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 |
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Thursday 1 June 2023 | ||
| The Collins Grand Ring |
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The Collins Grand Ring | ||
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8.30am |
Show Jumping – The Welcome Stakes kindly sponsored by Quilter Cheviot |
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7.30am |
RoR Thoroughbred Open Ridden Show Series |
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9.35am |
The Osborne Refrigerators Double Harness Scurry (122cms) |
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9.00am |
Show Jumping – The Accumulator |
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10.15am |
Broke FMX and Freestyle Motocross |
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10.15am |
Broke FMX and Freestyle Motocross |
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10.45am |
Coaching kindly sponsored by Debach Warehousing & Distribution |
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10.45am |
Coaching Parade kindly sponsored by Debach Warehousing & Distribution |
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11.30am |
Heavy Horse Turnouts – Teams |
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11.30am |
The Osborne Refrigerators Double Harness Scurry (Final) |
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12:15pm |
Show Jumping – The Suffolk Grand Prix (Suffolk Area Trial) |
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12.00pm |
Heavy Horse Trade Turnouts – Singles |
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2:15pm |
Broke FMX and Freestyle Motocross |
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12.45pm |
Broke FMX and Freestyle Motocross |
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2:45pm |
The Osborne Refrigerators Double Harness Scurry (148cms) |
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1.15pm |
Show Jumping – The International Stairway, supported by the British Showjumping Business Partnership |
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3.30pm |
Heavy Horse Turnouts – Pairs kindly sponsored by Howes Percival |
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2.45pm |
Shetland Pony Grand National Final kindly sponsored by Thompson Smith and Puxon |
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4.15pm |
Grand Parade kindly sponsored by Barker Gotelee Solicitors |
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3.15pm |
Grand Parade kindly sponsored by Barker Gotelee Solicitors |
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5:00pm |
RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team |
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4.15pm |
Red Devils Parachute Display Team, Soprano and Cadets - Show Close |
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5.30pm |
Show Jumping – The Suffolk Speed Stakes |
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The President's Ring | |
| The President's Ring |
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8.30am |
Inter-Breed Sheep Championship |
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8.00am-12.00pm |
Sheep Judging |
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To follow |
Young Handler Competitions - Sheep kindly sponsored by George Baker |
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8.30am |
In-Hand Suffolk Horses kindly sponsored by the George of Stamford |
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8.30am |
In-Hand Shires |
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9.00am |
In-Hand Percherons |
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In-Hand Clydesdales |
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12.00pm |
Heavy Horse Young Handlers kindly sponsored by The le Roux Trust |
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11.00am |
In-Hand Harnessed Horse |
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1:00pm |
Terrier Racing |
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11:30am |
Pony Club Mounted Games |
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1.30pm |
Shetland Pony Grand National kindly sponsored by Thompson Smith and Puxon |
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12.00pm |
Shetland Pony Grand National kindly sponsored by Thompson Smith and Puxon |
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2.00pm |
Suffolk Gundogs Display |
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12.30pm |
Terrier Racing |
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2:30pm |
HM Prison and Probation Service Dogs |
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1.00pm |
Heavy Horse Agricultural Turnouts – Singles |
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3.00pm |
Mascot Derby |
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1.45pm |
Suffolk Gundog Display |
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3:45pm |
Shetland Pony Grand National kindly sponsored by Thompson Smith and Puxon |
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2:30pm |
Parade Of Hounds |
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4.15pm |
Terrier Racing |
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3.00pm |
Heavy Horse Turnouts – Novice |
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4:45pm |
Parade of Hounds |
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3:30pm |
Terrier Racing |
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5.15pm |
Heavy Horse Turnouts – Agricultural Implements |
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4.00pm |
Heavy Horse Turnout Championship kindly sponsored by Hugh Pulham Farms |
| The Bentwaters Parks Trinity Ring |
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The Bentwaters Parks Trinity Ring | ||
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7.30am |
Unaffiliated Ridden Hunters |
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7.30am |
Show Jumping – The 1.25m Open Championship |
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8.15am |
RIHS Amateur Ridden Hunters |
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A |
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To follow |
