Livestock

Download our Livestock Schedule (pdf 1.51MB) - Schedule update available early in the New Year

At the Gillingham & Shaftesbury, we are very honored to have some of the country’s best livestock exhibitors who bring along top quality animals to compete in over 280 classes. We pride ourselves in responding to requests for new breed classes, if a particular breed dominates a mixed section we will create new classes, providing there are sufficient entries to make both sections viable.

Equine Classes

Download our Horse Entry Form (pdf 23kb)

Classes are offered for the following sections:

• Competition Horse Breeding
• Ridden Hunters
• Working Hunters
• Side Saddle
• Cobs
• Coloureds
• Potential Eventers
• World Horse
• BSPS Leading Rein & First Ridden
• S.H.P.
• W.H.P. NPS M&M In Hand
• M&M Ridden
• W.H.P.
• Riding Pony Young Stock
• Heavy Horses
• Private Driving
• Light Trade
• Show Jumping
• Scurry Driving

Cattle Classes

Download our Cattle Entry form (pdf 23kb)

Classes are offered for the following breeds & categories:

• Holstein
• Channel Island
• Other Dairy
• Aberdeen Angus
• Hereford
• Devon
• Simmental
• Rare & Minority
• Continental Beef - Dexter
• Other beef breeds - Young Entry Dairy & Beef

Sheep Classes

Download our Sheep Entry form (pdf 23kb)

Classes are offered for the following breeds and types:

• Black Welsh Mountain
• Dorset Horn & Poll Dorset
• Greyface Dartmoor
• Hampshire Down
• Jacob
• Ryeland
• Shetland
• Suffolk
• Texel
• Zwartbles
• Downland Breeds
• Hill & Mountain Breeds
• Native Longwool & Shortwool
• Primitive Breeds
• Continental breeds
• Butchers Lambs
• Wool on the Hoof
• Young Handlers

Grain & Fodder

A range of 10 Grain and 7 Fodder classes including silage samples and maize classes.

Machinery Innovation

Seven classes for the welder and mechanical genius, from decorative ironwork to a statue, a hand tool to a farm machine or attachment, if you have made it we’ll find a class for you to exhibit in.