From STARS to HOYS: 13 show ring opportunities for amateurs in 2026 The Boss 2 and Jane Hemmings are 2025 Search for a Star champions.It can be difficult to stay motivated when riding before or after work means tacking up in darkness and your gateways are ankle-deep in mud, so to get you off the sofa and into the saddle, I’ve rounded up the amateur showing classes, championships and finals you can try this year. Spring shows will soon […]

‘Welfare is a priority’: BSPS introduces new whip rule for certain classes BSPS Champs. 27.08.22 Desert Orchid WHP No 722 Veuve ClicquotThe British Show Pony Society (BSPS) has announced a change to its whip rules for working hunter and working sports pony classes, bringing the society in line with other governing bodies. On 19 January the BSPS announced that with immediate effect, only baton whips will be permitted in these classes, as are used in British […]

‘I don’t want a show that goes on and on’: find out what LIHS native performance judge Samantha Darlington will be looking for Castle Kestrel and Lucy Glover after winning the supreme ridden M&M at London International Horse Show 2022; this year judge Samantha Darlington will be assessing ride in this class. **Showing producer Samantha Darlington explains what she wants to see when judging the natives at London International in this exclusive article for H &H subscribers** The championship for native ponies at London International Horse Show (LIHS) is one of the oldest and most prestigious on the mountain and moorland calendar. Now organised by the British Show Pony Society (BSPS), the judging format is unique, with four judges working together to find a champion. Two judges preside over performance, including Samantha Darlington […]

‘We have to move with the times’: BSPS reveals new digital marking system in time for London International The British Show Pony Society (BSPS) is introducing a new digital marking system – and it will be used in just a matter of weeks for the BSPS finals at the London International Horse Show (LIHS). Mark Master, the new digital marking system, was unveiled during a member’s zoom meeting on Thursday 4 December 2025. […]

Two new performance showing classes added to London International for 2026 Qualifiers for the new classes will be open to non-BSPS members, although riders will need to join in order to compete at the finals in London. The British Show Pony Society (BSPS) is adding two new working sports pony performance classes to its London International Horse Show (LIHS) finals for the 2026 season. The first will be for mares or geldings not exceeding 148cm with riders not to have attained their 18th birthday on the first of January. The second will […]

#BSPS 2026 The annual meeting of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science is coming to Leeds! 21-23rd July There is a call for symposia here And call for abstracts here: Call for Abstracts The Call for is now open for papers at the British Society for Philosophy of Science 2026 Annual Conference in Leeds on 21st-23rd July 2026. Papers may be on a wide selection of topics within the philosophy of science (see list below) and should be suitable for presentation in 20 minutes, which will allow 10 minutes discussion.

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The annual meeting of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science is coming to Leeds! 21-23rd July There is a call for symposia here And call for abstracts here: Call for Abstracts The Call for is now open for papers at the British Society for Philosophy of Science 2026 Annual…

Mixed reactions to controversial new working hunter pony rule changes BSPS Summer Champs. 30.09.20 BSPS Simply The Best WHP Champs Champ No. 276 Noble PeppermintChanges to the British Show Pony Society (BSPS) rules and Royal International Horse Show (RIHS) qualifiers have been met with mixed reactions. The most controversial changes are to plaited working hunter pony sections and their RIHS finals, which follow the BSPS rulebook. The minimum height in class descriptors has been removed, so for example 133cm […]

Six-year-old rider and ‘special’ Simba crowned HOYS mini champions Florence Rendall and Elmswood Spring Parade, led by John Harvey.Six-year-old jockey Florence Rendall proved one to watch, commanding the ring and claiming both show pony mini classes before she rode Elmswood Spring Parade (Simba) to the 2025 Horse of the Year Show mini championship, sponsored by Annabel’s Deliciously British. She was led to victory in the lead-rein ranks by John Harvey, who was evidently touched […]

Class debutants claim the junior mountain and moorland championship at Horse of the Year Show Holly Smith and Kincardine Uist.A Highland and his teenage rider delivered a cracking performance to land the Thor Atkinson Steel Fabrications Ltd 2025 junior mountain and moorland championship at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS). Winning both her classes on her first visit to the HOYS was not what 13-year-old Holly Smith expected this week with her charming Highland […]

‘No fat ponies will be getting top marks from me’: meet HOYS mountain and moorland mini and working hunter judge Erik Mackechnie-Guire Erik Mackechnie-Guire will be judging the mini M&M classes at HOYS 2025. With the 2025 Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) just around the corner, we catch up with mountain and moorland (M&M) mini and working hunter judge Erik Mackechnie-Guire to find out what he’ll be looking for. Who is mountain and moorland mini and working hunter judge Erik Mackechnie-Guire? “During my early years, my involvement in […]

‘No fat ponies will be getting top marks from me’: meet HOYS mountain and moorland mini and working hunter judge Erik Mackechnie-Guire Erik Mackechnie-Guire will be judging the mini M&M classes at HOYS 2025. With the 2025 Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) just around the corner, we catch up with mountain and moorland (M&M) mini and working hunter judge Erik Mackechnie-Guire to find out what he’ll be looking for. Who is mountain and moorland mini and working hunter judge Erik Mackechnie-Guire? “During my early years, my involvement in […]

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Mayawati appoints nephew Akash Anand as BSP’s chief national coordinator New Delhi, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a significant move, the Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) national president Mayawati appointed her nephew Akash Anand as the party’s Chief National Coordinator on on Sunday. The decision was made during a high-level party meeting and signals a renewed focus on organisational restructuring. As part of the organisational overhaul, Mayawati has instructed the formation of teams by dividing the country into three zones, each led by a National Coordinator.

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