RIHS Weights & Small Ridden Hunters |
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8.45am |
RIHS Ridden Cobs |
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12.00pm |
Private Driving |
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To follow |
RIHS Maxi Cobs |
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1.30pm |
Heavy Horse Two Wheeled Cart Class |
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11.15am |
RIHS Riding Horses |
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2.15pm |
Trade & Vintage Vehicle Turnouts |
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B |
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3.00pm |
Ridden Heavy Horse kindly sponsored by Ensors |
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8.45am |
Ridden Lusitanos |
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4.15pm |
Show Jumping – The Senior Foxhunter – First Round |
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10.15am |
RIHS Ridden Skewbald & Piebald |
| The Tattersalls Working Hunter Ring |
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12.15pm |
Ridden Irish Draught |
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8.00am |
Mountain & Moorland Novice Working Hunter Ponies |
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2:00pm |
Pony Club Mounted Games |
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11.00am approx |
Mountain & Moorland Working Hunter Ponies |
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2:30pm |
Inter-Hunt Relay – Set Up |
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2.00pm |
Working Hunters – Unaffiliated, Novice & RIHS Open |
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3:15pm |
Suffolk Show Supreme Flat Ridden Equine Championship |
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The Foxhall Ring kindly sponsored by Penningtons Manches Cooper |
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4:00pm |
Inter-Hunt Relay |
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8.00am |
Lead Rein & First Ridden Mountain & Moorland kindly sponsored by Woodbridge School |
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The Tattersalls Working Hunter Ring | |
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9.45am |
In-Hand Connemara & New Forest |
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8.00am |
RIHS Working Hunter Ponies |
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11.10am |
In-Hand Shetland |
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10.15am |
Tattersalls RoR Former Racehorse Challenge Show Series |
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1.00pm |
In-Hand Mountain & Moorland Championship |
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11:45pm |
Working Show Horse |
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1.45pm |
BSPS Heritage Ridden Mountain & Moorland – Dartmoor, Exmoor & Shetland – Connemara & New Forest – Dales, Fell & Highland – Welsh - Championship |
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2.30pm |
Arena Eventing – up to 90cm |
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4.45pm |
Pleasure Driving |
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The Foxhall Ring kindly sponsored by Penningtons Manches Cooper |
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| The Nacton Ring |
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8:00am |
Rescue -In-Hand |
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8.00am |
In-Hand Dales, Fell & Highland |
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8:45am |
LIHS Senior – In-Hand |
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9.15am |
Lead Rein Pony of Hunter Type |
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11:00pm |
Ridden Rescue |
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To follow |
RIHS Show Hunter Ponies |
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12:15pm |
LIHS Senior – Ridden |
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11.45am |
In-Hand Dartmoor & Exmoor |
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The Nacton Ring | |
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12.45pm |
Breeding Ponies |
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8.00am |
In-Hand Traditional Gypsy Cobs |
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1.30pm |
RIHS Mini Show Ponies |
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9.30am |
In-Hand Irish Draught |
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To follow |
Children’s Riding Ponies |
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10.45am |
In-Hand Hunters |
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4.00pm |
Part-Bred Ridden Ponies |
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11.45am |
In-Hand Hacks/RH |
| The Levington Ring |
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12.30pm |
Ridden Traditional Gypsy Cobs |
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8.00am |
In-Hand Welsh Sections C & D |
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1.30pm |
Ridden Skewbald & Piebald (Unaffiliated) |
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10.30am |
In-Hand Welsh Sections A & B |
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The Levington Ring | |
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To follow |
In-Hand Welsh Championship |
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7.45am |
In-Hand Skewbald & Piebald |
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12.45pm |
RIHS Ladies Hunters |
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9.45am |
In-Hand Arabs kindly sponsored by Mrs D Herron |
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1:30pm |
Side-Saddle – Classical, Equitation & Concours D’Elegance kindly sponsored by Mrs David Barham |
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11:15am |
In-Hand Sports Horse |
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3:00pm |
Ridden Mountain & Moorland (NPS) |
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12:45pm |
Ridden Arabs |
| The Bucklesham Ring |
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2:00pm |
RIHS Ridden Hacks |
