Horse event venues in Australia

Showgrounds on Denison Street, Inglewood, in the Goondiwindi Region of southern Queensland, run by the Inglewood Show Society. The grounds host the annual Inglewood Show each March, including a show rodeo and horse events.

Innisfail Showgrounds, known as Pease Park, is on the Palmerston Highway on the outskirts of Innisfail in Far North Queensland. The Innisfail Show Society runs the annual Innisfail Show there each July and helps maintain the grounds for community use. The showgrounds include horse rings and arenas used for showjumping, hack, led and ridden classes and sporting events during show week.

Ipswich Showgrounds on Warwick Road, Ipswich has been the home of the Ipswich Show Society since 1877 and hosts the annual Ipswich Show each May, rodeo and bull ride events, and the National Finals Rodeo. The grounds include a main arena with a track, an animal precinct, pavilions and function venues available for hire. An on-site caravan park offers 25 powered sites with toilet and shower facilities, closed during major events. The office is accessed via Gate 3 on Parker Avenue.

Showgrounds and equestrian area in Macedon Ranges

Isisford Showgrounds is the combined showground and racecourse at Isisford in central west Queensland, about 116 km from Longreach via Ilfracombe. It hosts the annual Isisford Sheep and Wool Show, which includes cattle, horse and working dog competitions, and the Isisford Race Club meetings on a dirt track.

Jandowae Showgrounds on Warra Street is a Western Downs Regional Council venue managed by a volunteer showgrounds committee. It is home to the local show society, pony club, kindergarten and land care group, and hosts major events such as the Jandowae Timber Festival. The grounds cater for 1000 plus people and offer RV camping.

Jimboomba Pony Club is a Pony Club Queensland affiliated club (Zone 2) on Green Ridge Road, Jimboomba, where it relocated in 2016. The grounds have a 70m x 30m enclosed indoor arena, two fenced grass arenas, 20 steel yards, wash bays, a clubhouse and canteen. The club runs rally days, clinics and competitions from February to November, and the grounds are available for hire by other insured equestrian organisations.

JR Cutting & Performance Horses is a private rural training facility at 682 Old Mount Beppo Road, Mount Beppo, just over 6 km from Toogoolawah in the Somerset Region. It is run by Julieann Baulch and Rick Kickham and offers horsemanship coaching, cow work and cattle work training, clinics, and horse training and sale preparation. Private and small-group sessions are booked online.

Regional showground used for horse and rural events

Showgrounds on George Street, Kalbar, in the Scenic Rim, managed by the Kalbar and District Agricultural and Pastoral, Sport and Recreation Association. It hosts the annual Kalbar Show each June, first held in 1927, which includes horse judging, and is available for hire for horse, cattle and other animal events. Facilities include a show ring, a large enclosed pavilion, yards, loading ramps, toilets and hot showers, plus powered and unpowered camping with an onsite caretaker and dump point.

Campdraft and rural arena

Kenilworth Showgrounds, at the corner of Charles Street and Maleny Kenilworth Road, are community-owned recreation grounds, hall and camping facilities in the Mary Valley, run by the Kenilworth Hall, Recreation Grounds and Show Society. The grounds host the annual Kenilworth Show and Rodeo each September, with show jumping, show horse events in two rings and an NRA all-round rodeo. Powered and unpowered camping is available year-round with toilet and shower amenities, and the hall, dining room and kitchen can be hired.

Kerang Showgrounds is at Alexandra Park on Park Road, Kerang, with car entry from Wellington Street, and is home to the Kerang and District Agricultural Society, which has run the Kerang Show since 1883. The show is held in October and features horse events and showjumping in the main ring. The grounds have loose-box stables, horse parking and a loading ramp, toilets and showers, and camping at show time.

Kilcoy Cow Horse Club (Kilcoy Working Cow Horse Club Inc.) is a not for profit club at 1550 Neurum Road, Mount Archer near Kilcoy in the Somerset region. It runs working cow horse events, members days and ACA affiliated campdrafts on an all steel fenced campdraft arena, including the annual Birthday Bonanza with campdraft, bullpit bull riding and live music. A canteen operates at events and camping is available at some events.

Showgrounds at 26 Showgrounds Road, Woolmar, home of the Kilcoy Pastoral, Agricultural and Industrial Society's annual Kilcoy Show, held since 1912. The grounds have a large main arena used for horse events, campdraft facilities, stables and yards, a canteen and bar, and camping with limited power during events. They host the Kilcoy Campdraft and hosted the 2025 Pony Club Queensland State Championships for gymkhana, campdraft and stockman's challenge.

Showgrounds at 12 Acacia Street, Killarney, run by the Killarney Show and Rodeo Society, which was established in 1907. The grounds host the annual Killarney Show, rodeos, campdrafts and the Killarney Cutting Show. The purpose-built rodeo arena was one of the earliest in Queensland to offer night rodeo under lights.

Racecourse precinct on East Street, Kilmore, about 55 minutes north of Melbourne, home of the Kilmore Racing Club which runs harness and thoroughbred racing. The racecourse grounds are also the home of Kilmore and District Pony Club, which hosts rallies and an annual combined training day there.

Campdraft grounds

Kingaroy Showgrounds on Youngman Street is owned and operated by the Kingaroy Show Society and hosts the annual Kingaroy Show, markets, speedway and community events. The grounds include a main ring, rodeo arena, horse and stallion stables, horse wash bays and a pony club area, plus the Kingaroy Showgrounds Caravan Park with powered and unpowered sites. Horse vehicles enter via the Avoca Street gate during the show.

Campdraft association grounds

Riding school and agistment

Riding school and agistment

Koolboo Performance Horses is a private riding school and training property at South Kolan in the Bundaberg region of Queensland. It offers riding lessons for children and adults from beginner level, including flatwork, jumping, groundwork and NDIS-supported sessions, on school horses or riders own horses. The business also retrains and sells off-the-track Thoroughbreds and offers short-term agistment.

Equestrian facility in the Scenic Rim with arenas trails and event yards

Korumburra Showgrounds, on the corner of Charles Street and the South Gippsland Highway, is privately owned land managed by the volunteer Korumburra and District Agricultural and Pastoral Society. It hosts the Korumburra Show each February, followed by an open horse show and Australian Stock Horse show on the main oval, as well as sheep dog trials and markets. Budget powered and unpowered RV camping is offered when events are not on, with toilets, water, a dump point and BBQ but no showers.

Racecourse and showground complex used for equestrian events

Laidley Showgrounds at 2 MacGregor Street, Laidley, sits beside Laidley Creek in the Lockyer Valley and is run by the Laidley Show Society. The fully fenced complex has a large grassed main arena with lighting, a railed pony club arena, enclosed stables, panel yards, cattle stalls, float parking and powered and unpowered camping with hot showers. It is home to Laidley Pony Club and Lockyer Showjumping Club and hosts hack shows, showjumping, dressage, polocrosse and breed shows.

South Gippsland showgrounds used for horse and rural shows

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Showgrounds and covered indoor equestrian arena used for horse events clinics and shows