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Life lessons: Show producer Jo Bates *H&H Plus*
Jo is a leading show horse producer and dressage trainer based in Oxfordshire. She has stood champion at all major shows including Royal Windsor, the Royal International (RIHS) and Horse of the Year...
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Showing highlights: Triple victory for Young *H&H Plus*
As showing continues to gain momentum post-lockdown, a brace of stunning new combinations come to the foreBSPS Area 3B training show, Speetley EC, Derbys Producer Edward Young scored a deserved...
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Stuart Hollings: I was in favour of an age extension *H&H Plus*
H&H’s showing columnist feels for the jockeys who are missing out on their last season Let’s not be shy about the fact that Rebecca Penny’s column last month (2 July) raised some valid points,...
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What do I wear in my horse or pony showing class? Read our dress code guide...
New to showing or a particular class and have no idea what to wear? Read our basic guide to showing attire, adapted from the relevant rule books… Hunters and cobs Hat: Bowler hat for gentlemen, navy or...
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The H&H interview: Jasean Spraggett – show rider, coach and course-builder
Last year’s HOYS lightweight hunter victor is garnering a reputation as one of the most versatile and forward-thinking young people in showing, as Alex Robinson experiences first-hand...Jasean...
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Road to the BSPS summer champs: Connemara bounces back to winning form after...
One home producer has endured more than most in her quest to hit the show ring this year. Fourteen-year-old Abbie Roseberry and her Connemara gelding Crazy Horse — also known as Oscar — are set to...
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UK National Championships showing report: Young horse proves to have star...
A young intermediate with star quality lands the top accolade, standing over one of last term’s most promising huntersLibrary image. UK National Championships, Arena UK, Lincs, 15–16 August A series of...
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Road to the BSPS summer champs: young show riders find their journalistic...
Two young show riders ensured their BSPS area members stayed connected during lockdown with their series of remote interviews with local showing riders, producers and judges. Lucy Jones and Sophie...
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Showing highlights: Spartacus reigns in battle *H&H Plus*
Hunter contenders are out in force, a novice worker makes a winning debut and a young rider triumphs over a tough trackBSPS Area 6 flat and working hunter training show, Dallas Burston Polo Club, Warks...
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Katie Jerram-Hunnable: Don’t breed complacency *H&H Plus*
Showing will not be the same for some time, writes H&H’s showing columnist57 About Town & Katie Jerram - Champion HunterI’ve decided that 2020 is the year of confusion and consolidation. The...
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Life lessons: Show pony specialist Sarah Newbould *H&H Plus*
Sarah (née Emmerson) heads up the Emmerson show team from their base in North Yorkshire. She produces a range of plaited and native ponies for the show ring. The team has won multiple titles at both...
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The Horse & Hound Podcast: episode 13 – Simon Reynolds | Care at hot horse...
Welcome to the 13th weekly episode of The Horse & Hound Podcast, in which our showing editor chats to show horse producer and H&H columnist Simon Reynolds about why he started riding as a...
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11 things judges say vs. what they are really thinking...
Judging can be a thankless task at the best of times, so we salute the dedicated few who wake at the crack of dawn, thrown on their best attire and trek off to stand on a muddy showground so we can...
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Showing highlights: Renoir retains unbeaten tally *H&H Plus*
A stallion stands overall supreme, while a Welsh section C gives her owner yet another outing to rememberLRG PHOTOGRAPHY LIMITEDSEWPCA Summer WPCS Silver Medal Show, Kent Showground Just shy of 200...
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5 things to avoid saying to a show judge
Trekking up and down the country, standing in muddy showgrounds in all weathers and often bearing the brunt of disgruntled competitors, our showing judges have a lot to put up with. And they usually...
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2020 BSPS summer championships: Rene dazzles as top home-produced pony of the...
The first day of the 2020 British Show Pony Society championships (28 — 30 August) culminated in three major supreme crownings where both home-produced and novice ponies were given their first major...
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Simon Reynolds: A brave move in uncertain times *H&H Plus*
H&H’s showing columnist praises organisers and debates the future of ride judgingThe North Of England Summer Horse Show Saturday 5th July Arena UK, Allington Lane, Allington, Grantham. NG32 2EF The...
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2020 BSPS summer championships: Welsh ponies lead Olympia and overall supreme...
Tricia Johnson out who was crowned restricted supreme champion and who took home the coveted Olympia tickets on day two of the summer finale. A seven-year-old Welsh section A gelding charmed his way to...
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2020 BSPS summer championships: Seasoned intermediate leads supreme field on...
Tricia Johnson on who was crowned overall supreme of show and which top natives continued their winning ways Trevor Meeks The journey from Hertfordshire to Grantham with just one animal paid a handsome...
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13 ridiculous mistakes most competition riders have made at some stage
Let’s face it, it happens to all of us. Those head-in-hands moments at a competition when you want the ground to swallow you up. When you embarrass yourself in front of a huge crowd (or the two men and...
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