Showing,
properly explained
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Launching Spring 2026·UK & Ireland

Showing horses,
properly explained.

An online course for amateur showers in the UK and Ireland. From your first class to your first qualifier, without the guesswork.

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Annual
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HERO · amateur on chestnut hunter, mid-go-round, county show ring, natural light
Field-tested
“Finally, someone explains the qualifier system like an adult.”
— Beta reader, Wexford
01The problem

Showing runs on conventions that aren't written down anywhere accessible.

Producers know them in their bones. Books are out of date. Forum threads help but don't add up to a system. If you've ever turned up to a show and felt like everyone else was working from a rulebook you couldn't see, this course is for you.

01
Standing in the lineup, watching everyone else turn out their horse to a standard you weren't taught.
02
Reading a schedule and not knowing if your cob belongs in maxi cob, working hunter, or neither.
03
Hearing “she'll need a producer” and wondering if that's actually true for your horse.
04
Trying to plan a season around qualifiers without a map of which shows feed which finals.
02The course

Nine chapters. About forty hours. One coherent thing to study.

Tap a chapter to see sample lessons →
01

Foundations

What showing actually is, and how the system works.
  • How a class is judged
  • Conformation, type, and the eye of the judge
  • The society landscape: BSPS, SHB(GB), RDS, BSHA
02

Choosing your class

Matching your horse to the right competition.
  • Hunter, hack, cob, riding horse — which fits
  • Height, weight, and class divisions
  • Mistakes amateurs make in entries
03

The horse

Type, conformation, condition, welfare.
  • Reading condition score honestly
  • Show condition vs working condition
  • The welfare conversation, addressed directly
04

Schooling for the ring

Building the picture a judge wants to see.
05

Turnout

Plaiting, hogging, quarter marks, tack, attire.
  • Plaiting: full step-by-step, both styles
  • Quarter marks: what they say, when to use them
  • Attire for ridden, in-hand, and side-saddle
06

Show day

The morning, the warm-up, the ring, the after.
07

Ringcraft & performance

The psychology of riding past a judge.
08

Class deep-dives

Hunter, hack, cob, native, coloured, Connemara, Irish Draught, ROR, lead rein, side-saddle.
09

The qualifier journey

SFAS, Rising Star, Pretty Polly, HOYS, RDS, mapped.
  • Reading the qualifier system end-to-end
  • Planning a UK season vs an Irish season
  • The cross-border path
Reference

The conversion chart

Class names, height bands, and society equivalents across the UK and Irish systems on one page.

Tool

The season planner

A printable map of qualifiers and finals. Pick the route that fits your horse and your diary.

03How it works

Built for the way you actually learn — at the yard, in the lorry, on the sofa.

PHONE · iPhone propped on tack-room shelf, lesson playing, bridle in foreground
Differentiator
Every fact reviewed each January against current society rulebooks. No course you've bought before does this. It's why other courses go stale.

Watch at the yard

Lessons are short, vertical, and play well on the lockscreen between mucking out and tea.

Audio mode

Every lesson has a hands-free audio cut for the lorry, the hack, and the morning round of the field.

Workbooks & checklists

Printable show-day checklists, turnout reference cards, and a plaiting guide that lives in the tack room.

UK or Ireland, your call

Toggle your region. Examples, society names, and qualifier routes change to match where you actually compete.

04Who it's for

Honest about who this serves and who it doesn't.

This is for you if
  • You have a horse and want to try a local show, confidently.
  • You've done a few and want to push toward your first qualifier.
  • You ride well in another discipline but showing is new.
  • You produce your horse yourself and want to do it better.
  • You're returning to showing after time away.
  • You ride a native, breed-specific, or ROR class and want depth.
This is not for you if
  • You're a professional producer or judge. This isn't your level.
  • You want a quick-fix route to placings. Showing rewards patience.
  • You're looking for a children's pony club introduction.
We'd rather tell you up front than refund you later.
05Behind the course

An editorial framework, not a personality cult.

The course is built with input from producers, judges, and society officials on both sides of the Irish Sea. Welfare-led but not preachy. Every fact is sourced, reviewed, and refreshed each January for the new season.

Annually refreshed
Reviewed every January against current society rulebooks.
Multi-perspective
Welfare, winning, and easy-life. Three honest readings of the same content.
Both circuits, properly
UK and Ireland built side-by-side, not Ireland as an afterthought.
CONTRIBUTOR · UK producer, county-level judge
CONTRIBUTOR · Irish RDS-qualified rider
CONTRIBUTOR · BSPS panel judge
CONTRIBUTOR · ROR Amateur Series mentor
06Get the launch email

We launch Spring 2026.
Founding members get a year, locked in.

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Founding member · launch perk
  • Locked-in price for the first 12 months
  • A free chapter preview before launch
  • A say in which class deep-dives ship first