These rosettes are available to Show Societies free of charge, and are generously sponsored by the Millcroft Stud. It is hoped that they will encourage the showing of geldings in-hand, therefore creating a market for the often unwanted colt foal and enabling the creation of a network of potential performance prospects to represent the best Native breed in the World at the highest level.
Why not stage a specific “Gelding, 3yrs and under” Class for each Section to encourage young gelding exhibitors even more, giving them a greater chance of winning a red rosette? The winners of these classes, together with the highest placed gelding from your Barren Mare/Gelding Class can then go forward to compete for these free Millcroft rosettes.
Please state in your show schedules:
Welsh Pony & Cob Gelding Incentive Scheme – Overall Gelding Champion and Reserve, to be competed for by the highest placed geldings from each appropriate class within Sections A, B, C & D, generously sponsored by the Millcroft Stud.
John and Maggie Carter of Millcroft Stud have been long time campaigners for the development of gelding classes within shows. Anxious about the over production of colt foals they have sponsored the Millcroft Gelding Scheme for several years. Despite a slow start, they have been encouraged to develop the scheme and in 2012 they will extended their support to a new National Gelding Championship.
The Championship which will be held in conjunction with the National Welsh Show at Malvern on Sunday 12thAugust, will have the highest prize money on offer for geldings. Total sponsorship amounts to £2000 and there will be four classes – one for each section. Qualifiers will be held across the country at shows which participate in the Millcroft Gelding Scheme.
This news comes at the same time as the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society is finalising details of a new gelding section to be run at the 2012 show. Together, both initiatives should see a greater awareness of the value of the Welsh gelding.
Provisional List of Shows with Millcroft Rosettes 2012
17th March - Towerlands Show
25th March - West Yorkshire WPCA Show
25th March - Midland WPCA Show
7th April - North Eastern WPCA Show
15th April - Northern All Welsh Show
29th April - East Midlands WPCA Show
7th May - North Eastern WPCA Show
12-13th May - Newark & Nottinghamshire Show
2nd June - Derby County Show
7-8th June - Suffolk Agricultural Association Show
10th June - Northern All Welsh Show
14th June - Surrey County Agricultural Society Show
1-2nd August - Bakewell Agricultural & Horticultural Society
9th August - Okehampton & District Show
12th August - National Welsh Show
16th August - Denbighshire & Flintshire Show
27th August - Pontardulais Agricultural Society Show
28–29th August - Scottish Horse Show
