18th February 2010
TOPSPEC is to support an exciting new Supreme Ridden Championship at the Great Yorkshire Show.
The Top of the North Supreme Ridden Championship is a new innovation for the 2010 show and will see the overall champion taking home a £1,500 prize. The Reserve Supreme Ridden Champion will receive £250.
The Great Yorkshire Show runs from Tuesday 13 – Thursday 15 July at Harrogate. The new championship will be held in the Main Ring on the Thursday afternoon before the prestigious Ripon Select Foods Cock O’ the North competition which is the traditional climax to three days of top class show jumping at the Great Yorkshire Show.
Nicola Tyler of TopSpec said: “As a company based in North Yorkshire, TopSpec is delighted to be sponsoring this exciting new Supreme Ridden Championship.
“It is a wonderful addition to the show which has always been one of the highlights of the summer in Yorkshire but is now also the premier agricultural show in England attracting more than 130,000 visitors each year.
“We look forward to a busy three days seeing friends and customers on our stand which once again is positioned overlooking the President’s Lawn.”
Preliminary judging for the Top of the North Supreme Ridden Championship will take place in the White Rose Ring on the Thursday morning of the show.
Champions from the Novice Ridden Hunter, Ridden Hunter, Working Hunter, Ridden Coloured, Ridden Cob, Ridden Mountain & Moorland, and winners from the Ladies Side Saddle, Small Hunter, Four-year-old Hunter, Retrained Racehorse and Ridden Irish Draught classes will qualify.
