Are you excited for this year’s Royal Windsor Horse Show? 17 showing stars spotted at the 2019 show…

Here are 17 showing stars from 2019’s Royal Windsor Horse Show as we get excited for this year’s show, which gets underway this Thursday (1 July)… 

1. Reddit Royal Mirage

Matthew Procter rides Karl Morris’ eight-year-old 138cm show pony to take reserve in the section championship.

2. Young Lochinvar

The 2017 Hack of the Year landed the small hacks followed by the championship for owner/rider Ali Talbot.

3. Somerville Lad

Jill Day’s lightweight show hunter was crowned novice champion for producer Robert Walker, who also took the four-year-olds with MHS Morning Master and the open hunter championship with View Point.

4. Master Of The House

The 12-year-old gelding won the lightweight cobs and stood overall champion with Oliver Hood.

5. Lostock Up To The Mark

The impressive two-year-old skewbald colt was crowned in-hand coloured champion for Laura Matthews.

6. KBF Crescendo

Jayne Ross and the six-year-old mare — coloured champions at the RIHS in 2018 — endured some of the worst weather of the week to take the coloured spoils.

7. Contepomi Cashel

Jamie Frost showed the Connemara stallion to perfection en-route to the overall mountain and moorland in-hand supreme for owner Cathy Wood.

8. Grandeur

Yvonne Jacques’ grey gelding and Jo Bates were victorious in the RoR class.

9. Bowland Dynamo

The small hunter class was won by Ros Crofts’ 2018 HOYS winner and Magnus Nicholson.

10. Brindlebrook Little Scoundrel

Jessica Ely got a good tune out of the 12-year-old gelding to take the part-bred Arab title.

11. Brookdale Limited Edition

Guy Mears’ maxi cob was crowned ladies champion with producer Danielle Heath in the saddle, who also took the riding horse tricolours on the novice winner Times Square.

12. Aero

The then 15-year-old Hallie Booty stood second in the amateur cobs out of 28 entries on her lovely heavyweight.

13. King Arthur

Emma Message led Lucinda Baldry’s then 20-year-old traditional stallion to clinch the senior in-hand championship.

14. Carlingfords King

Justine Armstrong Small and her own then eight-year-old were victorious in the heavyweight working hunter class before scooping the section title.

15. Harrys Hunter

Harry Scalan’s then six-year-old heavyweight hunter was reserve novice champion.

16. Laburnum Richard

The previous HOYS working hunter pony champion added a third Windsor title to his tally with owner Amy Smith.

16. Randalstown Top Notch

Emily Proud rode the super-consistent coloured to win their amateur class.

17. Rossa Dancer

Lucy Lockwood topped the amateur hunter championship with her own heavyweight campaigner.

Alex Robinson

H&H showing 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 since when she has cemented its place as the leading equestrian publication for both showing reports and current showing news in the UK.