The Show Blog

Let me explain. The Northern Lights Show circuit, I'm reliably informed, is a series of "local" shows in the North of England, culminating in this two-day Northern Lights Masters show at Arena UK. There is an evening performance on the Saturday night, though it is only scheduled to go on until 7.50pm. There is also […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

So the arab entourage gathered for a third year running at the David Broome Event Centre in Chepstow for their annual National Championship Show. My main observation is that there were very few people there. It’s not completely clear why it is so quiet these days. This was a busy and popular show when it […]

Everyone knows the NPS Summer Champs are a clusterfuck. They always are. The NPS Championships 2022 were no exception. This year we had the usual rings splitting without warning and leaving people unsure where they were supposed to be. We had classes being moved without clear announcements being made and ending running later than they […]