From a ridden perspective: Good working in areas Large size ring, level going Pleasant competitors, no bitching about results! Excellent Knowledgeable stewards (Alec Knott would be perfect!) Qualifiers for other shows
excellent question and for me personally and not neccesarily in order of preference
venue both location and quality of going set up of show ie safe and user friendly for horses and humans both competitors and spectators facilities parking,catering,loos good viewing facilities good communication of when classes are on good announcer variety of classes good judges good atmosphere good stewarding and organisation approachable and helpful show secretaries
smiling competitors who are there to show their horses, regardless of their placing,that they Cherise and adore
ummmm sounds like a certain show that's coming up in the near future that has the words welsh and crabbet in it's title