APHS London Counties Show

The APHS London Counties Show, our Flagship Summer Show,  was established in 1988 and has  always allowed any breed of horse or pony to compete on equal footing with each other - whatever the breed or turnout. So whether you have a plaited show pony, a traditional Gypsy Cob or an American Saddlebred turned out saddle seat you can be sure you will be judged to your breed standards and criteria.

Sadly after a lifetime (25+ years) at Pachesham, we have had to find a new venue for 2024. We are very pleased to announce that the 2024 venue will be:

For those of you that know this venue, part of it is on a slight slope, but it is far less than the slope at Hickstead! Ring 1 is completely flat and this will host our Veteran classes and our Ridden Foreign Breed classes.

With 60-odd classes being offered in 4 rings, there is bound to be something suitable for you - whether you are new to showing and want to compete in our novice, local and walk/trot classes, or if you are a breed connoisseur and wish to compete in your breed specific classes. We offer some of the best rosettes and sashes available, with PC trophies in all championships, plus lots of prizes and awards that have been kindly donated to us. Some of our competitors have been with us since we started - the best compliment we think to our events. We also have some very generous sponsors - without whom we would not be able to bring you a show of this stature.

This is our "bling" show & our prize show. Championships will be pinned to 3rd place and all class winners will receive a championship size blinged rosette (class winners automatically receive sashes too).

This is open to ALL our Champions, Reserves & Second Reserves, from all of our 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 (you can also qualify at our London Counties Show) and cards must be submitted with your entries.

This is open to ALL our first, second & third Veteran class winners from all of our shows in 2024 and awards will be presented to 6th place in the Finals.

Qualifying cards will be handed out in each of our classes and may be passed down the line if horses have already qualified, no lower than 6th place). Only those pre-qualified can take part (you can also qualify at our London Counties Show) and cards must be submitted with your entries. 

This show is a VHS Gold Ticket qualifier for the 2025 VHS National Championships - our Champion & Reserve Veterans will qualify.

This is open to ALL our first, second & third Junior/Youth class winners from all of our shows in 2024.

Qualifying cards will be handed out in each of our classes and may be passed down the line if horses have already qualified, no lower than 6th place). Only those pre-qualified can take part (you can also qualify at our Autumn Show) and cards must be submitted with your entries.

These will be presented in all our Championships throughout 2024 (excluding the Youth Championships) - to be eligible to be considered for the Amateur Award (in any championship) you MUST be wearing a white armband. All winners of these awards are eligible to come forward for our Champion of Champions in 2024, where the highest placed Amateur Owned, Trained & Shown exhibitor will win a special award and £50.

All our events are independently run and as such no membership is required to take part.  We also run these events to give back to the showing community - every penny raised is ploughed back into the show fund (to fund more events - we have grown from one event a year to four); as well as making donations to our nominated charities. Who nominates our charities? You do - we run a poll on our social media group every year for our members to decide who they want their nominated charities to be.

We affiliate to a number of societies and end of year championships (some of these you need to join within so many days of the show in order to take part in the championships you have qualified for, but not the classes at our event). 

2024 LONDON COUNTIES DATE: 8th September

2024 LONDON COUNTIES Judges: 

Ring 1 (AM) & 2 (PM): Julie Crowley

Ring 2 (AM) & 4 (PM): Vera Huddleston

Ring 3: Pauline Levi-Tilley

Ring 4 (AM) & 1 (PM): Keegan Holland