2017

A marriage proposal, a prestigious show jumping competition and the formal hand over to the new President of the Great Yorkshire Show, rounded off the final day of an exciting show. As the 2017 [...]

A marriage proposal excited visitors to the Great Yorkshire Show today when a plane flew over the showground asking for a hand in marriage. Keighley army veteran Luke Davison proposed to [...]

Thousands of visitors flocked to the second day of the Great Yorkshire Show which saw a visit from a Cabinet Minister and young competitors take centre stage. More than 20,000 cars filled the car [...]

An action packed first day launched this year’s Great Yorkshire Show with winners crowned and celebrities taking to the GYS catwalk. Some of the biggest titles of the day were decided in the [...]

Catwalk queens met Charolais cattle, rare tractors rolled into town and a leading sculptor put the finishing touches to her life-size horse…. it can only mean one thing! The Great Yorkshire Show [...]

A ‘Golden Horse’ which stands more than 2m high will be turning heads at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show. But it won’t be the animal’s speed or grace in the Main Ring that will be attracting the [...]

The Michael Spink Memorial Perpetual Trophy has been launched by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society in honour of a local young farmer. Mr Spink was a 24-year-old dairy farmer from Knaresborough [...]

Olympic show jumping legend Graham Fletcher and son took to the showground today to put brand new facilities to the test ahead of the Great Yorkshire Show. Oliver Fletcher, aged 14, rode horse [...]

Stunning new ladies Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS) jackets are now on sale due to popular demand. Following the runaway success of the men’s tailored YAS jacket last year, the Society has [...]