FB Northern Counties Show
APHS-FBS
Foreign Breed Society
Northern Counties Show
Foreign Breed Society
Northern Counties Show
Northern Counties Show
2024 Show Photographer:
A big thank you to everyone that supported our 2024 event on the Whitsun Bank Holiday Sunday - we will be back again in 2025!
4th May 2025 at Croft Top Equestrian Centre, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 2DP
2025 Judges:Natalie Hudson, Sir Chris Porter+ 1 more judge TBC
Entry Fees:
Advance entries APHS members £13 a class
Non-Members £15 a class(Exhibitors pre-entered in at least one class can enter more classes on the day at £15 a class).
Entries on the day (new competitors) £20 a class.Please note that ridden classes will follow on! If you are entering on the day we will not know you are coming and so you may miss your planned class.All entries - one off £5 first aid/admin fee per exhibitor.Spectators welcome and admission if free!
Schedule can be viewed below and entries open (Dec 2024) via Equoevents
2025 Northern Counties Schedule
Advance entries APHS members £13 a class
Non-Members £15 a class
Entries on the day (new competitors) £20 a class.
Our first Spring show was held in Kent in 2019 and by popular request we the 2022 event was held in the north of the country and we have remained in the north since, with the show being called the Northern Counties Show.
At this show we had/have a number of classes for pure and partbred foreign breeds, open to all - no membership or qualification required to take part. Qualifiers included APHS Foreign Breed National Finals, APHS Youth Ridden Finals, APHS Veteran Finale and our Champion of Champions.
As at all our events, rosettes were awarded to 6th place and sashes to all class winners. We will also run a separate Part and Pure Championships for both in hand and ridden. All our awards are hand made bespoke ribbons and sashes.
As always we hold some Open Breed classes, which are open to any breed of horse or pony (not just foreign breeds). These may include Youth, Walk / Trot, Novice any Concours D'Elegance classes.
ADDITIONAL AWARDS for 2025:
Awards to ALL Junior Riders in Open Walk/Trot class
Awards to ALL Junior Riders in Open Walk/Trot class
Best British Bred Awards in all breed specific classes
The Northern Show 2025 will hold the following QUALIFIERS
- All (Foreign Breed) classes are qualifiers for the 2025 APHS Foreign Breed National Finals - top 3 from all Foreign Breed classes qualify.
- All Veteran classes are qualifiers for the 2025 APHS Veteran Finale - top 3 qualify.
- This show is a VHS Gold Ticket qualifier for the 2025 VHS National Championships. We will be holding a veteran championship immediately after the ridden veteran class at this show and the Champion & Reserve will qualify (* application pending).
- All youth classes are qualifiers for the 2025 APHS Youth Ridden Finals - top 3 qualify.
- All (Foreign Breed) classes are qualifiers for the 2025 Sunshine Tour - winner qualifies (* application pending. Please note those wanting to qualify MUST register with The Sunshine Tour BEFORE the 2025 Northern Counties Show, as it cannot be done retrospectively to the show).
- All Concours D'Elegance classes are qualifiers for the 2025 Concours d'Elegance Society of GB National Show & Championships in September.
SPONSORS WELCOMED for 2025 - please get in touch
if you would like to sponsor a class at this event.
We rely on sponsors for prizes and additional bling awards, all of which help make our events special. Can you help?
Sponsors, Awards & Prizes
We are now looking for 2025 sponsors and pledges of support - an you help?
We appreciate many of our northern competitors may not want to make the long journey south for our end of year season finals and the Foreign Breed National Finals, therefore we are hope to continue to make the Northern Counties event more of a Northern Championships for our Foreign Breed supporters, with prizes and awards where we can get classes sponsored. If you would like to make a donation of a gift of prize, or sponsor a class or championship at the 2025 event, please get in
touch
A big thank you to our sponsors - without the support of our generous sponsors we would not be able to bring you these great shows. We've already started to receive sponsorship pledges for 2025 and are truly grateful for your support in our vision of what we are doing with promoting Foreign Breed Showing.
Thank you to our 2024 sponsors:
Mosscarr Haflinger Stud
- sponsor of the In Hand and Ridden Fjord/Haflinger classes, with prizes donated for both winners as well as a rosette box for the Best Haflinger in each class.
Val Draper
sponsor of the Ridden AOTS class.
Garden Farm Stables - sponsor of the Purebred Geldings In Hand class.
Brindle Distillery sponsors of the Ridden Veteran class, with a bottle of Cuckoo Signature Gin for the winner (*rider to be over 18).
PRMe UK Caballos de Pure Raza Menorquina
- sponsors of the best PRMe in the in hand & ridden Iberian classes & sponsors of the Purebred Ridden Iberian Class
Elvenkeep Arabians
- sponsors of the Best British Bred (purebred) Awards in nominated classes.
Nancy Tew
- sponsor of the Purebred Iberian In Hand class & the Purebred Ridden Mares class.
Lynn Stainton
- sponsor of the Purebred Stallions/Colts In Hand class.
USA-UK
- sponsors of the Purebred USA-Breeds In Hand and Ridden classes & Best American Saddlebred awards in these two classes.
UK Friesian Federation
- sponsor of the Ridden Friesian class, with a rosette box for the highest placed registered Friesian and sponsor of the Concours Style & Performance class.
KC Saddlebreds
- sponsor of the Best Junior Rider rosettes.
Horse Show Garlands
- sponsor of the Veteran Championships.
Shay Lane Farm
- sponsor of the Novice Concours D'Elegance Class.
British Morgan Horse Society
- sponsor of the Morgan Horse classes and Morgan Horse Championship
Thank you to our 2025 sponsors:
British Morgan Horse Society
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sponsor of the In Hand & the Ridden Morgan Horse classes.
Val Draper
sponsor of the In Hand AOTS class.
Garden Farm Stables
- sponsor of the Natural Mane & Tail Concours D'Elegance class.
Lynn Stainton
- sponsor of the Purebred Youngstock In Hand class.
If you would like to know more, or to support us at future events, then please see the form below, or contact us HERE
2019 Ridden Champion Danes CA & Pete Saunders
