Meet the amateur riders and their horses who reigned at Royal Windsor

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While the full-time professionals often take centre stage at the major championship shows, the Royal Windsor Horse Show celebrates amateur equestrians and their animals with a range of classes specifically for those riders who show as a hobby. Each amateur winner then gets the opportunity to contend in the section championship, held in the Castle Arena.

Check out these amateur show horse winners who were the judge’s choices for this year’s amateur awards. Will you be looking to aim for a royal outing next year with your hunter, hack, riding horse or cob?

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Alex Robinson
Alex Robinson
Former H&H showing editor and deputy features editor

Born and raised in the Lake District, Alex has grown up on the showing scene. She has qualified and competed ponies at the Royal International, Horse of the Year Show and Olympia and has first-hand knowledge of the current issues in the showing world as well as the horses, ponies and riders who compete in the sport. Alex joined H&H in January 2018 as showing editor, cementing its place as the leading equestrian publication for both showing reports and current showing news in the UK. She moved on in October 2024 to pursue other opportunities, but continues to write for us on a freelance basis.