APHS London Counties Show: open to ALL breeds & types of horses & ponies.
Established 1988.

APHS - FBS
Foreign Breed Society:
A Festival of Shows for all Foreign Breeds.
Membership welcomed from all interested parties - Foreign Breed ownership NOT required - if you wish to join simply to take advantage of our discounted entry fees for members you are all welcome.

Combining the best of British & American Showing

Independently run events (NO membership required) for those that want to put the fun back into showing.
"The best of showing from around the world."

Our aim

To bring a great days showing experience to all, no matter whether young or old, experienced or new to showing.
Our flagship show, London Counties, is open to everyone regardless what breed of horse or pony you have and makes donations after the show to local charities & good causes. 
Our nominated charities are TEAL (Therapeutic Equine Assisted Learning), a hippotherapy centre in Kent 
Dogstars Foundation & DOTS, a UK based charity for homeless people's pets.
In 2023 we donated £1,500 to these charities.

Established in 1988 our London Counties show combines the excitement and flair of the American and Foreign Breed classes with traditional English show classes, bringing you the best of both showing worlds and brings together over 35 years hands-on experience of events from across the world to bring you what we feel is a great mix. 

On offer are breed specific classes for British Breeds & Foreign Breeds, Coloured Classes, our unique Junior Junction classes and generic non-breed specific classes brought together for a great days show. Fabulous rosettes & sashes to all class winners,  (PC) trophies, numerous additional awards and prizes, a great annual event for you, helping others at the same time.
We've now grown to offer a number of events throughout the year, from Open Shows to Foreign Breed exclusive shows.
Click on the homepage of APHS Open Shows on the menu bar above and then use the drop down menu for more information.

Our APHS Foreign Breed Shows are a Festival of Shows to celebrate all the various foreign breeds and to offer an end of season National Championship Finals, which you need to have qualified for. (Please see our National Finals page for more details). At all of our events we have classes for both pure and partbred Foreign Breeds where no qualification is required. 

In addition, where-ever possible we  follow our passion and support other foreign breed shows and classes by offering sponsorship/awards - follow our Facebook Page to keep up to date of these competitions and awards. Click on the homepage of Foreign Breed Shows on the menu bar above and then use the drop down menu for more information on our individual shows and events. Again, superb rosettes, sashes and sometimes garlands at all our events, together with numerous prizes, awards and trophies are combined with panel judges and helpful stewards to give great days showing for everyone.

None of this is possible without the help of our wonderful sponsors, helpers and competitors.
If you would like to support us, we welcome your sponsorship - all levels are available from individual rosette sponsorship to supreme championship sponsorship.  All monies raised from these events go back into future shows, profits shared to charity/good causes or used to support similar events in the UK.
Please use the form below, or contact us directly for more information.

Schedules can be found for all our 2024 events at the bottom of this page and you can find out more about each event by using our menu at the top of the page.
All our 2024 shows are VHS Gold Ticket qualifiers.

We've also produce an end of season Annual, detailing all our events and winners over the course of the year. 
This is free to download (scroll to the end of the page to download the pdf file).
We are also offering a printed version for anyone wishing to purchase one
- please EMAIL us if you are interested (£10 plus P&P)

We look forward to seeing you at our events during the year.

PLEASE NOTE: If we have to cancel or postpone any of our shows due to the coronavirus (or any other infectious disease, equine or human), entries received will be carried forward to a rescheduled show date or refunded if the event is cancelled due to a lock down, less any administrative/handling fee incurred by ourselves (e.g. imposed by a third party such as banks, Stripe or PayPal). Your safety is important to us. 

New to Foreign Breed Showing? 
We know some of you join us as your first introduction to showing, or your first introduction to the "American" style of showing foreign breeds - and appreciate it can all be a bit daunting and confusing. 
Have a read through the Foreign Breed Show Rules, as it is very informative and is as useful to the competitor as it is to judges.
You can contact us via social media on our Facebook page or Facebook group
or you can EMAIL us direct.
Sponsorship Form 2020 APHS Annual 2021 APHS Annual 2022 APHS Annual 2023 APHS Annual

APHS Open Breed Show:
London Counties 
Show

(Photo: Robinsmoor Danny Boy, our 2019 Supreme Champion).

