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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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
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?
Want to impress the judge in the showring? Showing supremo Katie Jerram shares her secrets for preparing horses to win time and time again
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
If you're planning on showing your horse this year, don't miss out on these 14 top tips from professionals on how to make the most of your time in the showring and maximise success
If anyone knows how to be successful in the show ring it's Sarah Emmerson — here are seven secrets behind the Emmerson family's success
If you're thinking of tackling some working hunter classes this season, find out how to wow the judges
If you're competing at Olympia later this month, take a look at these top tips from showing experts Robert and Claire Oliver
Riding horse, hunter and hack classes require correct conformation, impeccable manners and a certain ‘look at me’ factor, but which is your horse best suited to?
For professionals and breeders, in-hand showing is a shop window for their young horses, mares and stallions, and gives them a gauge of their potential
H&H explains what is the correct dress for riders competing in BSPS classes
