All You Need to Know About The 2022 Great Yorkshire Show

The Great Yorkshire Show pictures. Two women sit on hay bale with a dog, the Great Yorkshire Show sign and Masterchef winner Eddie

The Great Yorkshire Show begins today. Credit: GYS

July 2022

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The show is England’s premier agricultural event and is a celebration of food, farming and the countryside. Here's everything you'll need to know if you're heading to the Harrogate showground over the next four days

Thousands are set for an action-packed four days as the sell-out Great Yorkshire Show begins today (12th July) at the Harrogate showground in North Yorkshire.

As well as the traditional livestock classes, the Show features several firsts this year including sheepdog trials in the main ring, a new GYS Stage with farming celebrities, and two World Cattle Congresses. It will also welcome The Princess Royal on Tuesday.

The Sheepdog Trials will take place twice a day in the Main Ring, with competitors from UK’s four home nations taking part. There will be also be Junior and Senior Semi Finals taking place from Tuesday to Thursday, culminating in a Championship on Friday, July 15.

Also in the Main Ring every day will be sporting soprano Lizzie Jones, from Halifax, who will sing every day, culminating in the National Anthem at the end of the show on Friday to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. This will be accompanied by a wonderful montage of the Queen’s visits to the Showground over the years thanks to the Yorkshire Film Archive.

Food at The Great Yorkshire Show

Foodies are also in for a fabulous spread at the show when the winner of MasterChef 2022, Eddie Scott, and Yorkshire Shepherdess, Amanda Owen line up with a host of well-known chefs to cook up some of the region’s finest produce.

The Great Yorkshire Food Theatre will feature more than 20 chefs, including Callum Bowmer of Horto at Rudding Park, Harrogate, Dragon’s Den contestant Will Chew of Mak Tok in Sheffield, Michelin-starred Shaun Rankin of Grantley Hall near Ripon and Nathan Richardson-Kelly of Castle Howard.

Dishes being demonstrated range from steamed rhubarb muthiya to halibut, and from chicken pancakes to slow roasted beef.

Check out the timetable of events below and make sure you don’t miss a thing at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show.

Don’t forget to come and meet the Living North team and pick up a magazine at our Stand 720 on Avenue O (near the big wheel!)

TUESDAY

GYS Stage: Presenter Christine Talbot interview with Adam Henson. Followed by meet & greet. Peter Wright from Channel 5’s the Yorkshire Vet, will also take to the stage each day.
Main Ring: Ridden Hunters: Novices & Weights (HOYS), Ridden Hunter Championship, Heavy Horse Singles, Show Jumping, Lizzie Jones & Band, Sheep Dog Trials
TopSpec White Rose Ring: Ridden Coloured Horses (HOYS), Small Hunter (HOYS), Open Working Hunters (HOYS), Novice Working Hunters, Working Hunter Championship
Ridings Ring: Clydesdales, Shires, Cleveland Bays, Irish Draught – Breeding
Cattle Rings: Beef Shorthorn National Show & Classes, British Charolais National Show & Classes, Commercial Cattle Classes
Sheep Rings: MV – Any Other Pedigree (Cont/Native), Beltex, Bleu du Maine, Blue Texel, Border Leicester, British Berrichon, British Charollais, Zwartbles
Sheep Rings: Non MV – Any Other Pedigree (Down, Longwool, Primitive, Hill or Heath), Butchers Lambs, Clun Forest, Coloured Ryeland, Crossbred Commercial Female, Dalesbred, Derbyshire Gritstone, Hebridean, Herdwick, Jacob, Leicester Longwood, Lincoln Longwool, Lonk, Valais Blacknose
Pig Rings: Modern Breed classes
Goat Rings: First inspection of Milking Goats followed by Milking, Second Inspection of Milking, IP Line up, Evening Milking
Forestry: Wood Crafts – Turning, Carving, Marquetry and Stickmaking – Competitions
Rabbits
Beagles & Harriers
Hives & Honey
Sheep Shearing
Shoemaking
Wool Fleeces
Displays & Demonstrations in the Countryside Arena
Art Show
Game Cookery Theatre
Great Yorkshire Cookery Theatre in the Food Hall
Cheese & Dairy Show – judging
Flowers & Horticulture
Shopping

WEDNESDAY

GYS Stage: Presenter Christine Talbot interview with JB Gill. Followed by meet & greet. Peter Wright from Channel 5’s the Yorkshire Vet, will also take to the stage each day.
Main Ring: Irish Draught Ridden, Riding Horses (HOYS), Ladies Side Saddle (HOYS), Band & Lizzie Jones, Show Jumping, Heavy Horse Pairs, Best Soldier Presentation, Sheep Dog Trials
TopSpec White Rose Ring: Hunter Breeding & Youngstock, Riding Pony Breeding & Youngstock, Sport Horse Breeding (New for 2022), Veterans, Ridden Cobs (HOYS), Ridden Maxi Cob (HOYS), Retrained Racehorses
Ridings Ring: Coloured Youngstock, Standard Shetlands, Mixed Mountain & Moorland In-Hand, Miniature Shetlands, Donkey Classes, Dartmoors
Cattle Rings: Beef Breed Classes (other than the breeds on Tuesday)
Sheep Rings: MV – British Rouge, Dorset Horn/Poll Dorset National Show, Dutch Spotted, Hampshire Down, Lleyn, Suffolk, Texel
Sheep Rings: Non MV – Blackface, Bluefaced Leicester, Kerry Hill, Masham, Mule, North Country Cheviot, Oxford Down, Rough Fell, Ryeland, Shetland, Swaledale, Teeswater, Wensleydale, Whitefaced Woodland
Pig Rings: Traditional Breed classes
Goat Rings: Second Milking competition, Goatlings & Female Kids, Novice Goat Handler Competition
Forestry: Wood Crafts – Turning, Carving, Marquetry and Stickmaking demonstrations
Pigeons
Foxhounds
Hives & Honey
Sheep Shearing
Shoemaking
Wool Fleeces
Displays & Demonstrations in the Countryside Arena
Art Show
Game Cookery Theatre
Great Yorkshire Cookery Theatre in the Food Hall
Cheese & Dairy Show – prize giving
Flowers & Horticulture
Shopping

