163rd Great Yorkshire Show gets underway
140,000 people are expected to visit over the next four days
Last updated 12th Jul 2022
The event is described as a celebration of "agriculture, food, farming and the Countryside."
Princess Anne who is the Patron of the Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society and of the Shorthorn Society will visit today and is expected to take a tour of the site.
For the first time this year there will be sheepdog trials in the main ring.
They will take place twice a day in the Main Ring, with competitors from UK’s four home nations taking part. There will be Junior and Senior Semi Finals taking place from Tuesday to Thursday, culminating in a Championship on the Friday.
The introduction of new show jumping classes this year has led to another record-breaking number of entries at 407, more than 150 higher than the previous record in 2000 when records began.
Also in the Main Ring every day will be sporting soprano Lizzie Jones who will sing every day, culminating in the National Anthem at the end of the show on Friday to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. This will be accompanied by a montage of the Queen’s visits to the Showground over the years which has been put together by the Yorkshire Film Archive.
Show Director Charles Mills has told us it's a great opportunity for people to come together "In particular farming is a very isolated industry, people don't see each other from one end of the day to the other, so it's a brilliant way for people to come together, especially after COVID."