East of England Showground, Peterborough, UK.
18th & 19th March 2006.
By Rosemary Cooper.
The 2006 Spring Show proved to be a triumph for younger stallions, with the junior champion stallion, Alastair and Matthew King's black three-year-old Ddrydwy Cotebrook King taking the coveted King George "V" Challenge Cup. An icy chill worthy of Siberia deterred many people from standing by the ringside to watch the championship, but those who were wearing quadruple layers of thick winter clothing enjoyed seeing judges Mr Howell Roberts and Mr John Whittaker select their champion and reserve.
'The first attraction is how they look and how they trot,' said judge Mr Howell Roberts. 'When the champion stallion came into the ring, he pulled your eye. He was black with four white legs and had a very good walk with his head up. He had lovely feather flying in the wind, and he was very proud and full of himself, just like a Shire should be. His hind legs were walking quite close, not wide, which is a good point. When we pulled them in, we noted wide solid feet. It wouldn't have made much difference who was champion, but the black horse was more proud. He was clean and well turned out; just spot on, with excellent joints and conformation.'
Ddrydwy (pronounced Veridwy) Cotebrook King is by Rue Moss Cavalier, out of Mawstone Mildred, by Skelton Masterpiece. He was bred on the Isle of Anglesey by Emyr Williams of Ddrydwy Farm, Penscarnisiog. He has matured well, having finished third in the two-year-old class last year and second when shown as a yearling in 2004.
'I have thirty Shires, and I sell every foal,' said Emyr Williams. 'Mr King bought him at four months and took him home two months later, when he was weaned. I've seen him three times in the last month and if he was judged fairly, I knew he would be very high in the show. I couldn't go there myself, but the phone never stopped ringing, keeping me updated.'
The reserve championship went to Richard Bedford's bay Boothay Richard, Junior Reserve champion. He was second to this year's champion in the class for three-year-olds, but beat him in the two-year-old class last year. Boothay Richard's wins included the stallion championship at the 2005 Royal Show, and as a yearling he was placed here in 2004. Bred by T G White of Boothay Farm, near Ashbourne in Derbyshire, he is by Ithersay Black Knight out of Boothay Sarah Jane by Whittlesey Winston.
'There was only one hair between him and the black horse,' said Mr Howell Roberts.
Boothay Richard was very competently shown by Richard Bedford's son Robert, who is only seventeen. Up till last year Robert was competing in Young Handlers' classes, for which he is still eligible, but where stallions are not allowed. He showed three horses in all, two of them stallions, never finishing lower than fourth out of ten.
'This was an achievement for young Robert,' commented Mr Howell Roberts. 'Peterborough is the biggest show in the world and many visitors from overseas kept coming up to me afterwards to say how well Robert showed the horse. It is one of the best shows he has had. It is great that his father gives him the opportunity to compete in such a show. Both the handler and the horse are ones to look out for in the future.'
Neither Ddrydwy Cotebrook King nor Boothay Richard had an easy time reaching the top two places. Thirteen superb colts contested their class, with the judges pulling out three to circle for a final inspection after every horse had shown his paces. The other horse involved in this close judging was Tony Bull's Arclid Minshull Monty, a bay by his owner's excellent stallion Stanthorne Monty, who tragically died young.
'This colt took my eyes straight away,' said Mr Howell Roberts. 'I pulled him in first at the outset.'
This class also included the best grey colt in the show. He was Mr and Miss Whalley's home-bred Goose Green John Wesley, by Penygarn Wheelers Gift out of Snelson Naomi by Snelson Magnus.
Contenders for the supreme championship included Messrs Phillips & Blakey's Grovemere Joseph, winner of the four-year-old class. He is a dark bay by Trofarth Cymro out of a Nottage Trump Card mare, and the judges needed to call in the referee, Mr John Etches, before the decision was reached. Narrowly beaten was another horse bred by Tony Bull, the bay Arclid Frank Bull, who now belongs to Mr P Clayton.
