Show off those flicky toes — 7 dressage competitions you need to enter this week
If you’re on the look out for dressage competitions to show off your skills, or perhaps just to get some match practice in, take a look at this selection you need to enter
Unaffiliated dressage
Date: 5 August
Venue: Field House, Staffordshire
Details: “Classes from intro to elementary.”
Summer dressage
Date: 6 August
Venue: Alnwick Ford Equestrian, Morpeth
Never miss out on the latest happenings in the equestrian world
Details: “Unaffiliated classes from intro to medium with championship qualifications for all levels if you score 60% or more. The championship will have prize money on offer.”
Affiliated and unaffiliated dressage
Date: 6 August
Venue: Witham Villa Equestrian Centre, Leicester
Details: “Classes from prelim to novice with affiliated British Dressage (BD) and unaffiliated sections. Junior and senior classes on offer plus BD winter championships qualifiers.”
Team Quest and unaffiliated dressage
Date: 6 August
Venue: Cholderton — Altogether Equestrian, Salisbury
Details: “Classes from intro to elementary, plus a pick your own long arena class available in either My Quest or Team Quest sections.”
Riding club dressage
Date: 6 August
Venue: Gate Riding Club, Birmingham
Details: “Classes from walk and trot to elementary.”
Evening dressage
Date: 10 August
Venue: Beaver Hall, Leek
Details: “A wide range of classes available from lead rein and have a go intro to medium. The competition will not start before 5,30pm and we will do our best to accommodate your time preferences. Points are awarded to all riders and at each level, the horse and rider combination with the most points at the final competition of the series will win a trophy, sash and rosette.”
British Dressage
Date: 13 August
Venue: Hill House Equestrian, Market Rasen
Details: “Affiliated classes from prelim to advanced medium all with winter qualifiers.”
Visit equo.co.uk for full competition and training listings
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.