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Showing tips
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.
Learn from the very best via H&H’s exclusive content.
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7 showing sins: could you be making these mistakes in the ring?
Leading producers and judges explain the common mistakes they see in the ring — and why it means the difference between winning or losing
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Nail your canter changes — what the 2018 RIHS working hunter pony jump judge will be looking for
Get to know your 2018 Hickstead working hunter pony judge...
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Doing it yourself — 8 amateurs who are smashing it in the show ring
Talk about nailing the work-life-horse balance.
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What's their secret? 10 super-shiny showing stars who escaped the mud
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12 top tips to follow when shopping for your next showing superstar
Just how do the professionals pick out the future HOYS winners before anyone else?
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8 grooming essentials to make your horse gleam in the ring this summer
Find out what pony producer Katy Carter and Jo Jack, head groom to Katie Jerram for 12 years, use to make their charges shine
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6 ways to wow the judges in the show ring — in the first 7 seconds
If you're looking to be in the ribbons this summer, it’s all about wowing the judges from the off. Here's how to create the best first impression
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Buzzy horse? Allister Hood reveals how to banish rushing in the show ring
In the final part of our training series with Allister Hood, the reigning Horse of the Year Show supreme champion explains how to relax a buzzy horse
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Allister Hood: how to make first impressions count
From the moment you enter the show ring, you and your horse should look like you mean business, says top producer Allister Hood
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Allister Hood: how to present the right picture in the show ring
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
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8 ways to set your child up for success in the show ring
Follow this advice from fellow parents and pony producers to boost your child’s chances in the show ring — and keep them interested
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8 tips for home-producing a winner in the show ring
Five riders who took the plunge in 2016 pass on the key things they learned when going it alone
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Does your horse stand up correctly? Get it right every time with Allister Hood
Save those perfect square halts for individual ridden shows and dressage tests, says leading producer Allister Hood
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‘It’s not a race’ — nail your horse’s gallop in the show ring with Jayne Ross
Jayne explains how to get the best from your horse, and shows you what not to do
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‘Don’t cover too much — and no bling’: Sarah Parker’s secrets to winning on a native pony
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
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‘Straightness and good manners’: Olympia conformation judges explain their perfect native pony
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
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‘A mannerly show will catch my eye’: what do native judges want to see 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?
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Flattering saddles and handy bits: turn your native pony into a winner with Sarah Parker
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
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Sarah Parker: how to make your native show ring ready
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
