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By words and images by Summer Williams Scarlett Williams, 14, had an unforgettable Easter holiday winning two RIHS tickets riding Emma Parkinson’s 153cm Roving Pedlar [Ollie]. Scarlett and Ollie are a new combination starting out in the bigger classes this year. Scarlett said: “I went in to the 2022 season with only a few aims

These five riders and horses have made a stylish return to the ring this spring… Georgia Jumps Back In Despite being bucked off a youngster and rupturing the ligaments in her ankle a week after HOYS last year and subsequent surgery this February, Georgia Darlington has had an impressive spring season with her string of

The Senior Showing and Dressage Ltd. (SSADL) have announced their return to the London International Horse Show which will be held at the Excel Centre, London from 15th -19th December 2022. The SSADL/London International Horse Show Grand Finals will take place on Saturday 17th December. As ever, the series is open to home produced horses

Following the success of the 2021 series and Grand Finals held at the Longines Royal International Horse Show The PRP Rescue Services/SSADL Longines Royal International Horse Show qualifiers for 2022 are now under way!  The series is open to home produced horses and ponies, 15 years and over, from all equestrian disciplines. “We are absolutely

Written by Summer Williams Pictured: Izzy Collier and 143cm winner ‘Beech Hall Ryan’ Thirteen-year-old Izzy Collier made the BSPS area 7 show at Aston le Walls a double win on her 143cm plaited worker ‘Beech Hall Ryan’ and 153cm plaited worker ‘Lisnadrishna TicTac’ collecting both tickets for the 2022 Royal International Horse Show in July.

Rose and Clancy secured their RIHS ladies hunter ticket at the Wiltshire Spring Show despite spending over an hour sat on the M4’s hard shoulder, waiting for recovery.  Rose and her mother Kay were forced to take the unscheduled break on the way to the show after a blowout.  “After the blow out, a great

The British Show Pony Society has announced a new initiative to spot and nurture talented young riders in honour of supreme showman, Robert Oliver.   During the 2022, season members of the BSPS Council will be talent spotting young competitors in each of following categories: show ponies, show hunter ponies, working hunter ponies, heritage working

Two of our leading pony societies, the British Show Pony Society has and National Pony Society, have announced that they have joined forces to bring a new initiative promoting the Breeding of British Riding Ponies to the BSPS Summer Championships.   In selected classes, the highest placed mare will be entered into The Breeders Challenge, with

Kirsty Lockhart was delighted to finally see her own Ecclesbourne Discovery Bay [Kenny] make a comeback from injury under Kirsty’s younger sister, Milly, at the Wiltshire Spring Show. The Turberry Top Cat gelding is out of HOYS hack, Stanley Grange Eclipse, and was bred by Sarah and Jane Carey. He accompanied his mother when she

No one cleans your tack and boots better than she does. She’s also a magician with stained jodhs and mucky shirt-cuffs. Her right leg involuntarily flicks out behind her at every fence you jump. She once thought a breastplate was an early brassiere and Martin Gayle was poet, but now she’s got them stripped, cleaned,

Report by Beth Simons Images supplied by Emmpix and Ellena Thomas Miranda Hughes’ Towergate First Impression [Cracker] enjoyed a superb weekend of showing under Miranda’s daughter, Tabitha Hughes, 10, culminating in them taking the overall supreme championship. Tabitha and Cracker won the RIHS first ridden and mini championship en route to the supreme having already

The biggest threat to equestrianism in the western world; social licence to operate? Leading vet, Dr Jane Nixon MRCVS, Chair of The Showing Council and British Horse Foundation presented a fascinating and informative webinar titled: ‘The biggest threat to equestrianism in the western world; social licence to operate’, on the 17th March. Supported by SEIB

UK Ponies and Horses Spring Classic Show Onley Grounds, Warwickshire, 19-20 March 2022 Lucy Richardson’s five times HOYS mini mountain and moorland champion, Thistledown Van der Vaart [Charles] proved his might once again by standing supreme of show. He was ridden by Lucy’s youngest daughter, Penny Richardson. Penny and Charles won the mountain and moorland

Find out more about Strangles at SRUC’s free online event on Thursday 21st of April. The event aims to highlight the dangers of Strangles, a highly contagious and potentially lethal equine disease, and Strangles expert, Nic de Brauwere, will talk about the disease. It will also aim to promote the third national Strangles Awareness Week

Bacup based Hollie Butterworth was delighted to take the first HOYS ticket of the year and her very first qualification riding Acle Director [Adie]. Hollie and her husband, Michael, purchased five-year-old Shire, Adie, at the beginning of June last year and had him gelded before breaking him in to ride. “Initially, I had his dad,

“Whether you breed SP & SHP or Hack & Riding Horses – there is no doubt he will produce HOYS winners!”

The showing and wider equestrian world have come together in a superb initiative to take aid to the Ukrainian border. Louenna Hood was saddened to hear accounts of families walking into her Polish friend’s familial hometown destitute. Feeling that she wanted to do something to help, she placed an appeal on her Instagram account @nannylouenna

SEIB Search for a Star has announced an exciting addition for the 2022 season. The Search for a Star Open Veteran Championship will culminate in a finale at Your Horse Live in November this year. The Search for a Star Open Veteran Championship is open to any horse or pony over 16 years old with

Senior veterinarian at Little Rock Equine Vets, BSHA judge, and exhibitor, Lucy Penrose BVMedSci BVM BVS MRCVS, gives us her tips for responsibly getting our horses back ship-shape for the season. ‘As the show calendars start coming out for 2022 and we pencil in the dates, it’s important to consider is timings and preparation. First

A new law published in the Official Journal of the French Republic in December has three interesting repercussions for horse owners. Firstly, a ‘knowledge certificate’ is required for all private horse owners. Owners not already licenced under a governing body will be required to undertake education to demonstrate their knowledge about equine management and the

Supreme Products are kick starting 2022 by adding three new riders to Team Supreme. A brand ambassador competition will be run across their social media channels, looking for a rider from each of the following three categories: showing, dressage and eventing/showjumping. They are searching for riders who regularly compete and who have a strong social

Nominations are open for the fifth annual running of SEIB Giving allowing the public to nominate their favourite charity for a much-needed cash boost. A total of £50,000 will be presented by SEIB through the SEIB Giving in 2022.The winning charity will receive £12,000. A second, small charity with a turnover of under £100,000 will

You can’t have missed that last week, HOYS announced their judges for 2022. No doubt this will have instigated a flurry of activity near you, just as it did in my own circles! If you missed them, you can find a list below… Download

If you’ve still got bits’n’bobs to get, but have no desire to traipse around the shopping hall, we’ve compiled a little gift guide for you here… Of course, there’s probably no greater gift for yourself or horsey family members than a subscription to Showing World and Native Pony magazines, especially when you get a free

We’re delighted to welcome producer Vicky Smith on board as our newest columnist. Cheshire based Vicky will be keeping us up-to-date with her team’s progress and giving us her opinion on the issues and events that crop up through the season. But, before we get our first issue out to you, we thought it would

When I was seven, my parents made a big mistake. They bought me a pony. It’s a vaguely horsey family. My mother’s family keep horses – Welsh ponies and Thoroughbreds – and my great-grandfather took care of ponies working in the mines. They thought, ‘where’s the harm?’ The pony was a black, Welsh section A