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DORSET &
SOUTH WILTSHIRE
AREA SHOW
Sunday 14th June 2015
From 10.00am
Osborne Refrigerators BDS National Championships Qualifiers
Victoria Food Company Championships Qualifiers
Drivers Dream Style & Performance Championships Qualifiers
BDS Red Rover Show Drive
£100 Show Championship
£50 Dorset & South Wiltshire Area Members Championship
£25 Grooms Championship
Turnpike Showground, Motcombe, Dorset, SP7 9PL
South of the A303, off the B3081 between Gillingham and Shaftesbury
SPECTATORS VERY WELCOME
Enquiries and Entries to the Secretary:Mrs Alison Trevett
Mill House, West Street, Winterborne Stickland,
BLANDFORD FORUM, Dorset, DT11 0NT
Tel: (01258) 881295
On Show Day Tel: (07973) 666743
JUDGES
Classes 1 - 7 and Class 14
Mrs Sharon Wootton
Classes 8 – 11. 13, 14 and Championships Mr Derek Wootton
Class 12
Nina Squire – ‘The Pastel Artist’
ENTRIES
Postal entries in advance:
£5.00 per class
Entries on the day:
£7.00 per class (if the class is not already full)
Postal entries, with fees, to the Secretary by MONDAY 8TH JUNE 2015
Cheques payable to ‘BDS Dorset Area’
On arrival on the day, please see the Secretary for numbers and entries
ROSETTES
In all classes: 1st - 6th place
To the highest placed Dorset & South Wiltshire Area member
To the highest placed Young Driver (aged 10 - 17 years on the
day)
To the best Groom (except Class 1) irrespective of the placing
of the whole turnout
Class 15 only: BDS Red Rover Rosette to each turnout satisfactorily
completing the road drive
Champion and Reserve rosettes for Grooms, Dorset & South Wiltshire BDS
Area and Show Championships kindly sponsored by Gill Smith
ADMISSION
Competitors, grooms and helpers arriving in horseboxes and vehicles towing
horse / carriage trailers FREE
Spectators:
£5.00 per car, including all occupants
REFRESHMENTS
Refreshments available to purchase
kindly provided by Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show Supporters Club
FACILITIES
Water, toilets and First Aiders on site
Vet on call
OVERNIGHT STABLING
Available at Half Moon Hanoverian Stud, Forest Lodge Farm, Motcombe,
Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9PL by kind invitation of Mrs Julie Deverill
The stud is just ½ a mile beyond the showground, left off Motcombe Road
£30 per night for stable (including straw bedding) and lorry
Electricity hook up available at £10 per night
Please contact Julie for further information and bookings Tel: 01747 851685
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Professional photographers Cathy and Martyn Willis of
Swingletree Photography have a passion for carriage driving and will be
joining us on show day to record all the action. Images taken at the Show
will be available to view by Thursday 18th June on their website
www.swingletreephotography
To order prints please contact Cathy for further information
Tel: 07580 162125 or e-mail: [email protected]
Eg: 7” x 5” print is £9.00 + p&p
SHOWGROUND
CLASSES
All classes are open to singles, pairs and tandems
EAST RING
Commencing at 10.00am prompt classes will follow on
CLASS 1
IN HAND DRIVING HORSE OR PONY
Any height, any age
Kindly sponsored by Orchard Park Garden Centre in memory of
Sheila Clarke, past class winner and keen supporter of this show
Winner to receive a perpetual trophy kindly donated by
Ann & Terry James
CLASS 2a RIDE & DRIVE Ridden section
Horse / pony to be shown under saddle at all paces. Riders need
not be the whips
Kindly sponsored by David Guy
CLASS 3
NOVICE NEWCOMER WHIP
Whip who has not won a First Prize or a First Prize Rosette in
any driving class at a show or event affiliated to either the BDS,
Hackney Horse Society, British Carriagedriving or Indoor
Carriage Driving UK prior to 1st January 2015
Kindly sponsored by Sue & Peter Douglas
Winner to receive a perpetual trophy kindly donated by
Sue Mitchell
CLASS 4
NOVICE HORSE OR PONY
Any height, any vehicle. Horse or pony which has not won a
First Prize or a First Prize Rosette, in harness, prior to
1st January 2015
Kindly sponsored by Saranna Cogswell
Winner to receive a perpetual trophy kindly donated by
Sue Mitchell
CLASS 2b RIDE & DRIVE Driven section
CLASS 5
MOUNTAIN & MOORLAND
Not before 1.00pm
Kindly sponsored by South & West Wilts Hunt
Osborne Refrigerators Qualifier : Type-Section
(h) Single Registered Mountain & Moorland (excluding
purebred Registered Welsh)
CLASS 6
EXERCISE VEHICLES
No show vehicles. Pneumatic tyres permitted
Kindly sponsored by Carriage Link
Osborne Refrigerators Qualifier : Type-Sections
(l) Single, pair or tandem turnout driven to a four-wheel
exercise vehicle
(p) Single turnout driven to an exercise vehicle by a young
driver aged 10 – 14 years
(q) Single turnout driven to an exercise vehicle by a young
driver aged 15 – 17 years
Victoria Food Company Qualifier
Exercise Vehicle Championship
CLASS 7
PLEASURE DRIVING
Open to traditional and modern vehicles, which for the purposes
of this class will be judged on equal merit. Pneumatic tyres
permitted. Turnouts should carry appropriate spares that may be
required whilst out driving. To be judged on general
cleanliness, safety of turnout, correct fitting of harness, vehicle
suitability, driver and groom, horse or pony, way of going.