'I did swap the two leaders over,' said Mr John Etches. 'I couldn't really fault the two stallions but it was their action that decided the placings.'
'The first horse was a good Shire type, a bay with four white legs,' said Mr Howell Roberts. 'He was shown well and was a very good mover with lovely feather and excellent feet.'
Ddrydwy Cotebrook King also faced stiff competition from the senior stallions. Last year's supreme champion, Lou Harrison's beautiful bay Trem-Y-Wyddfa Mascot, also won his class when shown here in 2004 as a four-year-old. Now six years old, he eventually stood second in this class. The horse who beat him was Ray Williams' Moorfield Ted, who has been winner of his classes here for three consecutive years and was Reserve Junior Champion in 2004. His successes last year included winning the championship at the Cheshire County Show, which attracts a very strong entry of Shires. Having previously been separated by age classifications, this was the first time these two top stallions had met at this show in the same class.
'This was another tough class in which I was called in as referee,' commented Mr John Etches. 'I had a good look round, and there was not much wrong. There were two outstanding stallions and their action also decided the placings in that class.'
'Moorfield Ted is a smart horse and an excellent mover,' said Mr Howell Roberts. 'He was third in the championship. Trem-Y-Wyddfa Mascot is a different type of horse. He is a big Shire type, with excellent conformation, but Ted moved better behind.'
Moorfield Ted is a bright bay son of his owner's very successful dark bay stallion Moorfield Edward, the 2004 winner of this class, who finished sixth this year and won the prestigious J W Hiles Champion Stock Stallion Award. This is awarded on the basis of points earned by stallions' progeny at this show and the previous autumn's Shire Horse of the Year Championship. Geldings and turnouts are excluded.
By Hillmoor Prince Charles, Moorfield Edward is out of Gronant Model by the famous Cubley Charlie. It was very interesting to see a horse in the flesh whose name appears in so many pedigrees of top class horses. A sprightly old gentleman of fourteen, his bucks were worthy of a Welsh Cob and he left the ring at a rocking-horse canter with his handler walking steadily beside him.
Third in the senior class was an eye-catching light grey seven-year-old, Geoff Robinson's home-bred Metheringham Upton Baron, by Bodernog Baron out of Metheringham Upton Isadora by Snelson Magnus. In total there were only three greys in the stallion classes and two grey mares.
Earlier in the day in the class for yearling colts, William Tudor Jones' bay Caerberllan Real Enterprise stood for a long time at the top of the line. He came all the way from North West Wales and is home-bred by his owner's stallion Caerberllan Buskot out of Caerberllan Gift, who is by Walton Supreme and was Champion Shire Horse of the Year in 2004. After the top three were called out to circle again before the referee, he finished third to a son of Walton Supreme from Lancashire, Terry Gardner's Hill Lodge Commander, who is a bay out of Grangewood Daphne by Bodernog Master. Also involved in the final shake-up was Paul and Walter Bedford's black Toc Hill Sir Samuel, who finished second. He is by Leverton Oscar and was bred by John Richardson in Wakefield, Yorkshire. Fourth was Ray Williams' Moorfield Edgar, another son of Moorfield Edward.
'There were three excellent colts, with nothing much to choose between them,' said Mr John Etches. 'It was their action that decided the placings. The colt who won did an outstanding show, going well with his hocks close together.'
'I liked Caerberllan Gift's foal and John Whittaker liked the second,' Mr Howell Roberts commented. 'The first and third were the same type. John Etches looked at the three. He pulled the first in third and the first was third, but I didn't move the Bedford's horse.'
‘These yearlings are horses for the future. There are big classes of very good young horses coming up, and the Shire goes from strength to strength.'
Alastair and Matthew King, owners of Ddrydwy Cotebrook King, also won the two-year-old colt class with the bay Cotebrook Ben Macdhui, winner of last year's yearling class. This was also a close fought class with several colts being asked to circle again after they had shown off their paces, although this time the referee's services were not needed. Cotebrook Ben Macdhui was bred by D I Ball, by Moorfield Charles out of a Walton Supreme mare, and he beat Philip Woof's home-bred bay Marieth Major. Third was another home-bred bay, Richard Borsey's Tree House Bengie.