THURSDAY

GYS Stage: Presenter Christine Talbot interview with Matt Baker MBE. Followed by meet & greet. Peter Wright from Channel 5’s the Yorkshire Vet, will also take to the stage each day.
Main Ring: Cattle Parade, Cock O’the North Show Jumping Competition, Band & Lizzie Jones. Equine classes: Highland, Welsh A, Welsh B, Welsh C, Welsh D, Heavy Horse Teams, In-Hand Supreme Championship, Sheep Dog Trials
TopSpec White Rose Ring: Ridden M&M Small Breeds (HOYS) – Exmoor/Shetlands, Dartmoor, Welsh A, Welsh B, Small Breed Championships, Ridden M&M Large Breeds (HOYS) – New Forest, Connemara, Highland, Welsh C, Welsh D, Fell, Dales, Large Breed Championship, Overall Breed Championship
Ridings Ring: Fells, Dales, M&M Lead Reign (HOYS), M&M First Ridden (HOYS), M&M Mini Championship
Cattle Rings: Dairy Breed Classes, Dairy Young Handlers, Dairy Maiden Heifer Championships, Beef Interbreed, Beef Junior Championship, Beef Supreme Championship, Cattle Parade – Beef & Commercials
Sheep Rings: MV – MV Supreme, MV Young Handlers. Non MV – Non Acc Commercial Female, Non Acc Supreme, Non Acc Young Handlers. Overall Supreme Sheep Championship
Pig Rings: BPA Pig of the Year Qualifier, Supreme Championship, BPA Pig of the Year Final, BPA Young Pig of the Year Qualifier, Young Stock Handler Competition
Goat Rings: Yorkshire Dairy Goat Show: First Inspection of Milking goats, Second inspect of Milking goats
Forestry: Wood Crafts – Turning, Carving, Marquetry and Stickmaking demonstrations
Working Terriers
Hives & Honey
Sheep Shearing
Shoemaking
Poultry – Egg Show
Wool Fleeces
Displays & Demonstrations in the Countryside Arena
Art Show
Game Cookery Theatre
Great Yorkshire Cookery Theatre in the Food Hall
Cheese & Dairy Show – Cheese Auction at 3pm
Flowers & Horticulture
Shopping

FRIDAY

GYS Stage: Presenter Christine Talbot interview with Amanda Owen. Followed by meet & greet. Peter Wright from Channel 5’s the Yorkshire Vet, will also take to the stage each day.
Main Ring: Cattle Parade, Band & Lizzie Jones, The Pony Club Games Display. Equine classes are provisional – Intermediate Show Riding Type (HOYS), Intermediate Show Hunter, Scurry – Small Ponies, Heavy Horse Turnout Championship, Scurry – Large Ponies, Scurry Championship, Sheep Dog Trials, Closing Ceremony
TopSpec White Rose Ring: Show Jumping
Ridings Ring: Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) Display, Side Saddle Demonstration
Cattle Rings: Dairy Preliminary Judging of Blythewood, Dairy Interbreed Classes & Championships, Dairy Supreme Championship, Beef Young Handlers, Beef Preliminary Judging of Blythewood, Beef Pairs Championship (NEW), Beef Groups Championship (NEW), Cattle Parade – Beef, Commercials & Dairy, Final Judging of Blythewood for Beef & Dairy
Sheep Rings: MV & Non MV Classes for – Wool on the Hoof, NEW Interbreed Pairs Championship, NEW Interbreed Group of 3 Championship, NEW Open Pair of Ewe Lambs, NEW Open Pair of Tup Lambs
Pig Rings: Butcher’s Pig classes, Young Pig Interbreed Championship, Interbreed Pig Pair & Group classes
Goat Rings: Yorkshire Dairy Goat Show: Goatlings & Female Kids, Parade of prizewinning Dairy Goats, Display of Pygmy Goats
Forestry: Wood Crafts – Turning, Carving, Marquetry and Stickmaking demonstrations
Displays & Demonstrations in the Countryside Arena
Bloodhounds & Draghounds
Hives & Honey
Sheep Shearing
Shoemaking
Wool Fleeces
Art Show
Game Cookery Theatre
Great Yorkshire Cookery Theatre in the Food Hall
Cheese & Dairy Show
Flowers & Horticulture
Shopping

Tickets for the show have now sold out. There will be no ticket sales on the gates. The opening times are 8am to 6pm on all four days. For more: www.greatyorkshireshow.co.uk