Horse event venues in Australia

Adelaide Showground on Goodwood Road, Wayville, is run by the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia and is home to the Royal Adelaide Show. The Show's Horses in Action program runs over eight days on the Main Arena, with horse stables on site for exhibitors. Outside show time the grounds host exhibitions and events in pavilions including the Goyder, Jubilee and Wayville Pavilions.

Home grounds of Agnes Water Active Riders Inc, a volunteer-run, not-for-profit equestrian club established in 2018 on the Discovery Coast. The club runs trail rides, cattle work, club days, pole training and social events for riders of all levels, with day memberships available for visitors. The club is developing the site at Rafting Ground Road as its permanent home.

Allora Showgrounds is home to the Allora Show Society and hosts the annual Allora Show, the Darling Downs Heavy Horse Festival, the Frostbite Rodeo and other events. The grounds offer year-round camping for caravans, motorhomes and tents with powered and unpowered sites, hot showers and toilets, booked through the onsite caretaker. The show map shows several horse rings, a pony club warm-up area and an undercover selling ring.

Alpha Showground is a Barcaldine Regional Council venue on Clermont Road, Alpha, in Central Western Queensland. It hosts the annual Alpha Show, run by the Alpha Show Society since 1965 and held in mid May, which includes horse events. Facilities include pavilions, a kitchen and bar area, cold rooms, toilets and showers, a lit grassed oval, and stables and yards.

Atherton Showgrounds on Louise Street, Atherton is home to the annual Atherton Show, run by the Atherton Tablelands Agricultural Society since 1903. The two-day show is held each June or July and includes horse events, livestock competitions, pavilion exhibits and a centre ring program. Merriland Hall on the showgrounds houses the show office.

Council-owned showgrounds of about 10.3 hectares on the Bruce Highway in Ayr, with the formal entry at 9 Edwards Street. It is home to the annual QCAR Burdekin Show, run by the Ayr Pastoral, Agricultural and Industrial Association, which includes equestrian events. The grassed main arena, main hall and grounds are hired out through the Burdekin Theatre for events such as horse riding clinics and rodeos, and the site has horse day yards, cattle yards and a showies camping area.

Showgrounds on the western fringe used for horse and rural events

Agistment and riding space

East Gippsland showgrounds near the river with equestrian ring

Regional showgrounds with equestrian rings and pavilions

Baralaba Showgrounds on Wooroonah Road is the home of the annual Baralaba Show, run by the Baralaba Agricultural and Pastoral Society. The show programme includes stud and prime cattle, horse show ring events and pavilion exhibits. The grounds also offer paid camping with toilets, showers and power for caravans.

Council-owned showground on Wilga Street, Barcaldine, north of the railway line and opposite the hospital. It hosts the annual Barcaldine Show, the Barcaldine Campdraft and the Barcaldine Rodeo, and has a dedicated campdraft arena. Outside event dates it operates as a camping ground with a small number of powered sites, unpowered sites, water, an ablution block and a dump point.

Riding school holiday programs

Bassett Park is Roma's council-owned multipurpose venue of about 113 acres, home to the town's racetrack, showgrounds and rodeo grounds. It hosts the annual Roma Show and has a campdraft arena, rodeo arena, cattle dog trial arenas, livestock pavilions and a central sports oval. The Wool Hall, bar and marquee area seats up to 350, and group camping with showers and toilets is available by arrangement.

Beaudesert Showgrounds on Albert Street, Beaudesert, is a large multipurpose venue owned and operated by the Beaudesert Show Society. It has a main ring with grandstand and lighting for night events, a second ring with 64 numbered stables, and a fenced 25m x 70m Stud Beef Ring. The grounds also have pavilions, sale yards, open paddocks with toilets, hot showers, power and water, and host the annual Beaudesert Show and campdraft.

Historic showgrounds with campdraft ring

Beenleigh Showgrounds is home to the Beenleigh Show Society and sits midway between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. The grounds host the annual Beenleigh Show, including a show horse program in the main arena, along with pavilions, ground hire and a caravan and RV park with powered sites, showers and toilets.

