A passion for home-breeding paid off for exhibitors at the Dairy Show, with several of the championship winners coming from long and beloved family bloodlines.
The very best animals took centre stage at the Great Yorkshire Show today, with a host of Supreme Championship winners and the crowd-pleasing Ripon Select Foods Cock O’ the North showjumping competition. Television presenter Matt Baker MBE took to the GYS Stage and visited the Cheese and Dairy Show, while…
AFTER overcoming so many obstacles to stage this year’s Great Yorkshire Show, the organisers could have been forgiven for having despaired as heavy rain poured down on Monday, soaking the Harrogate showground. As it turned out, they had nothing to worry about. Yesterday’s early damp gave way to hot sunshine by mid-morning, sizzling the 26,000 visitors lucky enough to have tickets for the first day of the reduced capacity event. And boy, was it good to be back. As with so many of 2020’s live events, last year’s show was called off due to Covid, with attractions moving online. This year it is being staged over four days for the first time, and many of those attending yesterday were full of praise for organisers the Yorkshire Agricultural Society for getting the show on.
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