'Alastair King's colt came out very fit and he was turned out to perfection,' commented Mr Howell Roberts.
Mr Roberts keeps twenty horses on his farm on the Isle of Anglesey. His prefix is Dothan, and in the past few years he has sold fillies to Germany and Australia.
'It is a credit to the owners to bring their horses in such good condition,' he remarked. 'It takes a year to prepare properly for Peterborough. It can't be done overnight. Also a few years ago the horses were a bit lighter, but now there are more horses of Shire type.'
On the second day, when the weather was a little less Arctic, Mr Tony Brown and Mr John Etches judged the mares and fillies, with Mr John Whittaker as referee. In the first class, last year's champion stallion, Trem-Y-Wyddfa Mascot, sired Lou Harrison's home-bred bay Cumeragh House Cameo, who headed a strong line-up of twelve yearling fillies.
'She's an extremely good filly, nice in her top line, and with height in her hocks,' was Mr Tony Brown's opinion. 'She should grow on to be a horse to be reckoned with in the future.'
However Cameo did not win without being pulled out for a final comparison at the walk with two other fillies after they had given their individual display. Also involved was G W Kitching's bay Moorfield Edward filly, Moores Gay Anne Marie, who finished second, and Jim Yates' black Skeyton Matthew filly, Cowerslane Sunrise, who was third.
'Although there were more stallions present, there was more quality in the female classes,' said Mr John Etches. 'I thought the winning yearling filly was well grown and a very good colour, bay with white legs.'
There were only six two-year-old fillies present and seven three-year-olds, but they won high praise from the judges. The two-year-old winner, David Worthington's home-bred Walton Black Beauty the Second, was unbeaten in last year's yearling classes, including a victory at this show, and even triumphed over older horses in championships in spite of her youth. She is by the same sire as the champion stallion, Rue Moss Cavalier, and her dam is Altowbrook Kythe, by Fifield Charles. Eventually she finished reserve in the junior female championship.
'She was very well grown on, carrying a lot of condition and very fit on the day,' commented Mr Tony Brown. 'She was well presented and her hair and feet were exceptional.'
'The reserve junior champion came out very well,' remarked Mr John Etches. 'She's a black with four white legs, and looked outstanding in the two-year-old class.
Second in the class was a bay belonging to Paul and Walter Bedford, Deighton Crossburn Ann, who was bred by R Whiteoak, and third was Mr and Mrs Pickles' home-bred Providence Lady Jasmine, by Isles Field Danny Boy, who belonged to the Bedford brothers until he was exported.
The Bedford brothers and Isles Field Danny Boy had another filly in the three-year-old class, the brown Just Georgia, who was last year's reserve junior champion. The judges called her forward to show her paces again at the end of the class, but it was the other filly involved in this final shake-up who won. She was Graham Ward's black Decoy Princess Dawn, by Nottage Trump Card, who stood reserve in the J W Hiles Champion Stock Stallion Award and has an excellent reputation for producing good-natured offspring. Decoy Princess Dawn went on to more honours, taking the junior female championship and the reserve female championship. Second here as a yearling, she was not entered last year.
'Decoy Princess Dawn is an exceptionally well grown filly, but she did not give a good showing at first, while Just Georgia gave an exceptional show, ' said Mr Tony Brown. 'I wanted Just Georgia and John Etches wanted the other filly, so we brought in the referee. Decoy Princess Dawn moved very well in front of him, and if she had gone like that in the first instance, we wouldn't have had any doubts.'
'The three-year-olds were a very strong class,' he continued. 'The third filly, Providence Lady Jasmine is exceptionally good, but there were two outstanding fillies above her. In ordinary classes she would win without a doubt.'
