Research: Showjumping websites

I have continued my research looking at show jumping websites, as in the Riding club websites i haven't really found any more inspiration, however on these for show jumping websites I have found design elements that I like.


The british open show jumping website has a flash banner which is displaying many different images that refresh every few seconds, with added information about upcoming events. The banner is in a prominent position and designed to advertise, however consideration with other design elements on the page haven't really been thought through, the banner looks like it has just been place on the page without any consideration.

On the british show jumping website I like the logo and how the navigation is directly underneath incorporating the same colour. The colour red is also used throughout this website adding to the consistency, however the pages looked very cluttered.

The high offley stud website has an interesting banner incorporating the navigation, I don’t particularly like the banner however I do like how the images have been used. I also like the simple logo, not sure why they have used the colour Green. The colour isn’t used anywhere else on the page, doesn’t seem to be relevant to the logo.

The Olympia horse show website has a Flash banner the same as the British open show jumping website. This banner works a lot better on the page consideration has been paid to positioning. What I like about this website is the consistent use of the same colour purple. The colour is used on the navigation and headings which allows the user to navigate more easier. The colour is also used on the logo which also adds to the consistency of the website.

Research into Riding Clubs

In Friday mornings session as a group we decided to start working on the Lambley Riding Club website layouts, we would all work individually on separate layouts and bring them for review next Thursday morning to decide which elements we liked about each others website layouts.

This isn't my normal way of working I normally carry out research first, after about three hours I didn't really have much to show just the navigation and didn't really like that.

Friday afternoon we decided to work independently at home we would meet again Thursday to discuss the website layouts. I decided later that afternoon to carry out research on riding clubs to hopefully gain some inspiration as at the moment I don't have any.

I have looked at a number of riding club websites, I normally review three or four discussing elements I like, to gain inspiration to use in my own work. However I have not found any riding club websites that inspire me. In general the websites I have looked at are poorly designed and amateurish in nature. The websites seem to be either very cluttered, all a lack of content, doesn't seem to be any consideration how the pages are laid out. I have to widen my search for websites inspiration, e.g Showjumping, sporting websites and Olympic Games.