Get these horsey summer dates in your diary

Top horsey days out to enjoy this summer wherever you are

Wondering what horsey days out you can enjoy this summer? Look no further! We have the lowdown on horsey dates to pop in your diary so you can make the most of everything that’s on offer around the country.

Horsey shows

• Hickstead Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup, 26–30 July – West Sussex
• Galway Races, 31 July–6 August – Galway, Western Ireland
• Gatcombe Park Festival of British Eventing, 4–6 August – Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire
• Horse racing at Newbury Racecourse with entertainment from Olly Murs, 19 August – Newbury, Berkshire
• Land Rover Blair Castle International, 24–27 August – Pitlochry, Perthshire
• Chepstow Summer International, 25–28 August – Chepstow, Monmouthshire

Agricultural shows

• Royal Welsh Show, 24–27 June – Llanelwedd, Powys
• Inishowen Agricultural Show, 7–8 July – Donegal, Ireland
• The Great Yorkshire Show, 11–14 July – Harrogate, Yorkshire
• Sutherland Show, 22 July – Dornoch, Sutherland
• Halifax Agricultural Show, 12 August – Halifax, Yorkshire

Horsey charities

• Redwings Horse Sanctuary – Essex, Norfolk, Angus (Scotland) and Warwickshire
• World Horse Welfare – Aberdeenshire, Somerset, Norfolk and Lancashire
• The Donkey Sanctuary – Belfast, Birmingham, Buxton (Derbyshire), Ivybridge and Sidmouth (Devon), Leeds and Manchester
• Mare and Foal Sanctuary – Newton Abbot, Devon

Heavy horse farms

• Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park – Verwood, Dorset
• Hay Farm Heavy Horse Centre – Crookham, Northumberland
• Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre – Tarporley, Cheshire
• Dyfed Shire Horse Farm – Crymch, Pembrokeshire
• Blackstone Clydesdales – Cumnock, East Ayrshire

What are you waiting for? Start planning your summer now!

Photo credit – Anne Coatesy