Ring Programme


We want to make your visit to the Show as enjoyable as possible.  Throughout the day there will be amazing attractions in the many rings across the showground, as well as incredible equine displays and livestock competitions.

See what was on at the 2023 Suffolk Show below...

2023 Ring Programme

Wednesday 31 May 2023

 

Thursday 1 June 2023
The Collins Grand Ring

 

The Collins Grand Ring

8.30am

Show Jumping – The Welcome Stakes kindly sponsored by Quilter Cheviot

 

7.30am

RoR Thoroughbred Open Ridden Show Series

9.35am

The Osborne Refrigerators Double Harness Scurry (122cms)

 

9.00am

Show Jumping – The Accumulator

10.15am

Broke FMX and Freestyle Motocross

 

10.15am

Broke FMX and Freestyle Motocross

10.45am

Coaching kindly sponsored by Debach Warehousing & Distribution 

 

10.45am

Coaching Parade kindly sponsored by Debach Warehousing & Distribution 

11.30am

Heavy Horse Turnouts – Teams

 

11.30am

The Osborne Refrigerators Double Harness Scurry (Final)

12:15pm

Show Jumping – The Suffolk Grand Prix (Suffolk Area Trial)

 

12.00pm

Heavy Horse Trade Turnouts – Singles

2:15pm

Broke FMX and Freestyle Motocross

 

12.45pm

Broke FMX and Freestyle Motocross

2:45pm

The Osborne Refrigerators Double Harness Scurry (148cms)

 

1.15pm

Show Jumping – The International Stairway, supported by the British Showjumping Business Partnership

3.30pm

Heavy Horse Turnouts – Pairs kindly sponsored by Howes Percival

 

2.45pm

Shetland Pony Grand National Final kindly sponsored by Thompson Smith and Puxon

4.15pm

Grand Parade kindly sponsored by Barker Gotelee Solicitors 

 

3.15pm

Grand Parade kindly sponsored by Barker Gotelee Solicitors

5:00pm

RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team 

 

4.15pm

Red Devils Parachute Display Team, Soprano and Cadets - Show Close

5.30pm

Show Jumping – The Suffolk Speed Stakes

 

The President's Ring
The President's Ring

 

8.30am

Inter-Breed Sheep Championship

8.00am-12.00pm

Sheep Judging

 

To follow

Young Handler Competitions - Sheep kindly sponsored by George Baker

8.30am

In-Hand Suffolk Horses kindly sponsored by the George of Stamford

 

8.30am

In-Hand Shires

9.00am

In-Hand Percherons

 

 

In-Hand Clydesdales

12.00pm

Heavy Horse Young Handlers kindly sponsored by The le Roux Trust

 

11.00am

In-Hand Harnessed Horse

1:00pm

Terrier Racing

 

11:30am

Pony Club Mounted Games

1.30pm

Shetland Pony Grand National kindly sponsored by Thompson Smith and Puxon

 

12.00pm

Shetland Pony Grand National kindly sponsored by Thompson Smith and Puxon

2.00pm

Suffolk Gundogs Display

 

12.30pm

Terrier Racing

2:30pm

HM Prison and Probation Service Dogs

 

1.00pm

Heavy Horse Agricultural Turnouts – Singles

3.00pm

Mascot Derby

 

1.45pm

Suffolk Gundog Display

3:45pm

Shetland Pony Grand National kindly sponsored by Thompson Smith and Puxon

 

2:30pm

Parade Of Hounds

4.15pm

Terrier Racing

 

3.00pm

Heavy Horse Turnouts – Novice

4:45pm

Parade of Hounds

 

3:30pm

Terrier Racing

5.15pm

Heavy Horse Turnouts – Agricultural Implements

 

4.00pm

Heavy Horse Turnout Championship kindly sponsored by Hugh Pulham Farms

The Bentwaters Parks Trinity Ring

 

