With less than two weeks left until the Show it’s time to introduce our President for 2024, Mrs Cherry Grover. This is what she has to say about her involvement with the Show.
‘My first Woodbridge Show was in the 70’s and was held on a meadow at Hasketon. We showed a Shire mare (Whittlesford Dot) in our red show dray. Since then l haven’t missed many shows. The Show then moved to the Hasketon Race Course and finally to the Suffolk Showground. During these years we have shown many geldings and always a Single Turnout. l remember when only Suffolk Horses were allowed to attend.
I am passionate about the Show and proud to be President in it’s 150th year. This show was always known as the Suffolk Breed Show where owners would bring their Stallions to be paraded for the beginning of the Show Season. Years ago the Show was held in March for this reason. It was then moved as the weather was always so bad and we got very little support and no public visitors.
As the interest in Suffolks is very promising, we all hope the Show will continue and get all the support it deserves.’
The Show Committee would like to thank Cherry for her continuing support of the Woodbridge Horse Show as President, Exhibitor and Judge.

The winners of all classes at this year’s Show will receive a commemorative horse brass celebrating 150 years of the Woodbridge Horse Show.
The brasses have been provided by The Heavy Horse Enthusiast and kindly sponsored by Jayne Groom
Light Horse classes are still open and you can enter online here.

Food & Drink for the 2024 Show

• Bay Tree Pizza
• Ice Cold Slush
• Queen Bee Coffee
• Simpson’s Sweets
• Gourmet Grill Masters
• Whip it Like Webber

Tradestands

• Boo’s Barking Bakery
• Equine Splendor
• Hamilton Bloodhounds
• The Heavy Horse Enthusiast
• Suffolk Horse Society
• 20/20 Equine

More information at https://woodbridge-horse-show.org.uk/links/

To celebrate 150 years of the Woodbridge Horse Show we will be putting together an exhibition of photographs from the Show throughout the years. The exhibition, which is being kindly arranged by Jayne Groom, will be open for people to visit at the Show in May.

We will also be uploading as many of these photographs as possible onto Facebook, Instagram and our website so anyone who cannot make the Show can still celebrate its history.

If you have any photographs that you would like to be considered for inclusion in this exhibition please get in contact with us through our email. Any information you can provide about the photo (year, horse name, rider name, class etc) would be greatly appreciated.

Please be advised that the conformation Judge for the ridden Suffolk Horse class has changed. The Judge will now be Mrs Evans.

The schedule for the 2024 Woodbridge Horse Show will be available online from 6pm on Friday 1st March 2024.

The 150th Woodbridge Horse Show will take place on Monday 6th May 2024. Join us for a special celebration as we look back at the history of the Show. More details to follow soon.

If you haven’t already done so, go check out the professional photos from the show on Monday at Eventing Focus.

The Show Committee are proud to announce our first ever winner of the Light Horse Supreme Championship, Victoria Reek and her horse Barsham Dragonfly (Ernie).

After the show Victoria explained that she had only owned Ernie since February this year after buying him from her friend Lucy Thompson who has sadly been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Although she has ridden for many years, 12yr old Ernie is the first horse she has owned and Victoria says he now has a home for life.

Unfortunately Lucy was unable to attend the Show but Victoria says she was the first person she phoned. Lucy is understandably very proud of them both.

Victoria and Ernie are based at Wodehouse Stud near Norwich and this was their first (but hopefully not last) visit to the Woodbridge Horse Show.

Congratulations to you both!!!

A massive Thank You to all of our wonderful Judges, Stewards and Volunteers without whom this show would not be possible!