Vacancy: Digital Marketing Assistant
This is a great opportunity for a Digital Marketing Assistant to join Grandstand Media Limited (GML) for Horse of the Year Show and other projects/tasks across the group. ROLE PURPOSE: As a Digital Marketing Assistant, you will be working with the Marketing Manager to deliver the online presence and executing the marketing strategy for Horse […]
HOYS 2024 Tickets On Sale Tomorrow
Tickets for Horse of the Year Show 2024 (9th – 13th October), NEC Birmingham go on general sale at 10am tomorrow morning and visitors can be the first in line to get the best seats in the house, with some exclusive offers for the celebratory year. Celebrating 75 years of HOYS the Show will showcase […]
TopSpec extend their sponsorship for a further five years
As the countdown continues to the 75th Anniversary of Horse of the Year Show we are thrilled to announce TopSpec as the dedicated sponsor of the TopSpec Arena for a further five years. Nicola Tyler says, “We have been delighted to sponsor the TopSpec Arena at HOYS for the last seven years and we are […]
Horse of the Year Show 2024 Rulebook
Horse of the Year Show is set to return to Birmingham’s Resorts World Arena for the event’s historic75th Anniversary from the 9th – 13th October 2024. In this celebratory year it is relevant, more so thanever, that we continue to adapt and focus on providing equal footing for the HOYS qualifiers and forthe prestigious finals […]
Grandstand Media are delighted to welcome Enablelink Ltd as new sponsors of the 128cm Championship at Horse of the Year Show
We are thrilled to welcome Enablelink Ltd as new sponsors of the 128cm Championship at Horse of the Year Show. Laura Millard says, “Enablelink is so excited to be sponsoring the 128cm showjumping Championship this year, it’s such an exciting class to watch with all the young talent coming through and we are looking forward […]
Grandstand Media Ltd. are delighted to welcome a variety of judges from across the world to HOYS 2024
On the 9th – 13th October 2024, Horse of the Year Show will be celebrating its 75th anniversary. To mark the special 75th anniversary year, Grandstand Media Ltd. are delighted to welcome a variety of judges from across the world to step into the Arena of Dreams. To amplify the momentous occasion, a new approach […]
Horse of the Year Show welcome Vale Farms Yorkshire Ltd as sponsors of the Small Riding Horse of the Year
We are pleased to announce Vale Farms Yorkshire Ltd have joined as new sponsors at Horse of the Year Show and are sponsoring the Small Riding Horse of the Year. Bryony Gribbin, Managing Director of Vale Farms Yorkshire Ltd says: “We’ve had horses for many years, in fact, I am third generation in the family. […]
Statement: Intermediate Show Riding Type of the Year 2024
As the 2023 season comes to a close, Grandstand Media Limited is pleased to confirm that the Intermediate Show Riding Type format for Horse of the Year Show 2024 has been finalised. Following the feedback from this year, the 153cm and 158cm height sections will run as one mixed class in 2024, with 19 qualifying […]
Horse of the Year Show welcomes a Delicious new sponsor – Annabel’s Deliciously British
We are thrilled to welcome Annabel’s Deliciously British as new sponsors of the First Ridden Pony, Lead Rein Pony, and the Mini Show Pony of the Year Championship. Founder Annabel Makin-Jones say: “I am delighted to be able to sponsor the children’s Lead Rein and First Ridden Show Pony classes, it’s a privilege to be […]
Kellythorpes Leading Breeder & Leading Sire Awards Series at Horse of the Year Show
The Horse of the Year Show award series is an established part of the show on Thursday evening, now in their eleventh year the Kellythorpe Leading Breeder and Kellythorpe Leading Sire awards celebrate some of the country’s most esteemed and successful horses and ponies within the showing world. The awards provide an opportunity to reward […]
The dream came true for Jodie Hall McAteer to take the Leading Showjumper of the Year title 2023
What a way to end the 2023 Horse of the Year Show! The Grand Prix showjumping class on Sunday evening is the one they all want to win and the crowd were treated to some world class showjumping entertainment. Last to go in a jump off round of 12 riders, Jodie Hall McAteer appeared to […]
The crème de la crème reign supreme on the final night of HOYS
Sunday night at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) saw the crème de la crèmeof the week’s Champions crowned in the Supreme Products Supreme Horse of the Year and Supreme Products Supreme Pony of the Year Championships. This year, the lineup of Champions were judged by husband and wife team Philip and Rosemary Hilton. Guy […]
The North Herefordshire Pony Club do it again in the Thistledown Developments Prince Philip Cup
To lift the Cup once is a great achievement, but to lift the Pony Club Mounted Games Prince Philip Cup twice in consecutive years is quite an accomplishment. However the team from The North Herefordshire Pony Club have done it again to be crowned the 2023 Champions in the final at Horse of the Year […]
