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Horse Show Packing List

Our packing list is below - please let us know if we have forgotten anything. It is amazing to think we pack & unpack this for every show!

Another ShowMom submitted her own packing list to us. As it's slightly different from ours, we wanted to make it available to you also - you can download it here.

Rider Packing List
  • Helmet
  • Hairnets - at least 2
  • Show shirt - one per day
  • Collars/chokers
  • Show jacket - one extra for rain
  • Shadbelly, on white shirt, stock tie and pin
  • Show jodhpurs/pants - one per day
  • Boot pulls
  • Tall boots or riding boots and knee band
  • Rain gear
  • Makeup and jewelry
  • Elastic hair bands
  • Show leather riding gloves and regular riding gloves
  • Riding chaps
  • Riding boots
  • Garment bags and boot bags
  • Makeup bag with lip balm, extra hair bands, makeup and comb brush
Mom's List
  • Show papers - Coggins, health certificate (extra set from trainer)
  • Membership cards
  • Fat check book for all those open checks
  • Water and electrolyte-type drinks
  • Gloves if you help out with stalls or hold horses
  • Hats for the sun
  • Sunscreen and lotion
  • Sewing kit
  • Kleenex
  • Extra towels
  • First aid kit
  • Large purse or carryall
  • Ice chest full of snacks and drinks for multiple teen tastes
  • Camera, video, film, memory cards, batteries, and charger
  • Sense of humor
Tack Packing List
  • Grooming brushes
  • Braiding supplies
  • 2 seam rippers for removing braids
  • Ear plugs
  • Spurs
  • Martingale
  • Saddle
  • Girth
  • Bridle and reins (extra reins) - show and schooling
  • Bits
  • Show pads and back pads
  • Halter and lead line
  • Bell boots
  • Splint boots
  • Leg wraps
  • Hoof picks
  • Polo wraps
  • Boot polish and brush
  • Tack cleaning supplies - sponge, soap & oil
  • Towels
  • Small flashlight
Trailer Packing
  • Feed for each day
  • Supplements
  • Medicine for horses
  • Poultice for legs
  • Hoof polish
  • Box, bucket or bag for ringside supplies
  • Blankets - depending on weather
  • Rain sheet
  • Wool or fleece coolers
  • Bathing supplies - bucket, shampoo, tail & mane cleaner, Quick Silver for white, brush/sponges, wipe blade
  • Clipping supplies, razor for nose, clippers for ears and fetlocks
  • Water hose
  • 3 buckets (2 water/1 feed) and bucket straps or holders
  • Stall holder for leg wraps
  • Twitch
  • Hay bag
  • Fly spray
  • Carrots and apples
  • Tools - staple gun, pliers, knife, scissors, screwdrivers, hole punch, nails and hammer
  • Farrier tools - nipper and hoof pliers
  • Step stool
  • Saddle and bridle racks
  • Muck bucket or wheel barrel and rake/shovel, broom
  • Extension cords, clip on light and fan
  • Large flashlight
  • Lunge line and whip
  • Golf cart rain cover and heater
  • Chairs and table
  • Trash bags
  • Tack room supplies
  • Small feed buckets and scoop