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.
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How do you make sure your horse shapes up? Talking at the BSPA clinic at Barleylands EC, Essex (12 March), Allister Hood explains that it’s a mix of correct schooling and showmanship, reports Carolyn Henderson
Follow this advice from fellow parents and pony producers to boost your child’s chances in the show ring — and keep them interested
Five riders who took the plunge in 2016 pass on the key things they learned when going it alone
Save those perfect square halts for individual ridden shows and dressage tests, says leading producer Allister Hood
Jayne explains how to get the best from your horse, and shows you what not to do
In the last of a three-part series, prolific rider Sarah Parker shares her tips on how to make Connemaras sparkle in the show ring
Conformation judges Stephen Howard and D Price Jones explain what they want to be presented with during the Blue Chip British Show Pony Society (BSPS) Heritage mountain and moorland championship at Olympia
Standing out from a strong field at Olympia’s Blue Chip British Show Pony Society (BSPS) Heritage mountain and moorland championship is a tough task. Which judges will be making the big decisions this year and what will they be thinking?
in the next part of our turnout series with Sarah Parker, who piloted the section A stallion Sarum Rembrandt to supreme pony honours at Horse of the Year Show in 2015, the prolific producer shows us how best to show off Welsh ponies in the arena
Are you confident that you’re turning out your native pony correctly for the show ring? Prolific natives producer Sarah Parker kicks off a new series to explain how to get your horse or pony ring ready
With savvy turnout techniques, you can make the most of your horse's appearance and conformation — and boost your chances of success in the ring
The qualifiers for the SEIB Search For A Star series, for amateur showing competitors, are underway for the final at the Horse of the Year Show (5-9 October 2016). But what are the judges looking for?
Find out what showing star Jayne Ross thought of the competition in the ladies show horse (side-saddle) class and learn how she introduces a horse to side-saddle
Finally, the wait is over and the first show of the season is here. Your horse is fit, the horsebox passed its MOT and you even made a healthy packed lunch the night before. What could wrong? Ahem…
In the fourth part of our series on top tips in the show ring, Rebecca Haywood talks to the professionals about how to present a show pony correctly
We talk to Len Bigley, who will assess conformation in the Blue Chip British Show Pony Society (BSPS) Heritage mountain and moorland championship at Olympia
The Olympia mountain and moorland judge reveals what he is looking for, critical mistakes he hates to see and much more
What are a showing judge’s bugbears regards a horse or pony’s way of going?
Do you know your hacks from your riding horses, how a Dartmoor feels compared to a Dales and why a good walk is so important? The answer should be ‘yes’ if you want to succeed in the showring and we’ve put together four handy tips