Decoy Princess Dawn was also the second best shod horse over the two days of the show. Best shod was Mrs and Miss Breakwell's Upperfoots Lady Eleanor, in the same class. The judge of the best shod horse, Mr Mac Head, said: 'Both the best shod horses were very tidy. The vast majority were reasonably shod, and if you took away one or two bad jobs, most wouldn't look too bad from a workaday point of view.'
The champion mare came from the senior class. Paul and Walter Bedford's outstanding mare Deighton Deborah won this championship for a record five times, but the 2005 show was her last before retirement, and on her final appearance she was Shire Horse of the Year. This year Paul and Walter won instead with the bay Brownroyd Midnight Sensation, a four-year-old in foal for the first time. She was bred by Yorkshireman Keith Tordoff, by Middle Meadow Prince out of Hiraethog Melody, by Quixhill Masterpiece.
'There was a very good show of females,' said Mr John Etches. 'The overall champion was outstanding. She caught the eye as soon as she came in the ring. She was taking over from Deighton Deborah and was perhaps not quite the same type, but not far behind. She does an excellent show and some day she could be a Wembley winner.'
'She's new on the show circuit and I've never seen her before,' remarked Mr Tony Brown. She's a marvellous animal for her size and the quality in her movement. The action in her hocks was tremendous. She seems a worthy successor to Deighton Deborah.'
Middle Meadow Prince, third in the J W Hiles Champion Stock Stallion Award, also sired the mare who finished third in the senior class, Jim Richardson's Toc Hill Lady Emily.
'She is a nice big mare with good feet and hair. I just liked the other two better,' was Mr Tony Brown's comment.
She is a home-bred five-year-old out of the Ithersay Courage mare, Toc Hill Lady Emma, and her bay face, entirely without white except for a small patch on one side of her muzzle, made the line-up of prizewinners look rather different from usual, especially as the second mare was another of Geoff Robinson's striking greys. This was Metheringham Upton Isabella, the four-year-old daughter of Metheringham Upton Baron, who was third in the senior stallion class. Isabella's dam was Metheringham Upton Isla, by Trelow Father Abraham.
'She's a nice sort of mare,' said Mr John Etches. ' She came out very well and I liked her colour.'
'She is a very attractive mare, carrying a good amount of condition, and not in foal,' said Mr Tony Brown. 'It is nice to see she can be brought to show condition without carrying a foal.' Speaking of the championship, he added: 'By choosing the three-year-old filly as reserve, we picked two balanced animals in size, complementing each other as a pattern.'
Paul and Walter Bedford were also successful in the gelding classes, judged by Mr Richard Gowing and Mr Mike Horler. Their bay Deighton Ace, by Nottage Trump Card, won the four-year-old class and the gelding championship, and their Deighton Nero, by Bodernog Master, took the two-year-old class and the reserve junior championship. Reserve champion gelding and junior champion gelding was the winner of the three-year-old class, F M Richardson's black Farholme Prince William, by Moorfield Edward.
'The entries were up,' said Richard Gowing, 'and the standard of horses has improved quite considerably. I'm a farrier, and the standard of shoeing has improved.'
'All the geldings were much better this year,' said Mike Horler, 'and eighteen in a class was quite something. The three-year-old winner was a nice gelding, and the champion and reserve were very good, but there was plenty of quality right down the line.'
Messrs Gowing and Horler also judged the turnout classes. There were ten entries forward in the trade singles class, won by David Coffin driving a bay gelding for Coors Brewery. They went on to take the Turnout Championship. Reserve champions were the Capespan UK Shires, winners of a class of seven pairs. The teams class was won by Daniel Thwaites PLC. The driver Richard Green competed very successfully last year with a unicorn of black geldings, Royal, Classic and Bomber, as well as winning many singles and pairs classes, but now a new horse, Daniel, has been added to make an impressive team of four.
'The numbers were disappointing,' said Richard Gowing. 'The breweries are dropping out, but the standard was good.'