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8.30am |
Aberdeen Angus |
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3:30pm |
In-Hand Donkeys |
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8.30am |
British Simmental |
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The Bucklesham Ring | |
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8.30am |
South Devon |
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9:00am |
Inter-Breed Championships – Beef |
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8.30am |
Hereford |
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Inter-Breed – Rare & Minority |
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8.30am |
Holstein |
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9.00am |
Holstein Young Breeders’ Calf Show |
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8.30am |
Longhorn |
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10.00am |
Red Poll Inter-College Competition |
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8.30am |
Red Poll, followed by Red Poll Young Handlers |
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10:15am |
Dairy Cattle Young Handler Competitions |
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10.00am |
Dexter |
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11.15am |
Beef Cattle Young Handler Competitions |
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10.00am |
Lincoln Red |
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12.45pm |
Lusitano Equitation Display |
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10.30am |
Any Other Dairy Breed |
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1.45pm |
Equine Judging – The Suffolk Show Supreme In-Hand Equine Championships |
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10:30am |
British White |
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2;45pm |
Suffolk YFC – Tug of War |
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11.00am |
Any Other Pure Beef Breed kindly sponsored by Clarke & Simpson |
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3.30pm |
HM Prison and Probation Service Dogs |
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11.00am |
Commercial kindly sponsored by Stanfords, Colchester Livestock Market |
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General | |
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11:30am |
Belted Galloway |
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7.00am |
Judging – East Anglian Summer Show - Dairy Goats (Udder Inspection) |
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11:30am |
British Limousin |
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8.30am |
Flower Show Opens |
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12:00pm |
Inter-Breed Championships – Dairy |
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8.30am |
Suffolk Skills Demonstrations commence |
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2.00pm |
In-hand Foreign Breeds |
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9.00am |
Farriery Competitions commence |
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2.45pm |
Flat Ridden Sports Horse |
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9.30am |
Judging – Pedigree Pig Championship, BPA Pig of the Year Classes, Pairs Classes and Young Handlers |
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3.30pm |
Ridden Foreign Breeds |
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10.00am |
Judging – East Anglian Summer Show – Dairy Goats |
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Sheep Rings (PR - President's Ring; SR - Dedicated Sheep Judging Rings) |
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10.30am |
Presentation of Long Service Awards |
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8.00am |
Continental (SR-3) |
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8.00am |
Norfolk Horn (SR-8) |
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8.00am |
Other Native Breeds (SR-6) |
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8.00am |
Southdown (SR-5) |
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8.00am |
Suffolk (PR-1) kindly sponsored by Ellisons Solicitors |
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8.00am |
Texel (PR-2) kindly sponsored by Ensors |
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8.00am |
Wensleydale (SR-7) |
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10.00am |
Other Down Breeds (SR-6) |
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10.00am |
Hampshire Down (PR-2) |
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10.00am |
Longwool (SR-7) |
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10.15am |
Charollais (SR-3) |
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10.15am |
Coloured Ryeland (SR-5) |
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10.30am |
Dorset Horn & Poll Dorset (SR-4) |
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11.00am |
Jacob (SR-8) |
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11.30am |
Blue Texel (PR-1) |
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| General |
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7.00am |
Judging – Dairy Goats (Udder Inspection) |
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7.00am |
Judging – Flower Arrangement Classes; Trade Flower Show |
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8.30am |
Judging – Tradestands; Show Gardens |
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8.30am |
Suffolk Skills Demonstrations commence |
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8.30am |
Judging –Pigs |
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9.00am |
Farriery Competitions commence |
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9.00am |
Flower Show Opens (Flower Arrangement Competition area opens at 10.00am) |
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10.00am |
Judging – Dairy Goats; Fleece Competition; Inventive Farmer; Pedigree Pigs |
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10.15am |
Judging – Commercial Sheep & Butchers’ Lambs |
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