IT’S full steam ahead for Bannow & Rathangan Show as they celebrate their 70th anniversary this year. Taking place on July 11th in Killag, Duncormick, Co Wexford, it is expected that visitors will exceed the 16,000 plus who attended in 2018.

With over 300 trade stands, a home industry section, a food hall, amusements and entertainment, there will be lots to keep the family busy.

The highlight equestrian event of the show and a spectacle well worth watching is the €6,000 Galway Irish Crystal/Belleek China three-year-old All-Ireland Horse Championship Final, presented by Bannow & Rathangan Show in conjunction with The Irish Shows Association and Horse Sport Ireland.

Prize

The winner will receive €800 and a Galway Irish Crystal Trophy and the reserve will also win a Galway Irish Crystal Trophy and €500 in cash, with prizes down the line and money to all who appear at the final. The breeder of the champion will receive a prize, as will the best filly and best turned-out horse and handler on the day.

For the 24th consecutive year, Pettitt’s SuperValu, a long-standing family business in Wexford, are sponsoring the Pettitt’s Novice Show Jumping Championship.

The show committee are also delighted to have secured the sponsorship for the National Grand Prix from racehorse trainer Jim Bolger, with a prize fund of €4,000.

The working hunter classes are kindly sponsored by Enniscorthy Show Society with a prize fund of €2,500, and with the Dublin Horse Show only a month on from the show, it will be an excellent warm on a good grass track.

In addition, there are in-hand classes, dressage, inter-hunt steeplechase, driving classes, donkey, sheep, cattle and a big dog show.