Showing is just so expensive. To hire a lorry, and pay the entry fees, every show sets me back around £200. My horse hasn't been a show horse, she's just been a happy hacker, and a much loved member of our family. She doesn't do very well inhand (unless ridden first) as is much too naughty. She...
My horse is 25yrs young and has only done 1 regional final, where she was 2nd in a very strong class. Turn out of both horse and rider is very important, and something as simple as not having a lipstrap with a pelham, self coloured strap on your hat (instead of a leather strap) could lose you...