showing

Hi all, I have had my first horse now for 7 months, and we are ready to start getting out to local venues. I will add that I learnt to ride as an adult and have lots of support, but my instructor is mainly jumping focused. My yard owner is helping me out together a basic ridden show and I am...

Hey I’m new to showing and have a welsh action c registered to the WPCS we have recently started entering local shows for experience, can someone explain to me what unaffiliated and affiliated is, as there’s one show that I looked at that asks who my pony is affiliated to? What’s the whole...

hiya, im looking to go to my first competition in a few months. Dressage or showing? when im used to it i will mainly do showjumping and dressage, not showing. but wasnt sure if showing is a good start, and i have a friend to come with me too, as she shows her horses. If i choose showing, what...

Rocky is 12.2 and has a really thick medium length mane. Lots of feathers and a long tall. Do I plait his mane up or no plaits for showing? Thanks

I have a beautiful skewbald cob (cross we think) who I currently show as a traditional cob and do coloured classes too. Whilst we really enjoy it, she loves jumping, especially cross country. I just wondered the rules on who is a “working hunter” and who can enter such classes, as well as other...

Hi guys I have a beautiful cob cross that I showed last year as a traditional. She is amazing and we showed at the sunshine tour and she loves it. Now my question is, I show her as a “traditional cob”. She has the most amazing mane and tail to die for! I have to trim her tail weekly otherwise...

Hi! I have started local showing this year and qualified for a bigger show in September in both the cob and coloured classes … however have been informed by the organisers of the show that I need a groom (recruiting my mum!) for both classes! But I have no idea what she’s meant to wear and carry...

Hello all *waves* I've recently bought a new mare to join my other two mares, except this one has a job to do. She's been very successfully shown [in hand and ridden] and been to the top shows in the UK and placed [if not won] I have bought her with the intention of learning the ropes in the...

Hi, I'm looking for a riding instructor that ideally will come to my yard. I have 2 horses, one is newly backed and broken, the other is green. I do some dressage and showing on them but would like to improve their way of going and get more ambitious with my dressage in the future. Does anyone...

Hi all, first time I've posted on here so apologies in advance if I babble!!!! I've got a little coloured mare who I'm hoping to show at local level this season. I've been having weekly lessons which are going well and shes making good progress. However recently she's been trying out...

So I'm seriously considering taking my arab mare in hand to derbyshire county show this year but I need to decide by tomorrow morning so I can send my entries! I have never been to a county show, only agricultural ones, does anyone have any advice? How do I know we're ready for a county show? It...

I have a inexperienced green horse to a show recently and it blew his mind and he just ran round in circles for pretty much the whole time and he wouldn't settle. He has been to other yards for lessons, been ridden in different arenas and been to a horsemanship clinic (with other unfamilliar...

I am almost completely new to arab showing! I have a 4 year old pure bred and I have done some in hand local shows, and a local agricultural show with her and she seems to have done well. Does anyone have any advice about dos and don't of arab showing and any suggestions of good arab shows to...