A former racehorse is victorious as the showing Championships at HOYS come to a close
It was an emotional first HOYS victory for a delighted Gemma McClorey and her Shire gelding Cotebrook Sgurr Alasdair (Al) in The Barber Family Ridden Heavy Horse of the Year Championship on the final day of Horse of the Year Show (HOYS). A collection of Clydesdales and Shires filled the Andrews Bowen International Arena all […]
Just call me a winner! James Whitaker takes the British Horse Feeds Speedi-Beet Grade C Championship
The final day of competition got underway at Horse of the Year Show 2023, and 22 combinations came forward to contest the British Horse Feeds Speedi-Beet Grade C Championship. Riders have been competing throughout the year, up and down the country, to qualify for the final which culminates at HOYS this week. Previous winners of […]
Commandant Geoff Curran reaches new heights in the Ripon Select Foods Puissance at HOYS 2023
Commandant Geoff Curran and Bishops Quarter did it again to take the Ripon Select Foods Puissance class with an outright win at Horse of the Year Show 2023. Since making his debut at the infamous horse show last year, Curran got bit by the HOYS bug and returned this year to defend his title. Twelve […]
Family celebrations in the show ring on the penultimate evening of HOYS 2023
Show producer Jerome Harforth’s homebred five-year-old mare Swan Lake won The Andrews Family Partbred Pony of the Year Championship with Sophie Staveley in the saddle on the penultimate evening of Horse of the Year Show (HOYS). By Llanarth Top Cat out of Dance All Night, Swan Lake has a number of HOYS connections to her […]
Joe Stockdale banks the spoils in the Grandstand Stoneleigh Events Cup
Saturday night at Horse of the Year Show is always a fan-favourite and the packed-out crowd were in for quite a treat! The first class of the evening, the Grandstand Stoneleigh Events Cup, was hotly contested by the international showjumpers and the crowd were revelling off the electric atmosphere. Eight riders made the cut through […]
Unexpected Christmas present leads to King crowned Osborne Refrigerators Double Harness Scurry of the Year Champion
Ten pairs of ponies across the large and small sections of the Osborne Refrigerators Double Harness Scurry qualified over three days at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) to battle it out to be crowned Scurry Supremo this Saturday night. The final saw the fastest times of the week posted, but no one could catch […]
Past Champions and Reserves reclaim their crowns on day four of HOYS
On the 15th anniversary of The Leeman Family Maxi Cob of the Year Championship at Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) Jo Baker’s Chestnut Irish Draught Chantilly Sandman (Teddy) stood Champion after settling for Reserve last year. Ridden by Jayne Ross, this was the 13-year-old gelding’s first HOYS centre line moment. “He was absolutely fantastic, […]
A great display of young talent in the Equine Rescue Services 128cm & 138cm Championships
Opening the proceedings on day four of Horse of the Year Show was the Equine Rescue Services 128cm and 138cm Championships. These finals see some of the show’s youngest competitors demonstrate an unbelievable standard of discipline and enthusiasm for their sport. 12-year-old Ella Kay and chestnut mare Red Alert III produced a thrilling round in […]
The Equestrian Index HOYS Tradestand of the Year Awards 2023
The Equestrian Index HOYS Trade Stand of the Year Awards (TOTY) are designed to recognise exhibitor talents in trade stand dressing and etiquette throughout the show week. All trade stands by way of exhibiting are automatically entered into the awards which have two sections; Best Display 20sqm and under and Best Display over 20sqm. Judging […]
History made on the third evening of Horse of the Year Show
Robert Walker landed his seventh Catplant Group of Companies Ltd. Show Hunter of the Year Championship, and third in a row, for owner Jill Dayon the third evening of Horse of the Year Show (HOYS). The Lightweight Hunter, MHS Morning Master, gave the team another well-deserved spotlight down the centre line at “the world’s most […]
Lauren Wilkens takes the Enablelink Ltd Pony Foxhunter Championship on her debut
Opening the evening performance this Friday at Horse of the Year Show was the Enablelink Ltd Pony Foxhunter Championship; an opportunity for young riders of the future to showcase their talent. In the first round, the technical course of 15 obstacles asked some testing questions of these young riders. Some were luckier than others and […]
Flying Welshman Mark Edwards takes a double win at Horse of the Year Show
Making his trip from south-east Wales well worth the trip, Mark Edwards wins two back-to-back international showjumping classes on day three at Horse of the Year Show. Mark was in flying form with his eight-year-old stallion Dillinger NE to take the opening Grandstand Welcome Stakes at the prestigious horse show held at the NEC in […]