'It was a very hard show to judge,' said Mike Horler. 'We had to send the Singles round once to warm up. It is very difficult for a single horse to win a championship, but the Coors gelding was quite outstanding. The winners of the Pairs were a bit lighter in stature.'
Sadly it was announced that Tetley's Brewery are giving up their involvement in showing, so this was the last year the Tetley greys would be present.
The George Roberts Champion Points Memorial Perpetual Cup is awarded to the exhibitor gaining most points in the breed and turnout classes. Winners were Paul and Walter Bedford, even though they had no stallion in the show for the first time in a number of years. In 2004 they won all the in-hand championships.
Miss Anita Dawn Chetwood judged the agricultural turnouts and the harness classes. Winner of the singles class was J Cowen, from Tyne and Wear, who drove his bay gelding Sandbed Super Star to an Essex hay wain.
'They all did just I asked,' said Miss Chetwood. 'All had well-fitted harness and were in immaculate condition, but the first stood out because he had the best fitted harness.'
J and M Fletcher's black gelding Ed, from West Wales, had previously won the newcomers' turnout class for the second year in succession, before being shown with Nortons Lucky Surprise as the only entry in the agricultural pairs class.
'The lead horse was only a four-year-old, but very steady,' said Miss Chetwood. 'The vehicle was a hermaphrodite, which can be taken apart for one half to form a muck cart. I liked this pair so much I think they would have had a very good chance even if there had been competition.'
The harness classes for traditional brass attracted seven horses, who made a splendid spectacle in the main ring, so people watching the fillies being judged could see two classes at the same time. Winner was Miss P Read's black gelding Brigadier, with last year's winner, J K Wakeling's Beau, in second place.
'The first stood out. He was a big horse with clean well fitting harness, and not a single fault,' commented Miss Chetwood. 'It was touch and go between him and the second horse, who was very well presented with older harness, which I like. In fact the top three were a real credit to the exhibitors.'
The class for other decorations, was won by Mr C J Wilson's grey Leapley Yeoman, last year's winner, who was decorated in red and gold with touches of green. His white tail flowed almost to the ground and was set off by red and gold ribbons. The second horse, Janet Joyce's Titan, was also shown with a long tail, neatly plaited up, and red, yellow and white decorations.
'They both took my eye, but unfortunately there were not two red rosettes,' said Miss Chetwood. 'I could not fault the second horse at all, but the grey made his harness stand out better because of his colour. A grey horse always carries harness well. I was told he was shown with a long tail because the person who normally plaits it was unable to come, and no-one else could do it.'
Long tails plaited up were also popular in the Young Handlers' class. Sixteen-year-old Kelly Selby won the class with Mrs Miller's Monarch, who was bred by David and Liz Lambert in 1992. Laura Jane Wilcox, also sixteen, was second and Stacy Fletcher, aged only thirteen, was third. Best young handler of the opposite sex to the winner was Ben Wright, another sixteen-year-old.
'I was very impressed with the girls of the younger age group,' said judge Mrs Sheila Hey. 'The standard of plaiting and the standard of showmanship are outstanding. I feel we have to encourage youngsters. It is so nice they are taking part, and we have to keep that enthusiasm coming.'
'I was surprised there were only two boys there,' she added. 'It seems the girls have taken the edge. I feel there should be rules laid down for Young Handlers classes and points awarded for each aspect of preparation, with the final point being the showing.'
The classes for ridden pure-bred and part-bred Shires are held on both Saturday and Sunday, with the same competitors taking part twice. Both judges came from abroad, Ms L Wenderyd from Sweden and Dr J Jung from Germany. Saturday's pure-bred winner and eventual champion was Chrissie Jacques' black gelding Moorfield Maxamillion, bred by Ray Williams.