The Bentwaters Parks Trinity Ring

7.30am

Unaffiliated Ridden Hunters

 

7.30am

Show Jumping – The 1.25m Open Championship

8.15am

RIHS Amateur Ridden Hunters

 

A

 

To follow

RIHS Weights & Small Ridden Hunters

 

8.45am

RIHS Ridden Cobs

12.00pm

Private Driving

 

To follow

RIHS Maxi Cobs

1.30pm

Heavy Horse Two Wheeled Cart Class

 

11.15am

RIHS Riding Horses

2.15pm

Trade & Vintage Vehicle Turnouts

 

B

 

3.00pm

Ridden Heavy Horse kindly sponsored by Ensors

 

8.45am

Ridden Lusitanos

4.15pm

Show Jumping – The Senior Foxhunter – First Round

 

10.15am

RIHS Ridden Skewbald & Piebald

The Tattersalls Working Hunter Ring

 

12.15pm

Ridden Irish Draught

8.00am

Mountain & Moorland Novice Working Hunter Ponies

 

2:00pm

Pony Club Mounted Games

11.00am approx

Mountain & Moorland Working Hunter Ponies

 

2:30pm

Inter-Hunt Relay – Set Up

2.00pm

Working Hunters – Unaffiliated, Novice & RIHS Open

 

3:15pm

Suffolk Show Supreme Flat Ridden Equine Championship

The Foxhall Ring

kindly sponsored by Penningtons Manches Cooper

 

4:00pm

Inter-Hunt Relay

8.00am

Lead Rein & First Ridden Mountain & Moorland kindly sponsored by Woodbridge School

 

The Tattersalls Working Hunter Ring

9.45am

In-Hand Connemara & New Forest

 

8.00am

RIHS Working Hunter Ponies

11.10am

In-Hand Shetland

 

10.15am

Tattersalls RoR Former Racehorse Challenge Show Series

1.00pm

In-Hand Mountain & Moorland Championship

 

11:45pm

Working Show Horse

1.45pm

BSPS Heritage Ridden Mountain & Moorland – Dartmoor, Exmoor & Shetland – Connemara & New Forest – Dales, Fell & Highland – Welsh - Championship

 

2.30pm

Arena Eventing – up to 90cm

4.45pm

Pleasure Driving

 

The Foxhall Ring

kindly sponsored by Penningtons Manches Cooper

The Nacton Ring

 

8:00am

Rescue -In-Hand

8.00am

In-Hand Dales, Fell & Highland

 

8:45am

LIHS Senior – In-Hand

9.15am

Lead Rein Pony of Hunter Type

 

11:00pm

Ridden Rescue

To follow

RIHS Show Hunter Ponies

 

12:15pm

LIHS Senior – Ridden

11.45am

In-Hand Dartmoor & Exmoor

 

The Nacton Ring

12.45pm

Breeding Ponies

 

8.00am

In-Hand Traditional Gypsy Cobs

1.30pm

RIHS  Mini Show Ponies

 

9.30am

In-Hand Irish Draught

To follow

Children’s Riding Ponies

 

10.45am

In-Hand Hunters

4.00pm

Part-Bred Ridden Ponies

 

11.45am

In-Hand Hacks/RH

The Levington Ring

 

12.30pm

Ridden Traditional Gypsy Cobs

8.00am

In-Hand Welsh Sections C & D

 

1.30pm

Ridden Skewbald & Piebald (Unaffiliated)

10.30am

In-Hand Welsh Sections A & B

 

The Levington Ring

To follow

In-Hand Welsh Championship

 

7.45am

In-Hand Skewbald & Piebald

12.45pm

RIHS Ladies Hunters

 

9.45am

In-Hand Arabs kindly sponsored by Mrs D Herron

1:30pm

Side-Saddle – Classical, Equitation & Concours D’Elegance kindly sponsored by Mrs David Barham

 

11:15am

In-Hand Sports Horse

3:00pm

Ridden Mountain & Moorland (NPS)

