Redwings Horse Sanctuary Welcome Back Online Show

Unable to host its usual fundraising horse show this year, Redwings Horse Sanctuary is once again challenging owners to showcase their beloved pets (of all kinds!) in a series of online classes after two successful virtual events in 2020.

Popular equestrian YouTuber, This Esme will be helping to judge entries in a fun online horse and pet show raising money for Redwings Horse Sanctuary.

Esme Higgs, the star behind the YouTube channel This Esme, will be judging the ‘Happiest Hacker’ class, which aims to highlight the joy of enjoying leisurely rides with your horse.

For the first time, the Redwings Show Online will also be offering virtual dressage classes, hosted by E-Riders.

These are just some of the many classes horse owners can enter in Redwings’ latest online event, which will also include classes for dogs and all other pets too – from donkeys to cats, from tortoises to chickens!

Entries to the Redwings Show Online 2021 are open now and will close on Sunday 20th June.

Redwings launched their first online show in May 2020 following the cancellation of their in-person event due to the pandemic. This and its follow-up – the Redwings Christmas Show Online – raised over £3,000 for the Sanctuary.

Due to ongoing coronavirus uncertainties, the charity has sadly decided to cancel their in-person event again this year, but hopes supporters will enjoy another fun online event.

Redwings Show organiser, Jude Palmer, said:

We’re delighted to be bringing back our popular online show and very grateful toThis Esme for helping us with the unenviable task of choosing winners from gorgeous photos of happy hacking!

Whilst we are disappointed to cancel our in-person show again this year, we hope our supporters and showing fans alike will stillhave fun preparing photo entries for the Redwings Show Online instead.

For the first time we also have virtual dressage classes, hosted by E-Riders. The classes will allow horse owners to take part in dressage classes from the comfort of their yards whilst supporting our rescued horses, ponies and donkeys. Plus, in true Redwings Show Online fashion, dogs will be included in the fun too with a special ‘Doggy Dressage’ class – where owners and pooches can strut their stuff!”

Horse photo classes include ‘Heavenly Horses’, ‘Perfect Ponies’ and ‘Cracking Cobs’, while pet classes – open to all animals – include ‘Cutest Pet’, ‘Funniest Photo’ and ‘Best Fur Family’.

Entries to the Redwings Show Online will cost a donation of £3 each, and entries to the E-Riders Dressage classes will be £12 each.Entries will close at the end of Sunday 20th June, with results being announced on Redwings’ social media channels the following week.

For more information on how to enter and to see a full list of classes, visit www.redwings.org.uk.

Suzanne Ashton

Suzanne Ashton, Founder of Everything Horse (Est, 2012), has a BA Hons in Marketing Management and a Diploma in Equine Science. Suzanne has ridden and owned horses all her life and has twelve years of experience in marketing, writing, design, SEO, and website creation.