Reserve champion was the part-bred winner on both Saturday and Sunday, Sue Collins' grey mare Aussie Flight Hill Belle, who is out of the Blackden Mascot mare Flight Hill Pandora, but sired by one of Gordon Bailey's Percherons, Willingham Ernest. He was sire of Willingham Phoebe, one of the greatest Percheron brood mares of all time, and full brother to the dam of Willingham Chrystal, Supreme Champion at the 2005 Royal Show. Sunday's pure-bred winner was Steven Haines' black gelding Winestead Winston, who was also second on Saturday although he has been ridden for less than a year.
Miss V Irwin had a very successful show. Her eight-year-old grey Brecknock Mercury, one of a number of home-bred geldings by the Andalusian stallion Bodeguero and out of Shire mares, won three out of four dressage classes, and was placed second or third in both part-bred riding classes. In the remaining dressage class Mrs M Priors' eleven-year-old Alans Joel, by Metheringham Joseph, was the winner and two of Miss Irwin's other half-bred Andalusians, Brecknock Barcelona and Brecknock Deacon were second and third. They are full brothers out of the Shire mare Brecknock Pearl.
On both days, after a grand parade of all the winners, the entertainment in the main ring included the German stunt driver Robert Mittelmeier, described in the catalogue as 'infamous'. Among other feats, he drove a six-in-hand of Shires around an obstacle course of cones at a flat out gallop very different from the careful trot usually associated with obstacle driving.
Results.
Stallions. (Judges Mr Howell Roberts, Mr John Whittaker, Referee Mr John Etches.)
Yearling - 1, Terry Gardner's Hill Lodge Commander; 2, Paul and Walter Bedford's Toc Hill Sir Samuel; 3, William Tudor Jones' Caerberllan Real Enterprise.
2-y-o - 1, Alastair and Matthew King's Cotebrook Ben Macdhui; 2, Philip Woof's Marieth Major; 3, Richard Borsey's Tree House Bengie.
3-y-o - 1, champion stallion and junior champion stallion, Alastair and Matthew King's Ddrydwy Cotebrook King; 2, reserve champion stallion and reserve junior champion stallion, Richard Bedford's Boothay Richard; 3, Tony Bull's Arclid Minshull Monty.
4-y-o - 1, Messrs Phillips and Blakey's Grovemere Joseph; 2, P M Clayton's Arclid Frank Bull; 3, Mr and Miss J and G Dodd's Deighton Tudor.
5-y-o and upwards - 1, Ray Williams' Moorfield Ted; 2, Lou Harrison's Tremywyddfa Mascot; 3, Geoff Robinson's Metheringham Upton Baron.
Mares. (Judges Mr Tony Brown, Mr John Etches, Referee Mr John Whittaker.)
Yearling - 1, Lou Harrison's Cumeragh House Cameo; 2, G W Kitching's Moores Gay Anne Marie; 3, Jim Yates' Cowerslane Sunrise.
2-y-o - 1 and reserve junior champion mare, David Worthington's Walton Black Beauty the Second; 2, Paul and Walter Bedford's Deighton Crossburn Ann; 3, Mr and Mrs J and F Pickles' Providence Lady Jasmine.
3-y-o - 1, junior champion mare and reserve champion mare, Graham Ward's Decoy Princess Dawn; 2, Paul and Walter Bedford's Just Georgia; 3, Richard Bedford's Styxlands May Blossom.
4-y-o and upwards - 1 and champion mare, Paul and Walter Bedford's Brownroyd Midnight Sensation; 2, Geoff Robinson's Metheringham Upton Isabella; 3, John Richardson's Toc Hill Lady Emily.
Geldings. (Judges Mr Richard Gowing, Mr Mike Horler.)
2-y-o - 1 and reserve junior champion gelding, Paul and Walter Bedford's Deighton Nero; 2, Jim Yates' Leverton Top Notch; 3, Mr and Miss J and G Dodd's Burlington Park Paladin.
3-y-o - 1, junior champion gelding and reserve champion gelding, F M Richardson's Farholme Prince William; 2, A Roberts' Top Meadow Edward; 3, Mrs M Prior's Bower Heath Benjamin.
