With a sold-out Show on Saturday, this year’s event welcomed over 212,000 visitors from across the UK and beyond for four packed days of livestock competitions, cutting-edge farming innovation, family entertainment and traditional skills.
Over 6,000 livestock were welcomed, including 700 cattle, 2000 sheep, 400 heavy horses, 1,700 light horse entries, from 2,500 competitors
327 prestigious trophies and a prize fund of £195,000 were competed for and awarded at this year’s Show including the Queen's Cup which was awarded to champion goat, Messrs Webster and Smith with Guilden Elm. This is the 15th time in 45 years the pair have won the Queen’s Cup.
Over 750 exhibitors, stretching across food, drink, clothing, artisanal crafts and agri-trade were in attendance.
Over 56,000 pints were poured over the four days, with 24,496 of those pints served up by the Show’s beer partner, Innis & Gunn the “Guiness Ripple Machine” which helped to served-up thousands of pints topped with Royal Highland Show logo by using 3D printing technology to create what’s known as a ‘Stoutie’.
