Is Britain set for equestrian reality TV show?

As US reality TV fans settle down to a new fashion series set within the horse industry, might an English equestrian reality show pop up to rival The Only Way is Essex and Made in Chelsea?

Glasscock: the Ladies of the Horse World, set in Kentucky, is due to start filming this week, coinciding with the Kentucky Derby (3 May). The producers have promised that “personalities from all disciplines of the equestrian industry” are starring, within their private homes and estates.

So how would it fit in Britain? H&H predicts it would be set in Berkshire, focusing on designer hats, the glamour of Royal Ascot and summer polo — with showing and showjumping from Royal Windsor in the melting pot. Equestrian clothes horses are a prerequisite, so we’d expect the Kidds and Edie Campbell to be called up…

Martha Terry

H&H features editor

Martha is an experienced journalist who is mad-keen on dogs of all shapes and sizes. After growing up with assorted liver and white springer spaniels, she enjoyed 14 years with two rescue dogs, one a street dog from Gambia who was abandoned at three weeks old. Now, her constant companion, whether by her feet at her desk or walking cross-country courses, is Fidget, an extremely energetic and habitually muddy black and white springer. Martha has written on topics as diverse as a top horse’s clone to the best GPS trackers for dogs, as well as equestrian and rural matters for Country Life, The Field, The Times, The Spectator and The Telegraph alongside Horse & Hound.