APHS LONDON COUNTIES SHOW
8th September 2024
Venue: Mid Surrey Pony Club Field, Walton on the Hill, Surrey, KT20 5BN.
(10 minutes from J8/M25).
 Postcode in Sat Nav doesn’t show exact location, so use GPS – Latitude N 51 17.180 / Longitude W 0 15.180


Judges: Julie Crowley, Keegan Holland
& 2 others TBC

Schedules can be downloaded by clicking on the blue icon below
Entries online for the via Equoevents

With in the region of 60 classes to choose from, we have something for everyone - from Miniatures to Shires and everything in between.  Catering for all levels - novices, amateurs and professionals. Our London Counties Show is affiliated to and has qualifiers for many other championship shows and includes our own Overall Supreme Champion of Champions, Veteran Finals, Youth Ridden Finals and Youngstock Finals.
2024 APHS London Counties Schedule click here to download

APHS-FBS
Foreign Breeds Shows

(Photo Danes CA, our 2019 ridden champion).

2024 Northern Counties Show
5th May 2024
Croft Top Equestrian Centre, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 2DP
Judges: Sally Chamberlain &
Sir Chris Porter
Concours Judge: Sheila Dinsdale
Online entries open Dec 2023
Schedule available
(click on the blue box below)
Will also include an extended Concours D'Elegance section with their own championship.


Invicta Show 23rd June 2024
Venue: White Horse Farm, Harvel, Kent, DA13 0RS
Judge: Britt Evans

Online entries open 1st Jan 2024
Schedule available
(click on the blue box below)


NEW! 2024 APHS South West Show
14th July 2024
The Avon Centre, Bristol, BS10 7QT
Judges: Sir Chris Porter & Vera Huddleston
Online entries open 1st Jan 2024
Schedule available 
(click on the blue box below)

All our events have a dedicated Foreign Breeds ring and our Spring & Solstice Shows are just for Foreign Breeds. No membership or qualification required. 
2024 Northern Counties Schedule CLICK HERE to download 2024 APHS Invicta Schedule CLICK HERE to download 2024 APHS South West Schedule CLICK HERE to download

For 2024, we are pleased to continue with our

CHAMPION of CHAMPIONS

VETERAN FINALE

JUNIOR RIDDEN FINALS

Held at our London Counties Show on 8th September (2024)

This is open to ALL our Champions, Reserves, Second Reserves & Amateur Champions, from all of our live shows in 2024 - in hand, ridden, youth, amateur and veteran.


Qualifying cards will be handed out in each of our championships and may be passed down the line if horses have already qualified, no lower than the places presented in the Championship concerned (so can be passed down to Second Reserve if the championship it is presented in awards to Second Reserve place, or to 6th place if the Championship it is presented in awards down to 6th place).


Only those pre-qualified can take part in these Finals (you can also qualify at our London Counties Show) and cards must be submitted with your entries.


PLUS we will be continuing with our innovative new championship - the HORSE TRUST BEST BODY SCORE CHAMPIONSHIPS for all competitors at the 2024 APHS events that have won a Horse Trust or Fit not Fat Award during the show season.


We also have a NEW Youngstock Championship for 2024 at London Counties and a new Foreign Breed Veteran Championship for 2024 at our Foreign Breed National Finals.

APHS-FBS
Foreign Breeds National Finals

(Photo: Doberlina, our 2019 FB National Ridden Champion).

Our Foreign Breeds National Finals will be held as a separate show on 6th October in 2024 (at Pickering Grange EC, Leics.)

Judges: Lisa Randles, Nigel Vale & Lorraine Hirons

Schedule can be downloaded by clicking on the blue "Foreign Breed National Finals" icon 
Entries online via Equoevents

This will be to celebrate our Foreign Breeds, combining our own National Championships for Foreign Breeds, with open classes too for all foreign breeds, both pure and partbreds.  There will be a range of classes open for qualified horses, shown by APHS-FBS members, as well as a range of classes for non-qualified/non-members.

Shows and events holding Foreign Breed classes in 2024 are invited to get in touch to become qualifiers for this unique championship event to celebrate Foreign Breeds in the UK.

Sponsors, Competitors & everyone who would like to support this unique celebration are invited to contact us for more details.

2024 Foreign Breeds National Finals Schedule click here to download

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Site last updated 7th March 2024
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