The Show Blog

The good, the bad and the downright ugly from the British equestrian show season
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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Bolesworth International Horse Show 2023

The two horse shows organised by the Bolesworth team are usually very well organised, with a strong influence on entertainment away from the arena as well as in it. This year's Bolesworth International Horse Show was no exception, with the unofficial strap-line that it was the biggest one ever. The shopping village now included a […]

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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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