Wessex Heavy Horse Show & Country Fayre
When? 24 September 2023
Where? Shaftesbury
There's lots going an at this traditional annual event held at the Turnpike Showground, near Gillingham.
The show will include classes for ridden and driven horses, as well as in-hand and harness classes and a Young Handler’s class.
Once again the show will host the West of England Heavy Horse In-hand and Harness Championships, a prestigious Championship that sees the best horses in the West of England compete against each other. Qualifying shows happen throughout the summer Show season across the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire and Somerset.
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