Bell Showgrounds is part of the Bell Recreation Reserve on Wallace Street, Bell, at the foothills of the Bunya Mountains, and is managed by the Bell Recreation Reserve Management Committee. Events held at the grounds include the Bell Races, Bell Show and Rodeo, night rodeo, campdrafts and pony club rally days and gymkhanas. The showgrounds can be hired for equine events, bull sales and expos, with toilets, showers and a kitchen on site.

Bellara Park Equestrian Centre is a privately run equestrian facility at Veresdale, south of Brisbane near Beaudesert. It has a purpose-built indoor arena with a grandstand seating 60, an outdoor jump area, day yards, a round yard and a function room. Arena, stable and paddock hire and powered camping are available, and the venue hosts clinics and club shows throughout the year.

Benalla Showgrounds on Bridge Street, Benalla, beside Lake Benalla, is home to the Benalla Agricultural and Pastoral Society and its annual Benalla Spring Show each October. The show includes showjumping, ridden and breed horse classes, with horse and livestock exhibitors entering via the Maud Street gate. The grounds have horse yards and an RV camping area.

Bendigo Harness Racing Club races at Lord's Raceway on McIvor Road, Junortoun, about 5 minutes from the Bendigo CBD. The venue has a floodlit harness track and stables. It also has an enclosed undercover shed of about 1200 m2 with an asphalt floor, grandstand seating for 250, two function rooms, and free parking for about 1000 vehicles. It hosts the Bendigo Equine Expo.

Bendigo's Prince of Wales Showgrounds on Holmes Road opened in 1968 on an 18-hectare site and is run by the Bendigo Agricultural Show Society. It has a five-hectare main arena with a surrounding track, 210 horse stables, 20 pavilions including large clear-span exhibition halls used for indoor livestock and equestrian events, and powered sites. It hosts the Bendigo Agricultural Show, the Australian Sheep and Wool Show and weekly markets.

Bennison Recreation Reserve at 5 O'Sullivans Road, Bennison, about five minutes from Foster in South Gippsland, is the home ground of the Bennison Adult Riding Club and the Corner Inlet Pony Club. The grounds have a 75 m x 45 m fenced sand arena, a fenced grass arena, large grass riding areas with a water jump, and a cross country course through eucalypt forest. A clubhouse with canteen, covered picnic tables, toilets and showers are on site, and non-powered camping with yards is offered at events.

Biggenden Showgrounds on Walsh Street, Biggenden, in the North Burnett region of Queensland is home of the Biggenden Show Society. It hosts the annual Biggenden Show and Rodeo, with horse ring events, show jumping and an evening rodeo program of bulls, barrels and broncs.

Biloela Showgrounds is on Auburn Street, Biloela, in the Banana Shire of Central Queensland, with a second entrance off Callide Street. It is home to the Callide Valley Show, run by the Callide Valley Agricultural and Pastoral Society, which held its 90th show in May 2026. The grounds include pavilions, a dining room, toilets and showers, a main show ring and several arena areas used for horse events. Camping is only permitted during events with prior authorisation.

Blackall Showgrounds hosts the annual Blackall Show, presented by the Barcoo Pastoral Society. The show program runs from dressage and other horse competitions to the wool court, sheep, goat and livestock classes, with indoor and outdoor exhibitor sites.

Showgrounds on Bowman Road, Blackbutt, about 500 m off the D'Aguilar Highway in the South Burnett, run by the Blackbutt Show Society. It hosts the annual Blackbutt Show each May, which includes show horse classes, and operates as a campground year round with an onsite caretaker. Facilities include powered and unpowered camping sites, accessible toilets and hot showers.

Blackwater Showgrounds is a Central Highlands Regional Council facility on the outskirts of Blackwater. It is home to the Coal Capital Speedway, the Blackwater Rodeo committee and the Blackwater Social Riders Club, and has had recent lighting and electrical upgrades for community events. Bookings are made through council, with the rodeo grounds booked via the Blackwater Rodeo Club.

Boneo Park is a privately owned equestrian centre on a 340 hectare property on the Mornington Peninsula, set within the Tootgarook Wetland and Moonah woodland. It hosts international, national and local dressage and jumping competitions most weeks, with free spectator admission at most events. Facilities include a 66 x 30 m indoor arena, sand and grass outdoor arenas, 160 event stables, 120 yards and powered campsites. Casual arena hire, paddock and stable agistment, and the Arilla function venue are also offered on site.