‘History was made’: Nigel Hollings shares his Royal Windsor 2026 highlights

Champion. Izzy Walker and Stoneleigh Showtime in The Show Pony Championship at Royal Windsor Horse Show, Home Park Private, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, May 17th 2026~ MANDATORY Credit Elli Birch/Bootsandhooves - NO UNAUTHORISED USE - 07745 909676

Royal Windsor’s chief showing steward Nigel Hollings on the show’s origins and the 2026 fixture’s highlights

It’s hard to imagine that the first show in 1943 was a one-day affair called the Windsor Horse and Dog Show. Nevertheless, it helped to raise enough money to buy 78 fighter aircraft for the RAF. My favourite anecdote from that year was that a lurcher stole some chicken from King George VI’s lunch plate […]