 

12:45pm

Ridden Arabs

The Bucklesham Ring

 

2:00pm

RIHS Ridden Hacks

8.30am

Aberdeen Angus

 

3:30pm

In-Hand Donkeys

8.30am

British Simmental

 

The Bucklesham Ring

8.30am

South Devon

 

9:00am

Inter-Breed Championships – Beef

8.30am

Hereford

 

 

Inter-Breed – Rare & Minority

8.30am

Holstein

 

9.00am

Holstein Young Breeders’ Calf Show

8.30am

Longhorn

 

10.00am

Red Poll Inter-College Competition

8.30am

Red Poll, followed by Red Poll Young Handlers

 

10:15am

Dairy Cattle Young Handler Competitions

10.00am

Dexter

 

11.15am

Beef Cattle Young Handler Competitions

10.00am

Lincoln Red

 

12.45pm

Lusitano Equitation Display

10.30am

Any Other Dairy Breed

 

1.45pm

Equine Judging – The Suffolk Show Supreme In-Hand Equine Championships

10:30am

British White

 

2;45pm

Suffolk YFC – Tug of War

11.00am

Any Other Pure Beef Breed kindly sponsored by Clarke & Simpson

 

3.30pm

HM Prison and Probation Service Dogs

11.00am

Commercial kindly sponsored by Stanfords, Colchester Livestock Market

 

General

11:30am

Belted Galloway

 

7.00am

Judging – East Anglian Summer Show - Dairy Goats (Udder Inspection)

11:30am

British Limousin

 

8.30am

Flower Show Opens

12:00pm

Inter-Breed Championships – Dairy

 

8.30am

Suffolk Skills  Demonstrations commence

2.00pm

In-hand Foreign Breeds

 

9.00am

Farriery Competitions commence

2.45pm

Flat Ridden Sports Horse

 

9.30am

Judging – Pedigree Pig Championship, BPA Pig of the Year Classes, Pairs Classes and Young Handlers

3.30pm

Ridden Foreign Breeds

 

10.00am

Judging – East Anglian Summer Show – Dairy Goats

Sheep Rings (PR - President's Ring;
SR - Dedicated Sheep Judging Rings)

 

10.30am

Presentation of Long Service Awards

8.00am

Continental (SR-3)

 

   

8.00am

Norfolk Horn (SR-8)

 

   

8.00am

Other Native Breeds (SR-6)

 

   

8.00am

Southdown (SR-5)

 

   

8.00am

Suffolk (PR-1) kindly sponsored by Ellisons Solicitors

 

 

 

8.00am

Texel (PR-2) kindly sponsored by Ensors

 

   

8.00am

Wensleydale (SR-7)

 

   

10.00am

Other Down Breeds (SR-6)

 

   

10.00am

Hampshire Down (PR-2)

 

 

10.00am

Longwool (SR-7)

 

 

10.15am

Charollais (SR-3)

 

 

10.15am

Coloured Ryeland (SR-5)

 

 

10.30am

Dorset Horn & Poll Dorset (SR-4)

 

 

11.00am

Jacob (SR-8)

 

 

11.30am

Blue Texel (PR-1)

 

 

General

 

 

7.00am

Judging – Dairy Goats (Udder Inspection)

 

 

7.00am

Judging – Flower Arrangement Classes; Trade Flower Show

 

 

8.30am

Judging – Tradestands; Show Gardens

 

 

8.30am

Suffolk Skills Demonstrations commence

 

 

8.30am

Judging –Pigs

 

 

9.00am

Farriery Competitions commence

 

 

9.00am

Flower Show Opens (Flower Arrangement Competition area opens at 10.00am)

 

 

10.00am

Judging – Dairy Goats; Fleece Competition; Inventive Farmer; Pedigree Pigs

 

 

10.15am

Judging – Commercial Sheep & Butchers’ Lambs

 

 

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