Essex-based showjumper and trainer Ronnie Lee Jones calls out some unacceptable behaviour he’s experienced at recent shows and asks what impact it is having our junior riders

Ring etiquette and conduct at pony shows needs some serious thought.

Speak to anyone who has jumped a season on the junior British Showjumping circuit and you’ll hear enough stories to fill a book. What worries me is how it’s impacting junior riders.

Some of the behaviour I have witnessed – and recently been on the receiving end of – isn’t acceptable.

There are trainers openly speaking disrespectfully to other trainers, there is abusive language if it doesn’t go well, people refusing to go in for a mounted presentation when they’re unhappy with their placing, kids put under excessive pressure and jealousy towards

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