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Moreton Show
2024 is the place to get your golden ticket to compete at the 75th Horse of the Year Show! The Horse of
the Year Show (HOYS) holds qualifiers across the country, giving competitors
the chance to go head-to-head for a sought-after spot at one of the most
esteemed equine shows in the world. CAPTION:
Moreton Show 2024 will host over 30 Horse of the Year Show qualifiers this
year, including the ever-popular Mountain & Moorland Ridden classes and the
new Coloured classes, on Saturday 7th September. The
team are delighted to be hosting over 30 Horse of th..
Lodders Solicitors have renewed their support of our show in
2024. The local firm have supported Moreton Show for 28 years and
it’s fantastic to have such long standing sponsorship partnerships.
Richard Heath, Showground Director, confirms: “Moreton Show
is very grateful to Lodders for their longstanding support. Moreton Show has
many great sponsorship opportunities, and we are always looking to build new
partnerships with local companies. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you
would like to receive some sponsoring information. There are a great ..
Moreton Show team are pleased to confirm the three sponsors
for Three Shires Cattle Trophy Competition 2024:
MBG Veterinary Surgeons,
Hook Norton Veterinary
Group and
Shropshire Farm Vets
These are the same sponsors who kindly agreed to support the
competition in 2023. CAPTION: The picture shows the presentation of the Three
Shires Cattle Trophy to the Shaw family by Charlotte from Hook Norton Vets in
2023.
Richard Heath, Showground Director, says: “I am hugely
grateful to Ollie Morrison from MBG Vets for his assistance with sec..
The team at Moreton
Show are excited to showcase a rare breed of sheep so small, that it’s
impossible to see them. Shepherd Ben
Cottrell has been farming in the Cotswolds since he was tiny, so has come
across many breeds of sheep over the years. But this year, at Moreton Show, Ben
and his country companions will wow the crowds with sheep so small they can’t
be seen. The show prides itself on its
traditional values and providing a stage for British agriculture, local produce
and crafts, as well as championing livestock - including rare breeds – throughout
the one-day farming ..
The Midlands’ premier one-day agricultural
show is set to champion Rare Breed Livestock more than ever at the 2024 event
scheduled for Saturday 7th September.As the new year
begins, Moreton Show organisers are working hard to boost support for the UK’s
rare and minority livestock breeds. Moreton Show has a long history of
promoting and encouraging the keeping of both rare breed and commercial
livestock – indeed, this is one of the central aims of the show. CAPTION: A Gloucester Cow, one of the many rare breeds livestock being championed on
Saturday 7th September at Moreton Show.202..
The organisers of
the Moreton Show are thrilled to announce that Butler Sherborn, the Cotswolds
property specialist, have kindly agreed to sponsor the Members Marquee at the
annual one-day show for the next three years. Moreton Show and
Butler Sherborn have recently signed an agreement which will see a renewed
partnership run through to 2026. Butler Sherborn are long standing
supporters of Moreton Show – which this year will be hosted on Saturday 7th
September. Sponsoring the Members Area is without doubt the best
opportunity to advertise at the event.Moreton Show is ..
The Horse section of Moreton
Show 2023 welcomes some exciting new changes this year; the Show Jumping
classes have moved to the Main Arena which means there is now a dedicated ring
to hold a Team Eventer Challenge! This competition consists of
a team of four riders competing over a course of Show Jumps, once completed,
they then have to tackle a course of Cross-Country obstacles – striving to be the team home with the optimum time round. The team with the quickest time will be
crowned Moreton Shows Team Eventing Champions! In the showing rings, the
timetable of classes has bee..
For the
first time ever, Moreton Show will be holding a Sheep Shearing competition at
the show in September. The competition will include four classes: Junior, which
will start at 9:00am on Show Day, and then the Intermediate, Senior, and Open
classes will follow. CAPTION: Ben
Cottrell, Chief Steward, Sheep Shearing at Moreton Show 2023.This action-packed
competition is a baarilliant new attraction to the show and aims to draw
competitors from all over the country, to compete at one of the last
competitions of the season. Moreton Show hopes this new competition will promote
and ..
Three one-day
agricultural shows in the Midlands are pleased to announce the Three Shires
Cattle Competition also referred to as the ‘Triple Crown’ for cattle showing is
back and has three new sponsors. Hanbury
Countryside Show in Worcestershire (Saturday, July 1st), Burwarton
Show in Shropshire (Thursday, August 3rd) and Moreton Show in
Gloucestershire (Saturday, September 2nd) will award the Three
Shires Cattle Trophy to the exhibitor who gains the most points across all
three shows. The
respected award, with a £1,000 top prize, is sponsored by MBG Veterinary
Surge..
Galloping at events including The London International Horse Show, the team at Moreton Show 2023 are excited to announce the return of the Shetland Pony Grand National to the main arena.For the third year in a row, Moreton Show invite attendees to cheer on the talented young riders in the Shetland Pony Grand National. The exiguous equestrians will race the course on their steeds and encourage everyone to enjoy the fun-packed programme at Moreton Show 2023.The Shetland Pony Grand National team say: ‘All you need is your own registered Shetland Pony or loan of a Shetland Pony and you too could b..
The Moreton Show team are excited to
present 165 acres of farming, food and family fun on
Saturday 2nd September 2023. Set in the heart of the North Cotswolds, Moreton Show is a firm
favourite in the rural calendar. It’s a premier one-day agricultural show,
which returns on Saturday 2nd September 2023 with all the best bits of the
countryside packed into the beloved showground. Moreton Show has been established for over 70 years and is now one of
the largest one-day agricultural shows in the country, attracting more than
20,000 visitors and 200 trade stands. The show prid..
Moreton Show returned on Saturday 3rd
September as a wonderful celebration of British life. CAPTION: Tommy Digweed – Champion Sheep Young Handler – with Tom Hayman-Joyce,
Chair of Moreton Show.The Moreton-in-Marsh and District
Agricultural and Horse Show Society put on another fantastic family-friendly
show at the weekend.The
Batsford Estate was awash with farming and equestrian fanatics, who joined
together to showcase livestock, horses and home & garden produce in the 165-acre showground.Some of
the Show’s highlights included a fly-past from the World's only flyable WWII
Lan..
The
Home and Garden area is the centre of Moreton Show.Farming, food and family fun are on the agenda for Moreton Show
2022, with the Home & Garden Marquee in the heart of the showground. This
hidden gem embraces the very idea of the Show - where there really is something
for everyone. The vegetables classes are always outstanding and always a great
battle to find out who has the best blanched leeks and which beetroot is the
most perfectly rounded. Although the growing conditions may have been a little
tricky this year, there is no doubt that the green fingered competitors will
‘pu..
Moreton Show is one of the biggest
one-day agricultural shows in the country, showcasing the best in British
agriculture, the equestrian world and rural life.After the success of the revamped layout
for the 2021 show, the team have decided to keep the widened aisle ways and the
fantastic Food and Retails Avenues, which were a sell out last year.The Show not only celebrates the best of
the British countryside but also the wonderful businesses that have shown
endeavour across the Cotswolds. The Food and Retail Avenues are full to the
brim with local businesses, from locally reared Herefor..