Coronavirus: list of showing show cancellations during 2020

As Britain’s war against coronavirus rages on, numerous show organisers have made the decision to cancel or reschedule their 2020 fixtures.

While international federations are calling on event organisers not to run competitions for at least the next four weeks, equestrian centres and smaller fixtures are currently able to make their own decisions on whether or not to run.

At the time of publication, the following showing fixtures have been subject to cancellations or amendments (this list will be added to as more information becomes available):

Staffordshire Country Festival (postponed until 11 September)

Huby and Sutton (5 July)

East Anglia Horse Show (postponed until 26 September)

Dumfries county (31 July — 1 August)

Bridgend county

Supreme Showdown summer championship (postponed until 29 August)

Clarbeston Road show 

BSPS Area 14 South East Counties (28 May)

NPS Wessex Area 24 (25 May)

Garstang (1 August)

Camelford and District (11 August)

Vale of Lune championship show (25 May)

National side saddle show (7 — 9 August)

Bucks county (27 August)

Ynys Mon WPCA summer medal show (21 June)

Honiton (6 August)

Huby and Sutton (5 July)

Egton (26 August)

Southern Highland pony show (11/12 July)

Ryedale (28 July)

Dunster (21 August)

Ashby (12 July)

Pembrokeshire county (18 — 20 August)

New Forest and Hampshire county

Kent county (10 — 12 July)

Monmouthshire (7 July)

Dublin Horse Show (15 — 19 July)

Midland counties (postponed to 10 and 11 August)

Bramham Horse Trials (10 — 13 June)

Staffordshire county (27 — 28 May)

Hambleton (23 — 24 May)

Herts County (23 — 24 May)

South of England spring (23 — 24 May)

BSPS Area 2B (Lanc champs) (17 May)

Hickstead Derby (24 — 28 June)

RIHS (21 — 26 July)

Linconlshire county

South of England spring show

Kent county (10 — 12 July)

Skelton (4 July)

Hickstead Derby (24 — 28 June)

Great Yorkshire (14 — 16 July)

South of England (11 — 13 June)

North of England spring show (11 — 12 April; postponed)

Native breeds show (30 May; postponed)

Royal Norfolk (1 — 2 July)

Royal Windsor (13 — 17 May)

Hertfordshire County (23 — 24 May)

Royal Lancs (19  — 21 July)

Cheshire Horse Show (25 May)

Royal Cheshire (16 and 17 June)

Leicestershire County show (22 and 23 August)

Spotfest NW show (5 April)

The BSPS working sports pony show (postponed to 3 October)

BSPS winter champs (18 and 19 April)

Royal Three Counties (4 — 7 June)

Northern Ireland Festival (postponed to 26 August)

NPS Spring Festival (25 April)

Nefyn Show (May)

Suffolk (27 and 28 May)

Northumberland county (25 May)

Sunnybank EC Summer Show (6 June; postponed to 29 August)

Fife (23 May)

SWPA Good Friday Show (10 April)

NPS Scotland spring (25 April)

PUK Spring Classic (21 and 22 March)

Crowland (27 June)

Royal Highland Show (18 — 21 June)

National Shire Show (20-22 March)

All The Showing Register clincs and shows (for three weeks starting 17 March)

BSPS Area 9A (22 March)

NPS Area 25 (21 March)

Wiltshire Show (28 March; postponed until September)

CHAPS North East Regional (5 April)

STARS Southern championship show (October 2020)

BSPS Area 4B (21 — 22 March)

Tudor Rose WPCA show (12 April)

NPS Area 14 (10 April)

Woodbridge Show (8 May)

South West Shetland Pony group show (22 March)

Towerlands Welsh Medal show (21 March)

The East Anglia Horse show (all shows postponed)

Lampeter stallion show (18 April)

East Midlands WPCA Bronze medal show (5 April)

CHAPS Spring show and AGM (21 — 22 March)

Gwynedd WCPA (13 April)

Bury Farm SEIB SFAS and Racehorse to Riding Horse (5 April)

Glamorgan WPCA Spring Bronze medal show (12 April)

Great Harwood (25 May)

Balmoral (19 — 22 August; postponed)

Cothi Bridge (30 May)

Berkely show (28 June)

Devon County (postponed)

Norfolk and Suffolk Arabian Horse Group annual show (19 May)

NCPA Maelor and Shropshire show (11 April)

Showing South East (21 March)

Sport Horse Breeding (GB) North West (4 April)

BSPS Area 15 (11 April)

Royal Cornwall (postponed)

Weeton (19 July)

Have you cancelled your 2020 show? Please email alex.robinson@ti-media.com

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Alex Robinson

H&H showing editor

Born and raised in the Lake District, Alex has grown up on the showing scene. She has qualified and competed ponies at the Royal International, Horse of the Year Show and Olympia and has first-hand knowledge of the current issues in the showing world as well as the horses, ponies and riders who compete in the sport. Alex joined H&H in January 2018 since when she has cemented its place as the leading equestrian publication for both showing reports and current showing news in the UK.