The Show Blog

The good, the bad and the downright ugly from the British equestrian show season
Derbyshire County Show

If Derbyshire County Show was described by a cricket player, it would be called Village. It's a very rustic show with no permanent fixtures and an air of "who cares". First things first: it's not a great idea to choose a show venue where access is only available via a single road, which itself has […]

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Stafford County Show 2023

This was my first experience of Stafford County Show, although I have been to the showground at Stafford several times before for other shows, including the Shire Horse Association Championships. On this occasion I was there to support friends competing in equine classes so my review of the show will be very much based on […]

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Lincolnshire Show 2023 - Shetland revolt

The first day of Lincolnshire Show 2023 was enjoyable and all seemed to go to plan, but on Thursday we got wind of a farcical situation evolving in one of the showing rings. As you can see from this photo, the plan was for this in-hand ring to split into two at 1pm, with Section […]

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