One show, one source, everywhere it needs to be.
The show office enters a draw once. From there the arena, the riders and the record all read the same thing.
On the arena screen
The draw, who is in the pen, each score as it posts, and the current leaders in every class.
On the rider's phone
Your horses, your draws, how many runs until you go, and your score the moment it is in.
In the record
Official results by class when the show closes, checked against the show office's own paperwork.
Through the season
Year-end points standings calculated from the results, under each association's own rules.
Built around how your show already runs.
Your show office keeps its software, its forms and its routine. MyHorseShowBuddy works alongside them and takes the taped-up draw sheets, the "when do I go" questions and the end-of-show retyping off the table.
- Nothing for riders to install. It opens from a QR code at the arena.
- Works on arena Wi-Fi and on cellular, tried and tested in real arenas.
- Seven shows in 2026, reining and stock horse.
Who it's for
Associations
Give members a modern show day and current year-end standings, under your own rules, without changing how your shows are run.
Show managers and secretaries
Keep your software and your routine. The draw, the scores and the results reach everyone without the taped-up sheets or the questions at the office window.
Riders, trainers, and families
Know when you go, see your score the moment it's in, and follow the horses you care about, all from your phone.
Reining and stock horse today. Run something else? Tell us how your classes are scored and we will tell you plainly whether it fits.
For the arena
The live board
A screen at the arena that everyone can read from the rail. It replaces the printed draw taped to the wall and keeps itself current through the day.
- The working order for the draw in the pen
- Who is in the pen and who is on deck
- Scores as they post, and drags as they happen
- Current leaders for every class in the draw
For riders
The show in your pocket
Riders scan a code at the arena and see their own day: no download, no account to set up beyond a text-message sign-in.
- Every horse you are showing, and each draw it is in
- How many runs until you go
- Your score, and the top score in each of your classes
- Results for the whole show, as they become official
For the crew in the pen
Reliable tools for running the show
The board is only as current as the people feeding it, so each of them gets a screen made for their job.
Scribe scoring
Live scoring in the scribe's hand. A score is entered once, beside the judge, and recorded as the real-time score for the announcer to call.
Announcer bench
The announcer sees who's in the pen and each score the moment it is in, ready to call. At multi-judge shows the composite is computed in real time, so the announcer can focus on the arena, not math at the bench.
Arena management
Drags, and walk-up entries when you take them, handled from the gate so the order on the screen matches the order in the pen.
Built for real arenas
Works on arena Wi‑Fi and on cellular.
Arenas are hard on networks, so the apps are built to hold their connections to each other and to recover on their own when a signal drops.
- Runs on the arena's own Wi-Fi, on cellular service, or a mix of both.
- Resilient connections between the apps: if the scribe's phone loses its signal, the score is held on the phone and sent the moment the connection returns. Nothing is retyped and nothing is lost.
- Seven shows in 2026, on show-ground Wi‑Fi and rural cellular, and scoring has not stopped for a connection at any of them.
For the show office
Results without the retyping
The show office loads its draws and its official results. We keep the extra steps few, and what goes public is checked against the office's own paperwork first.
- Works alongside the show software you already use
- Late entries and scratches handled during the show
- Results by class, ready to publish when the show closes
For the association
Year-end points, kept current
Standings are calculated from the season's results under your association's rules, so members can see where they stand after every show.
- Your divisions, your qualifying shows, your eligibility rules
- Standings updated after each show
- A clear trail from every point back to a result
How a first show works
- 1
A live demo
The whole system running on a demo show, on your phone and a screen, in about twenty minutes.
- 2
Two weeks before
You send a class list and a past draw and results sheet, and we set up for your classes before anyone arrives.
- 3
The first show
It runs alongside your existing process, with us on site, so the office changes nothing it does.
- 4
After the show
A short readout of what riders used, what the office found, and what to change for the next one.
Works with what you have
Your show office stays in charge.
Entries, invoicing, fees, membership checks, the printed draw and the official results sheet all stay in the software your office already trusts. MyHorseShowBuddy adds the live layer on top of it.
The judge's card and the office's results sheet remain the official record. We take them, exactly as printed, to everyone who wants to see them.
Where it started
MyHorseShowBuddy began with a simple request from a show manager: put the draws on a television instead of taping paper to the wall. Once the draw was on a screen, the rest followed. Scores could go up as they were marked, riders could follow from their phones, and the results no longer had to be typed a second time.
It has been built and tested at live shows through the 2026 season, working next to show secretaries and adjusting to how their day really goes.
"As a rider and a technology professional, I saw a need to make showing easier for riders. MyHorseShowBuddy gives them real-time information that makes a show day simpler and more fun."
Ben Buxton
Founder
What we hold to
The show office stays in charge
The office's records are the official ones. We display them and carry them forward; we do not replace them.
Live scores, then official ones
Every run is scored in real time, and those scores are marked unofficial. Once the show certifies its results, we publish the official scores.
A light touch for a busy office
Running MyHorseShowBuddy adds a few steps to show day. Our goal is to keep them as few and as seamless as we can for busy show secretaries.
Reach Ben directly
benbuxton.co@gmail.com
Based in
Loveland, CO
Helpful to include
- Your association or show, and your role
- How many shows you run in a season, and roughly when
- What you would most like off your plate on show day
Riders with a question about a show you are entered in: please ask at the show office first. For help with the app itself, use the email here.
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