Horse event venues in Australia

The Finch Hatton Showgrounds, also known as the Pioneer Valley Showgrounds, are owned and managed by the Pioneer Valley Agricultural Show Society, which has run the one-day Pioneer Valley Show there since 1964. The tree-studded grounds sit beside Cattle Creek in the Pioneer Valley west of Mackay and include a hall, a large outdoor ring and a bar area for hire. Powered and unpowered camping with toilets, showers and laundry is available outside show week, with stays generally limited to 48 hours.

Small showgrounds in Corner Inlet district

Council-owned multipurpose showground at 136 Spencer Street in the Gatton CBD, adjacent to the Lockyer Valley Sports and Aquatic Centre and the Lockyer Valley indoor equestrian centre. Facilities include a lit show ring, function room overlooking the ring, kitchen and dining room, can bar, grandstand and toilets. It hosts the annual Gatton Show run by the Gatton Show Society; camping is only available in conjunction with a booked event.

Indoor and outdoor arena facility

Gayndah Showgrounds is the home of the Gayndah Show Society and its annual agricultural show, held in Gayndah in the North Burnett region. The show includes livestock and pavilion competitions and show horse classes, and the grounds also offer camping with on-site caretakers within walking distance of the town centre.

Gin Gin Showgrounds at 14 King Street, Gin Gin, is run by the Gin Gin Agricultural, Pastoral and Industrial Society, which has held the Gin Gin Show there since 1904. The grounds are within walking distance of town and include a function centre and pavilion for hire. Powered camping is available with toilets, showers and water, with a maximum stay of 14 nights.

Giru Showgrounds on Luxton Street, Giru, in the Burdekin Shire is home to the annual Giru Show run by the Giru Show Society. The grounds and hall are used for the show each September and for community hire.

Gladstone Showgrounds is on Tank and Scenery Streets in Gladstone, Central Queensland, and is home to the Gladstone Show Society. The society runs the annual one-day Gladstone Show each July. Past show schedules have included horse sections such as led and ridden classes, showjumping and miniature horses.

Long established riding school on the Sunshine Coast with lessons and school holiday programs

Harness racing and equestrian venue north of Adelaide

Professional horse riding school and trail riding centre on a large Gold Coast property

Riding school and agistment

Showgrounds on Lau Street, Goombungee, on the Darling Downs north-west of Toowoomba, run by the Goombungee-Haden Agricultural, Horticultural and Pastoral Society. It hosts the annual Goombungee-Haden Show each April, a Bird Show, and the Goombungee rodeo in January, which includes barrel racing, roping and roughstock events. The grounds also operate as a campground with powered and unpowered sites, hot showers and toilets.

Goomeri Showgrounds at 46 Moore Street (the Burnett Highway) is run by the Goomeri and District Show Society, which stages the annual Goomeri Agricultural Show and a New Year's Eve rodeo on the grounds. The showgrounds offer year-round caravan, RV and tent camping with powered and unpowered sites, hot showers, toilets, a dump point and an on-site caretaker.

A 121-acre showground at 323 Boundary Road, Goondiwindi, managed by the Goondiwindi Pastoral and Agricultural Society (established 1877). Its equestrian zone includes stables, a cutting arena, a campdraft arena and an undercover viewing platform, with power, water and two dedicated shower and toilet blocks for horse sport events. The grounds host the Goondiwindi Show, campdrafts, cutting and polocrosse, and operate a caravan and camping ground with bookable overnight stabling.

Great Western Racing and Recreation Reserve is a 170 acre (70 ha) reserve at Great Western in the Grampians region of western Victoria, home to the Great Western Racecourse and the Seppelt Great Western Cup. The reserve also hosts the annual Good Friday rodeo. Camping is available on the reserve during major events, with unpowered sites and powered sites for a fee.

Greenbank Pony Club grounds are at 148 Campbell Road, Greenbank, south of Brisbane. The club is affiliated with Pony Club Queensland and runs official dressage, combined training and jumping equitation competitions at the grounds. Powered and unpowered camping and day yards have been offered at club events.

Gympie and District Pony Club grounds sit beside the Mary River at 11 Jane Street, Gympie, across the road from the Gympie Horse and Rodeo Grounds. The club, formed in 1958, was the first pony club in Queensland and belongs to Pony Club Queensland Zone 6. The grounds include a cross country course and host rallies and one day events, with parking, camping and day yards available at the GHARA grounds opposite during events.

Gympie Showgrounds (Adrian McClintock Park) at 77 Exhibition Road, Southside is home to the annual Gympie District Show each May, and also houses the council-run Pavilion conference centre and a farmers market. Horse facilities include a main arena and additional show rings, a rodeo arena used for team penning and stockman's challenges, and a stabling precinct of 132 undercover stables and 40 yards with camping close by. Horse entry during the show is via Gate 6 on Ramsey Road.

Western District showgrounds with large arena and stables

Harold Brown Park on Richards Road, Wights Mountain, is the home ground of the Samford Golden Valley Pony Club, about 10 minutes from Samford Village. The grounds have five separately fenced grassed areas (two lit), a cross country course (45 cm to 105 cm), and covered stables with lights and wash bays. There are also round yards, a clubhouse with canteen, toilets and showers. The club runs eventing, dressage, showjumping, gymkhanas and mounted games, and the grounds can be hired for horse events.

The Hatton Vale and District Pony Club grounds are on the corner of Long Gully Road and Woolshed Creek Road in the Lockyer Valley. Hatton Vale & District Pony Club is part of Zone 3 of Pony Club Queensland and holds musters on the first and third Sunday of the month from March to November, plus clinics and other events.

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A 60 horse equestrian centre on the banks of the Campaspe River, with a Billabong nature reserve and a 2.5 km river bush trail.

Horsham Showgrounds sits beside the Wimmera River in Horsham. The Maydale Reserve half is owned by the Horsham Agricultural Society, which hosts the Horsham Show in September and the Horsham Horse Show in October. Facilities include several stable blocks (front block with enclosed cobblestone boxes suitable for stallions), a three-bay concrete horse wash, four secure horse yards, a lunging yard, an exercise arena, and powered and unpowered camping. Stables can be booked directly with the society for show stopovers and transit stays.

Hughenden Showgrounds on Stansfield Street is the main sport, recreation and events hub for Hughenden and the Flinders Shire, managed by Flinders Shire Council. Permanent users include the Hughenden Show Society, pony club, campdraft and performance horse sports. Facilities include a grassed arena with lighting, a covered indoor arena, extensive cattle yards, pavilions, a clubhouse, bar and kitchen, and a self-contained RV camp is located next door.

Imbil Showgrounds, also known as the Mary Valley Showgrounds, is on Edward Street in Imbil, about 35 km south of Gympie. The Mary Valley Show Society runs the annual Mary Valley Show and Rodeo each September, with show jumping, led and ridden ring classes and a rodeo. Outside events the grounds offer camping, including horse yards for travellers with stock.

Ingham Showgrounds in Ingham, North Queensland, is owned by Hinchinbrook Shire Council and is home to the Ingham Show, first held in 1883, and the Ingham Sugar City Rodeo. The site has a main oval with grandstand, a multi-purpose sport arena, stables, an animal warm-up area, cattle yards, a canteen and camping zones with power. Facilities can be hired as a whole site or as individual areas through Council.