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Jul 2023

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GALLERY: The animals stole the show on day 3 of Great Yorkshire Show

Published: 13 Jul 2023, 22:03 BST

by Flora Grafton

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This story is sponsored by Harrogate BID

Day 3 of the Great Yorkshire Show saw showjumping champions, celebrity specials, and award-winning livestock.

The long-awaited Ripon Select Foods Cock O’ the North drew in hundreds as the day came to a close. The event saw four trebles cleared by the end, but it was Annabel Shields on Creevagh Carisma, of County Durham, who took home title with more than two seconds in hand over the other three treble clears.

Ms Shields said:

“When you grow up in this area, it is the only thing you want to win.

“I never thought I would ride in it, let alone win it!”

TV presenter, Matt Baker MBE took centre stage at the Cheese and Dairy Show, while Peter Wright, the Yorkshire Vet, was a special guest in the Garden Show. Both also took a trip to the Forestry section and tried their hands horse logging and stick making.

The day also saw more award-winning cattle. The Blythewood Dairy Pairs title went to Messrs DN Lindsay’s Ayrshine junior cow, Mid Ascog Patricia III, while the Dairy Supreme Championship was taken home by Ian Collins and Partners.

The Supreme Beef Championship was won by a six-year-old British Simmental.

With more than 3,000 entries in sheep classes this year -- a record number of entries -- both MV and non-MV sheep went head-to-head in the Overall Supreme Championship, which was won by Suffolk from Stockport.

Julian Collings, of Cornwall, has been showing his pigs for 53 years and, today, took home The Supreme Pig Championship award with British Lop sow, Liskeard Lulu 59. This was Mr Collings’s first inter-breed win.

Charity, Sheffield Environmental Movement, were also at the show and brought a group of pupils from Fir Vale School in the city. A member of the charity, Maxwell Ayamba, regularly invites other groups from the area to the show, including Roshni Asian Women’s Resource Centre and Sheffield and District African Caribbean Community Association.

The final day of the Great Yorkshire Show is sold out – tickets will not be sold on the door.

The opening times are 8am to 6pm on all four days. Find out what's on tomorrow here.

If you missed the show today, take a look at our gallery below for a sneak peek.