These classes are FREE to enter but must be entered before the closing date of entries. No entries on the day.
Conditions of entry:
• Owners of the horse must ensure that the young person can control the horse being shown.
• The judge has the authority to ask any exhibitor not having sufficient control of his/her animal to leave the ring.
Sir John Eastwood Ring 2 (A & B)
To Be Confirmed (Judge)
Class:102 Heavy Horse Young Handler
Heavy Horse Young Handler Handler to be over 12 years of age and not exceeding 18 years of age (i.e., not to have attained 18th birthday on day of Show). Stallions cannot be exhibited in this class. Horses to be registered in the main British Stud Books of the Shire, Clydesdale, Suffolk, or Percheron Horse Societies
Description:
Handler to be over 12 years of age and not exceeding 18 years of age (i.e., not to have attained 18th birthday on day of Show). Stallions cannot be exhibited in this class. Horses to be registered in the main British Stud Books of the Shire, Clydesdale, Suffolk, or Percheron Horse Societies
Prizes: 1st - £15, 2nd - £10 and 3rd - £5
Entry Price:£0.00
Harness Classes
These classes are FREE to enter but must be entered before the closing date of entries. No entries on the day.
The harness classes will be judged together in the Sir Eastwood ring, but each class will have separate awards.
All entries are required to take part in the Heavy Horse prize winners’ parade which will take place after the class.
Ridden Heavy Horse This competition is for purebred Mares and Geldings 4 years old or over, that are registered in the main British Stud Books of the Shire, Clydesdale, Suffolk or Percheron Horse Societies, to be ridden. Partbreds are not eligible to compete. All Riders and Owners must be members of either the Shire Horse Society, The Clydesdale Horse Society, The Suffolk Horse Society or British Percheron Horse Society.
Horses will not be ridden by the judge but will be required to give a short individual show at walk, trot, and canter or a set show lasting approximately 2 minutes. Change of rein and lengthened strides in trot and canter must be shown. Horses will then be ‘stripped’ for the conformation stage. The class will be judged on performance and obedience as a riding horse.
Description:
This competition is for purebred Mares and Geldings 4 years old or over, that are registered in the main British Stud Books of the Shire, Clydesdale, Suffolk or Percheron Horse Societies, to be ridden. Partbreds are not eligible to compete. All Riders and Owners must be members of either the Shire Horse Society, The Clydesdale Horse Society, The Suffolk Horse Society or British Percheron Horse Society.
Horses will not be ridden by the judge but will be required to give a short individual show at walk, trot, and canter or a set show lasting approximately 2 minutes. Change of rein and lengthened strides in trot and canter must be shown. Horses will then be ‘stripped’ for the conformation stage. The class will be judged on performance and obedience as a riding horse.
Conditions:
This show is affiliated to the Suffolk Horse Society (SHS) and classes 126 to 131 are qualifiers for championship points for annually awarded trophies and for the Supreme Suffolk Horse Championship.
All entries for In Hand classes must be registered in or eligible for registration in the Pedigree Section of the UK Suffolk Stud book. All entries must state their SHS registration number and full pedigree name including prefix or affix.
All foals must be eligible for registration in the Pedigree Section of the UK Suffolk Stud Book. Both the sire and the dam must be registered and entered in the pedigree section of the UK Suffolk Stud Book.
All stallions must be registered in the Pedigree Section of the UK Suffolk Stud book.
All entries must state their SHS registration number, stallion licence number and full pedigree name including prefix or affix. Discretionary entry to a stallion class may be allowed in cases where a licence is pending but not yet issued.
All owners entering their horses must be members of the Suffolk Horse Society.
Qualifiers:
This show is a qualifier for the Supreme Suffolk Horse Championship. The horse that qualifies will be eligible for the final competition (date and venue to be confirmed).
Conditions:
This Show is affiliated to the Shire Horse Society and Classes will be judged in accordance with its Rules.
The Shire Horse Society is pleased to award a Spoon and Rosette for the Best Mare or Filly. Conditions of the Award are as follows:
A Spoon and a Rosette for the Best Mare or Filly exhibited in the below Shire classes.
The winner must be a member of the Shire Horse Society.
Entries cannot be accepted in classes for Shires or Heavy Horses from any person who has been either suspended or removed from membership of the Shire Horse Society or has been excluded from exhibiting for prizes at Shows, Sales or Exhibitions or from taking part in any Show organised by the Shire Horse Society.
No animal to be eligible to take more than one Silver Spoon during any one year. The Shire Horse Society National Spring and Summer Shows being excepted.
THE WINNING ANIMAL MUST BE REGISTERED OR ELIGIBLE FOR REGISTRATION IN THE STUD BOOK OR GRADE B REGISTER.
The Judge invited to officiate must be on the Society’s Official Panel and has the right to withhold the award of the Silver Spoon and Rosette if an exhibit does not show sufficient merit.
The Council reserves the right in offering Spoons, to award them only to persons approved by the Shire Horse Society.
Qualifiers:
This show is a qualifier for the NEW Summer Brood Mare Supreme Championship Award. The horse that qualifies will be eligible for the final to be held at the 2026 National Summer Show at Rockingham Castle on 27th August 2026.