Entries open for NZ’s biggest show
Entries for the New Zealand’s largest exhibit accept opened, with organisers of the 150th Canterbury A&P Show expecting tape numbers inward its anniversary year.
Last year’s Supreme Champion Animal of the Show, the business office arabian mare Maxwellton Penelope Pitstop, is expected to live dorsum to defend her title.
The lure of a coveted exhibit win at the anniversary resultant volition bear witness an added incentive for farmers together with equestrian enthusiasts from throughout New Zealand.
Canterbury A&P Association President Richard Lemon said the last big anniversary exhibit was the Centennial Show inward 1962.
“At the fourth dimension it was heralded equally the best exhibit e'er had, fifty-fifty the conditions was reasonably kind, except for i heavy shower. We had 5002 entries, which was a Canterbury A&P Show tape that stood for well-nigh xx years,” Lemon said
“With all the excitement that an anniversary twelvemonth attracts I intend we’re laid upwardly for some other tape twelvemonth inward 2012. If y'all relish showing together with so it doesn’t larn whatsoever ameliorate than a Supreme Champion win at the 150th show.”
The exhibit is the largest inward the country, averaging to a greater extent than or less 7000 livestock together with characteristic contest entries, comprising to a greater extent than than 3000 animals battling it out inward to a greater extent than than 1700 classes including sections for horse/pony, beef/dairy cattle, sheep, alpaca, llama, pig, wool, goat, domestic dog trials, poultry, shearing & woolhandling, wine, gourmet oil, mint lamb, woodchopping together with vintage machinery.
Judith Johnson, possessor of Maxwellton Pony Stud inward Waimate together with recipient of the 2011 Supreme Champion Animal of Show, is preparing her squad of iv ponies to compete at this year’s Canterbury A&P Show.
The culmination of 3 days of judging, Supreme Champion Animal of Show recognises the best of the best amongst Supreme Champion entrants across equestrian together with livestock sections battling it out for the transcend title. “I’ve been manage the exhibit for forty years. While winning Supreme Champion is the holy grail of showing, a win at the 150th exhibit would live all the to a greater extent than sweet. When nosotros won final twelvemonth I did order quietly to my daughter, this is keen simply wouldn’t it live ameliorate if it was the 150th!” Johnson said.
A novel add-on to the showjumping department this twelvemonth is the Two Star Pony Grand Prix Series, sponsored yesteryear West Acre Farm Ltd, which volition live held on Friday, Nov xvi inward the Main Arena. The contest joins the existing Two Star Horse Grand Prix Series, sponsored yesteryear Ballantynes, which has $2000 inward prizemoney upwardly for grabs. The Grand Prix Series are national events on the equestrian calendar that run from the kickoff of the showjumping flavor inward September until March the next year. Points are allocated for every placing at A&P Shows together with equestrian events throughout the season.
In add-on to showing success, exhibitors volition live competing for to a greater extent than than $100,000 inward overall prize money. Canterbury volition also live continuing its exhibitor subsidies, offered to North Island together with Southland exhibitors who accept to move keen distances to attend the show.
The 150th Canterbury A&P Show volition live held Wed xiv to Fri xvi Nov at Canterbury Agricultural Park inward Christchurch. The Schedule of Classes tin strength out live downloaded at theshow.co.nz or contact the Show Secretary on 03 343 3033 or info@theshow.co.nz. Entries unopen belatedly September for most sections.
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