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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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
H&H explains the tack and turnout rules for showing classes under BSPS rules
H&H clarifies the rules about tack and turnout for ponies competing in Mountain & Moorland showing classes in-hand and ridden
H&H explains what is the correct dressage when taking part in ridden or in-hand showing classes for Mountain & Moorland ponies
Horse & Hound explains whether a double bridle and flash is acceptable attire for a show horse
Expert advice from HORSE magazine on choosing the right tack for working show classes