Competitors will be required to demonstrate the obedience and
flexibility of the turnout by completing tasks set by the judge,
for example driving between cones, and the horse’s or pony’s
manners and ability at halt, walk, trot and rein back
This class is not intended for those who show in private driving
classes. Regular showing competitors are asked to respect this
Kindly sponsored by Carriage Link
Winner to receive a perpetual trophy kindly donated by
Jo Halnan-Blackwell
Victoria Food Company Qualifier
Pleasure Driving Championship
WEST RING
Commencing at 11.00am prompt classes will follow on
CLASS 8
COLOURED
Skewbald, piebald and spotted horse(s) and pony(ies)
Kindly sponsored by Tony Morris
CLASS 9
STYLE & PERFORMANCE
Open to ALL TYPES OF VEHICLE including Light Trade
Each turnout will be inspected for cleanliness and correctness
and then go forward to do an individual 3 minute freestyle
display which must include but in any order:• Three loop serpentine at collected trot
• Rein back 3 - 4 steps, halt and walk forward
• Working trot across the diagonal, show some lengthened
strides
Kindly sponsored by Andy Brown - Farrier
Drivers Dream Style & Performance Qualifiers
The highest placed Traditional turnout
The highest placed Non-Traditional turnout
CLASS 10 LIGHT TRADE
Kindly sponsored by Ann & Terry James
Osborne Refrigerators Qualifier : Type-Sections
(j) Two-wheel Light Trade
(k) Four-wheel Light Trade
CLASS 11 HACKNEY TYPE
Kindly sponsored by Sue Prust and the winner to receive a
perpetual trophy kindly donated by Sue in memory of her father
Charles Chaleel, who was the first ever Area Commissioner of
the Dorset & South Wiltshire BDS Area
CLASS 12 CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE
Not before 1.30pm
Turnout judged to make the most pleasing picture
Kindly sponsored by Sandy Smyth and the winner to receive the
E M Smyth Memorial perpetual salver kindly donated by Sandy
CLASS 13 PRIVATE DRIVING
May be split by height – 13.2hh and under and Over 13.2hh
Kindly sponsored by Pamphill Dairy Farm Shop, Wimborne
Osborne Refrigerators Qualifier : Type-Sections
(c) Single non-hackney-type (excluding purebred Registered
Welsh) – over 13.2hh
(d) Single non-hackney-type (excluding purebred Registered
Welsh) – 13.2hh & under
(e) Country turnout – single, pair or tandem
(i) Pairs & Tandems – Open. Any height
(n) Single turnout driven to a traditional type vehicle by a
young driver aged 10 - 14 years
(o) Single turnout driven to a traditional type vehicle by a
young driver aged 15 - 17 years
Victoria Food Company Qualifier
Private Driving Championship
CLASS 14 DRIVING CLASS WITH BDS RED ROVER SHOW
DRIVE
Not before Class 7 – Pleasure Driving is completed
Processional road drive of approximately 4½ miles. Turnouts to
assemble in the ring for inspection prior to leaving for the drive
Kindly sponsored by Ann Harfield
GROOMS CHAMPIONSHIP
The Grooms prize winner from each class (except Class 1) to come forward
on foot, with or without their turnout as they prefer
Winner to receive a prize of £25 generously donated by Jenny & Geoff Allen
DORSET & SOUTH WILTSHIRE BDS AREA CHAMPIONSHIP
The highest placed Dorset & South Wiltshire BDS Area member in each
class (except Class 1) to compete for the Dorset & South Wiltshire
Championship
Winner to receive a keepsake in memory of Dorset BDS member Brian Sims,
together with a prize of £50 generously donated by Jenny & Geoff Allen
SHOW CHAMPIONSHIP
The First and Second prize winners from all classes (except Class 1) to
compete for the overall Show Championship
Winner to receive perpetual trophy kindly donated by Carol & David Mann,
together with a prize of £100 generously donated by Jenny & Geoff Allen
QUALIFIERS
OSBORNE REFRIGERATORS QUALIFIERS
Classes 5, 6, 10 and 13 are qualifiers for the 2015 Osborne Refrigerators
BDS National Championships at Driving Addington. The highest placed
turnout owned and driven by a member of the British Driving Society and
eligible for the Type-Section(s) listed, disregarding those already qualified
down to 6th place (10th place for type-sections (n) – (q)) in the class will
qualify for the 2015 Semi-Finals at Driving Addington. The Championship
will immediately follow the Semi-Finals.
