The following are a list of dates and venues for the regional foal shows. In addition to the foal branding and showing, there will also be the opportunity for members to have their mares studbook inspected. Please use the regional show entry form to enter.
The regional foal shows provide the opportunity to qualify for the foal championship at the annual show in September.
Non-members are also welcome to attend to watch the show and see some of the best Hanoverian foals in the country.
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Venue
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Saturday 31st July at 9.00am
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Witcham House Farm Stud, Witcham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2LH
This is a great event with the opportunity to view foals and other horses for sale and enjoy a good barbeque afterwards. Pictures from last year’s event are shown below.
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Sunday 1st August at 11.00am
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Fosshey Stables, Keepers Lane, Antrobus, Cheshire, CW9 6NP
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Saturday 31st July at 6.30pm
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West Oak Stud, Lane End Cottage, Astwith Common, Pilsley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S45 8AJ
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Saturday 7th August at 10.00am
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Hawtins Stud, Stanbrook Farm, Staunton, Gloucestershire, GL19 3QR
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Saturday 7th August at 2.30pm
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Alvescot Stud, Alvescot Field Farm, Carterton, Oxfordshire, OX18 1PD
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Sunday 8th August at 11.00am
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Half Moon Stud, Forest Lodge Farm, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9PL
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Thursday 19th August
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Overstone Stud, Ecton Field Plantation, Ecton Lane, Sywell, Northants, NN6 0BP
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| Saturday 21st August at 10.00am |
Woodlander Stud, Goblaen House, Rhosgoch, Powys, LD2 3JT |
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Sunday 22nd August at 11.00am
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Equigene, Holybush House, Heol Creigiau, Efail Isaf, CF38 1BG
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Peppers Farm, Peppers Lane, Ashurst, W.Sussex, BN44 3AX |
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Parkland Stud, Wood Farm, Coppice Lane, Middleton, Staffordshire, B78 2BT |
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Saturday 28th August to Monday 31st August (provisional dates)
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Scotland and North of England. Venues to be confirmed.
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A limited number of home brandings may be considered. These will be very expensive and any such requests must be made by mid-July. Please contact Ted Green on 01982 552115.
Mares come for grading and foals come for branding and showing hoping to qualify for the main show at Addington in September.
Most of the foals are for sale, and buyers come as it is a great chance to see a good collection in one place.
At Witcham House Farm Stud we hold our show first Saturday in August, hoping for great weather to show our own and local breeders’ foals off at their best.Last year the weather was great. There were 9 mares for grading two home bred Hanoverians, a Westfalian, an Oldenburg, a Trakehner, 2 Hessen Mares and two British bred Hanoverians that all passed.
Neil Johnson comes over from Germany every year to show and run all the stock off at its best and needs a lot of beer at the barbeque to recuperate after! Branding, checking ID’s, taking hair samples for DNA is then done in the stables by Chairman of the society Ted Green.
The pure bred class had 16 foals forward and the highest mark went to Classic Prada who went on to fame in the Futurity with the top mark 9.75. She really knows how to present her best in the ring.
We always finish with a barbeque and try to make visitors enjoy it in the friendly style of foal shows in Germany.
In 2010 we plan to offer Hanoverian breeders the chance to bring some of their older stock to show off to potential buyers and we will show them run in hand or loose in the arena. We have some also that can be seen under saddle.