Brush up your skills: 7 combined training shows you need to enter
If you quite fancy grabbing the opportunity to have a go at not one, but two disciplines in competition, take a look at these combined training shows you need to enter this week
BD combined training
Date: 14 January
Venue: Port Royal EEC, Holme on Spalding Moor
Details: “Classes from prelim and 70cm to novice and 1m.”
Combined training near Doncaster
Date: 14 January
Venue: Epworth Equestrian, Doncaster
Never miss out on the latest happenings in the equestrian world
Details: “Pick a test from intro to elementary and then select a height of showjumping to suit you. Heights include 60, 70, 80 and 90cm.”
Unaffiliated combined training
Date: 15 January
Venue: Manor Grange Stud Show Centre, Pontefract
Details: “Classes from intro to medium with showjumping heights ranging from 55cm to 95cm — pick your own level for both phases. The showjumping will be marked — riders will be judged out of 10 over each fence for style and performance.”
Combined training in the south west
Date: 17 January
Venue: Kings Sedgemoor Equestrian Centre, near Bridgwater
Details: “British Eventing (BE) dressage tests from BE90 to BE100 with jumps ranging in height from 70cm to 1m.”
Combined training in the south
Date: 19 January
Venue: Felbridge Showground, East Grinstead
Details: “BE dressage tests from BE90 to intermediate with showjump heights ranging from 80cm to 1.20m.”
Unaffiliated combined training
Date: 21 January
Venue: Moreton Equestrian Centre, Dorchester
Details: “A large range of classes available from intro with 45cm to novice and 90cm.”
BD combined training in the Midlands
Date: 28 January
Venue: Field House, Staffordshire
Details: “Classes from prelim with 70cm showjumping to novice with 1m showjumping.”
Stay in touch with all the news in the run-up to and throughout the major shows and events during 2026 and beyond with a Horse & Hound subscription. Subscribe today for all you need to know ahead of these major events, plus online reports on the action as it happens from our expert team of reporters and in-depth analysis in our special commemorative magazines. Have a subscription already? Set up your unlimited website access now
Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.