The Olympic dressage gold medallist, Carl Hester enjoyed a nostalgic return to the Moreton Show, describing the experience as ‘a heavenly day out.’   The Forest of Dean-based Hester was at the show on Saturday (September 1) to judge the Supreme Horse and Pony, only days before he flies out to the United States to represent Great Britain at the World Equestrian Games.   He said: ‘It’s 32 years since I last came to Moreton Show so it’s pretty amazing to be back here. There’s something very special about a show like this. If you love animals and you love the countryside, this is ..

Sally Wins with a Window on History   A shop with a history going back almost two hundred years has won the annual Moreton Show window display competition. The top prize for depicting Farmtastic, one of the major attractions at this weekend’s show, went to Sally Morris, owner of The Corn Exchange in Moreton-in-Marsh’s High Street. Her family have owned the building since the early 1900s and her ancestors were grocers, with shops all over the north Cotswolds from as early as 1807. It was fitting, too, that Sally was presented with the Horne Trophy, which was originally sponsored by her..

Organisers have been busily watering the equestrian rings ahead of next month’s Moreton Show, where the Olympic gold medallist and British equestrian favourite, Gloucestershire’s Carl Hester will enjoy something of a homecoming when he lines up as one of the judges.   Hester will be at the show on Saturday, September 1 to pick out the Supreme Champion horse and pony in a competition sponsored by Mypower Solar, providers of award winning solar PV systems which allow businesses to generate their own electricity from the roof of their commercial or agricultural building, saving 65% on their..

  The joy in William Crew’s smile was enough to convince Moreton Show organisers to make him the face of this year’s poster. William, 14, was photographed with his Torddu Badger Face ram called Gethin, after winning the Sheep Young Handler competition at last year’s show. His triumph meant that he followed in the footsteps of his brother, Dougie, who won the same Kleinwort Sisters Trophy in 2016. For William, the livestock section of Moreton Show is the one he loves the most. He said: ‘It’s important for young people to keep farming alive so that it doesn’t disappear for future genera..