Royal Highland Show 2018 - Showjumping and Sunburn!

The showjumping was due to begin in the main ring, so we loitered around the big collecting ring for a little while, taking in the competitors warming up. 

Royal Highland Show 2018! - WHP Warmup!

One of my favourite classes at the RHS is the Working Hunter Pony - nothing beats tiny ponies zooming around and flying over rustic fences! I always like the collecting ring for photography as its a smaller space than the actual jumping arena so you've a much better chance of capturing the action than when the ponies are miles away on the other side!

Royal Highland Show 2017 - #11 Mini Major

I don't quite understand the rules of the Mini Major class, other than the fact that there are teams of two - a young rider and an adult in the ring at the same time, trying to complete the course as fast as possible one after the other.

What I can tell you though is that it's exhilarating to watch - those ponies can't half shift!

Royal Highland Show 2017 - #6 WHP Warmup

I'm really not happy with how my photos from the last post turned out, but luckily for me, the sun came out when I took a few shots in the warmup ring and they came out a lot nicer. Some were still horribly out of focus though, so I had to do some emergency edits and they still look awful. :(

Royal Highland Show 2017 - #5 Working Hunter Pony

Once we'd exhausted our fill of heavy horses, we went in search of lunch, a seat and more ponies...

Royal Highland Show 2015 - Part 5 - Showjumping

I'm not going to lie, this is my favourite thing to photograph.

I'm also not going to lie about the fact that this post is an absolute behemoth so please forgive me, I took a LOT of photos of the jumping and I'm not very good at choosing which ones to post. XD