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Royal Windsor Horse Show 2022

Royal Windsor Horse Show is the UK’s largest outdoor premier Show and takes place in the private grounds of Windsor Castle. For 2022 the Show will host 5* International Show Jumping as well as 4* International Carriage Driving, 3*, 2* and 1* Endurance and a Dressage competition. There are also National classes in Show jumping and Windsor is one of the UK’s premier Showing events.

There are numerous exciting displays which take place at the Show including The Musical Ride of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, The Mounted Band of the Household Cavalry, DAKS Pony Club Mounted Games and The Shetland Pony Grand National. There will also be international equestrian displays to be confirmed. 

The site itself includes an extensive shopping village and there are many different places to sit and eat. It is the only time of year the public can access the private grounds of the Castle.

During the day there are 5 different arenas in operation, housing the many varied equestrian classes.  Access to the arenas is included in a general entry ticket.

Programme

Windsor has 5 different arenas which all host different classes across the week: The Castle Arena (main arena), Frogmore (primarily for jumping) and the Copper Horse and Adelaide (both primarily for showing) and Driving arena. A detailed timetable of classes will be online closer to the Show www.rwhs.co.uk.

Sport

Showjumping – Windsor hosts 5* International show jumping and has a large prize fund which attracts the worlds top riders. The biggest class of the week is the Rolex Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon. There are also lots of national show jumping classes.

Dressage – a sport which combines skill, elegance and power.

Driving – The Land Rover International Driving Grand Prix takes place over 4 days and teams of horses and drivers compete.  These may be made up of a pair of horses or ponies or a ‘team’ which is 4 horses or ponies. On Thursday and Friday driven dressage takes place in the Driving Arena, Saturday is the marathon (a real highlight where the horses travel around the park from one obstacle to the next), and finishes on Sunday with the obstacle driving (through pairs of cones against the clock) in the Driving Arena.

Showing – Windsor is one of the UK’s premier events for Showing and there are many different championships which take place across the week.  More than 1300 horses and ponies compete in the showing classes.

Displays

The Musical Ride of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and The Mounted Band of the Household Cavalry – A display which is renowned worldwide.  Most people would recognise them from Horse Guards Parade in London where horse and rider stand in ceremonial dress.  The Musical Ride consists of high speed, precise moves set to beautiful music. 

DAKS Pony Club Mounted Games - Five teams representing England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland take place in qualifiers throughout the week with the final taking place in the afternoon of Sun 13th.

The Shetland Pony Grand National – this involves the ponies racing over miniature Grand National style fences.

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