VICTORIA FOOD COMPANY QUALIFIERS
Classes 6, 7 and 13 are qualifiers for the Victoria Food Company
Championships 2015. In each class the winner will qualify for the grand
final to be held on Sunday 13th September 2015 at The Hand Equestrian
Centre, Clevedon, Somerset. In the event that the winner has already
qualified then the second in the class to qualify. If the second has also
qualified, the rosette to be awarded to the winner. Once qualified, the horse,
whip and vehicle may not be changed.
DRIVERS DREAM STYLE & PERFORMANCE QUALIFIERS
Class 9 is a qualifier for the Drivers Dream Style & Performance 2015
Supreme Championships. The highest placed Traditional turnout and the
highest placed Non-Traditional turnout, that have not already done so, will
qualify for the Supreme Championships during Equifest at the East of
England Showground, Peterborough on Sunday 16th August 2015.
POSTPONEMENT / CANCELLATION
Only in exceptional circumstances will this show be postponed or cancelled.
If it is necessary as much notice as possible will be given on the Area website
www.dorset.britishdrivingsociety.co.uk and
the Show Secretary will contact all competitors who have entered to date.
If in doubt please check the website or contact the Show Secretary
Gillingham & Shaftesbury Agricultural Show
Wednesday 19th August 2015
Turnpike Showground, Motcombe
Schedules are available now for all classes, including Private Driving, Light
Trade, Heavy Horses and a wide variety of in hand and ridden classes.
Contact:-The Show Office, Station Road, GILLINGHAM, Dorset, SP8 4PY
Tel: 01747 823955
www.gillshaftshow.co.uk
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No Horse or Pony under the age of 4 years to be driven in any class
The Judge’s decision is final
Show officials and stewards must be obeyed at all times
All entrants and whips must be current members of the British Driving
Society and membership numbers to be provided on your entry form
This event will be run in accordance with British Driving Society safety
rules. All participants to adhere to these rules
Young Drivers – The driver must be 10 years of age or over on the day
of the show. A driver under the age of 18 must be accompanied in the
vehicle by a competent and responsible person aged 18 years or over, a
‘responsible adult’
Drivers, grooms and passengers under the age of 14 years must wear a
correctly fitted hard hat whilst on any horse drawn vehicle and this
includes grooms who have dismounted to assist with the horse(s)
The organisers reserve the right to omit, divide or amalgamate any class,
vary the order of classes and times, refuse entry, withhold a prize, cancel
the show or disqualify a competitor at their discretion
In the event of the show being cancelled entry fees received to date will
be returned
No entry fees will be refunded if an entrant withdraws unless supported
by a Vet’s or Doctor’s Certificate
Please park as directed by the stewards
Riders must wear hard hats to the approved standard
All dogs must be kept on leads at all times
Please do not muck out your horsebox on to the show ground.
These fields are used for other public events and animal grazing
Please take all litter home with you
All trophies are perpetual and must be signed for and collected from the
Show Secretary and returned as agreed
No liability whatsoever is accepted by the British Driving Society, the
landowner or the organisers for any damage to persons or property of or
associated with any participant or spectator at this event
Entries are accepted on the understanding that competitors have
read and accepted these show rules
Turnpike Showground
Motcombe
Dorset
SP7 9PL
South of the A303 between Gillingham and Shaftesbury
Turn off the B3081 at the Turnpike Kennels and Cattery
into Motcombe Road
The Show will be right off Motcombe Road as signposted
NB: If travelling from the A303 on the A350 towards Shaftesbury DO NOT
take the right hand turning signposted to Motcombe before Shaftesbury, as
this is very narrow and hilly, but rather continue into Shaftesbury and at the
roundabout (with filling station on left) take the B3081 towards Gillingham
At the Turnpike Kennels and Cattery turn right into Motcombe Road
GRATEFUL THANKS
This show is only possible thanks to all the generosity and hard work of our
host, sponsors, judges, stewards, caterers, photographers, many other helpers
and, of course, the support of the spectators and competitors.
Grateful thanks to you all and we hope you have a great day.
PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE
All timings are approximate and subject to alteration
10.00am
EAST RING
WEST RING
Commencing at 10.00am prompt
classes will follow on
Commencing at 11.00am prompt
classes will follow on
Class 1 In Hand Driving Horse or Pony ……..
Class 2a Ride & Drive - Ridden section
……..
Class 3 Novice Newcomer Whip
……..
…….. 11.00am
Class 8 Coloured
Class 4 Novice Horse or Pony
……..
……..
Class 9 Style & Performance
Class 2b Ride & Drive - Driven section
……..
……..
Class 10 Light Trade
LUNCH BREAK
……..
……..
Class 11 Hackney Type
……..
……..
LUNCH BREAK
Class 6 Exercise Vehicles
……..
…….. Not before 1.30pm Class 12 Concours d’Elegance
Class 7 Pleasure Driving
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…….. Not before Class 7 Class 14 Driving Class with
Pleasure Driving
BDS Red Rover Show Drive
is completed
Not before 1.00pm Class 5 Mountain & Moorland
Class 13 Private Driving
The East and West Rings will now be combined to make one large ring - enter via the East Ring collecting area
Grooms Championship
Dorset & South Wiltshire BDS Area Championship
Show Championship
Exhibitors entering classes which may clash do so at their own risk – no entry fees will be refunded