Showing Hunter Ponies

This guide explains how to achieve success in the increasingly popular horse show classes for working and show hunter ponies. It outlines the qualities sought after by judges, and offers sensible tips on training and handling, so that the pony will be expertly prepared for the show ring.

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This companion to "Showing Native Ponies" explains how to achieve success in the increasingly popular horse show classes for working and show hunter ponies. The author passes on her first-hand experience of choosing and buying ponies suitable for the range of hunter classes now on offer. She outlines the qualities sought after by judges, and offers sensible tips on training and handling, so that the pony is expertly prepared for the ring. The reader is then told what to expect in the show ring, with professional hints on tack, equipment, dress, grooming and ringcraft all covered.