FB Northern Counties Show
APHS-FBS
Foreign Breed Society
Northern Counties Show
Foreign Breed Society
Northern Counties Show
Northern Counties Show
2025 Show Photographer:
4th May 2025 at Croft Top Equestrian Centre, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 2DP
2025 Judges:Natalie Hudson, Sir Chris Porter+ invited RMH Ridden Judge
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).
All entries - one off £5 first aid/admin fee per exhibitor.Spectators welcome and admission if free!
Schedule can be viewed below and entries now open via Equoevents
2025 Northern Counties Schedule
Advance entries APHS members £13 a class
Non-Members £15 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.
- 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 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 Youngstock In Hand class, with an additional award for the Best Yearling.
Brindle Distilleries
- who have sponsored a bottle of Cuckoo Solace Gin for the winner of the Ridden Masters class.
KC Saddlebreds - sponsor of the Mares/Fillies In Hand class.
UK Friesian Federation - sponsor of the in hand and ridden Friesian classes.
Mosscarr Haflinger Stud
- sponsor of the In Hand Ford/Haflinger class.
Creature Comforts - sponsor of the Lightweight/Refined In Hand class.
USA-UK - sponsor of the USA Breeds In Hand class with an additional award for the Best American Saddlebred in both the in hand & the ridden USA Breeds classes.
Abigail Dorman - who has kindly donated a bottle of champagne for the winner of the Champagne class.
Lusitano Breed Society of GB - sponsors of a Best Lusitano Award in the in hand & ridden Iberian classes.
Appaloosa Horse Club (UK) - sponsors of a Best Appaloosa Award in the in hand & ridden broken Coat/Dilute and USA Breeds classes.
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