4-y-o and upwards - 1 and champion gelding, Paul and Walter Bedford's Deighton Ace; 2, Messrs Phillips and Blakey's Styal Trooper; 3, Daniel Thwaites PLC's Shadlac William.
Turnouts. Agricultural. (Judge Miss Anita Dawn Chetwood.)
Single - 1, J Cowen's Sandbed Super Star to an Essex Hay Wain; 2, K Taylor's Ashby Major to an Essex Waggon; 3, M Shardlow's William to a Lincolnshire Tip Cart.
Pairs - 1, J and M Fletcher's Ed and Nortons Lucky Surprise.
Trade (Judges Mr Richard Gowing, Mr Mike Horler.)
Single - 1 and champion, Coors Brewery Ltd; 2, Brookfield Shires Ltd; 3, Daniel Thwaites PLC Ltd.
Pairs - 1 and reserve champion, Capespan UK; 2, Coors Brewery Ltd; 3, Daniel Thwaites PLC Ltd.
Teams - 1, Daniel Thwaites PLC Ltd; 2, Capespan UK; 3, Brookfield Shires Ltd.
Newcomers' turnout - 1, J and M Fletcher; 2, Mr and Mrs A Aylward and Hepburn.
Harness (Judge Miss Anita Dawn Chetwood.)
Brass - 1, Miss P Read's Brigadier: 2, J K Wakeling's Beau; 3, K Taylor's Ashby Major.
Other decorations - 1, C J Wilson's Leapley Yeoman; 2, Mrs Janet Joyce's Titan.
Young Handler (Judge Mrs Sheila Hey)
1, Kelly Selby, aged 16; 2, Mr J R-Laura Jane Wilcox, aged 16; 3, Stacy Fletcher, aged 13. Best young handler of opposite sex to the winner - Ben Wright, Age 16.
Riding horse. (Judges Mrs L Wenderyd, Dr J Jung.)
Saturday Pure-bred Shires - 1 and ridden champion , Ms Chrissie Jacques' Moorfield Maxamillion; 2, Steven Haines' Winestead Winston; 3, Miss Sue Collins' Stanmar Total Eclipse.
Half-bred Shires - 1 and reserve ridden champion , Miss Sue Collins' Aussie Flight Hill Belle; 2, 2, Mrs J Blackburn's Simon; 3, Miss V Irwin's Brecknock Mercury.
Dressage test - 1, Miss V Irwin's Brecknock Mercury; 2, R Holland's Spikes Undertaker; 3, Mrs M Prior's Alans Joel.
Dressage to music - 1, Mrs M Prior's Alans Joel; 2, Miss V Irwin's Brecknock Barcelona; 3, Miss V Irwin's Brecknock Deacon.
Sunday Pure-bred Shires - 1, Steven Haines' Winestead Winston; 2, Mrs M Prior's Alans Joel; 3, Steven Haines' Barwood Blend.
Half-bred Shires - 1, Miss Sue Collins' Aussie Flight Hill Belle; 2, Miss V Irwin's Brecknock Mercury; 3, J H Carter's Willow.
Dressage test - 1, Miss V Irwin's Brecknock Mercury; 2, G Huntingdon's Swanmore Amber; 3, Steven Haines' Winestead Winston.
Dressage to music - 1, Miss V Irwin's Brecknock Mercury; 2, Mrs V Oldham's Woodside Debbie Ann; 3, R Holland's Spikes Undertaker.
Best shod (Judge Mr T Head.) - Champion, Mrs and Miss C and P Breakwell's Upperfoots Lady Eleanor; Reserve champion, G T Ward's Decoy Princess Dawn.
J W Hiles Stallion Stock Award. 1, Ray Williams' Moorfield Edward; 2, Wright Bros' Nottage Trump Card; 3, Middle Meadow Prince.
George Roberts Champion Points Memorial Perpetual Cup for the exhibitor gaining most points. Paul and Walter Bedford.