and judges explain the common mistakes they see in the ring — and why it means the difference between winning or losing
