The Royal Show Closed to Visitors on Wednesday

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Message on the Royal website to say that the show is closed to visitors tomorrow due to health and safety reasons. All the HOYS qualifiers will go ahead as planned.
 
Good gracious!! Does it specify why? Will you be there? I saw your lovely cob at EofE. Were you at Norfolk?
 
Unfortunately I'm not surprised either
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Good luck in your classes FMM, can't remember when you said they were though
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This is a pic of the walkways yesterday - BEFORE we had the really bad rainstorm at about 5pm. And this is the all weather surface, so you can imagine what the rest of it looks like.
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The mud is knee deep. All the cars and lorries are getting stuck in the car park and are being pulled out by tractors. Then theres the mud around the stalls. Even though there are concrete roads the stalls are on grass and even 50 tonnes of bark a day is doing nothing
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It really is dreadful here!
 
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Good gracious!! Does it specify why? Will you be there? I saw your lovely cob at EofE. Were you at Norfolk?

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Thanks! We had a win in the small riding horses yesterday and a 2nd in the large RH. Back today for coloureds which are in the ring at the moment. I am working today, so waiting for an update!
 
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The mud is knee deep. All the cars and lorries are getting stuck in the car park and are being pulled out by tractors. Then theres the mud around the stalls. Even though there are concrete roads the stalls are on grass and even 50 tonnes of bark a day is doing nothing
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It really is dreadful here!

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Ahhh fair enough. The joys of an English Summer
 
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Ooo excellent news! Fingers crossed for the current class. How is Boots?

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He is very well thanks! - couldn't enter the Royal with him as the judges were old producers of ours. Hoping to take him to Great Yorkshire (if it is still on
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PRESS RELEASE

Royal Show to conclude a day early

Saturated showground increases public safety concerns

The Royal Show at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire is to finish a day early but organisers are to continue to run the horse event to make sure Horse of the Year Show (HOYS) qualifying rounds can be completed.

The decision, taken by the honorary show director Mark Spencer with his chief stewards, will see livestock classes completed a day early and public told not to visit the 168th Royal Show on Wednesday (July 4) because health and safety precautions are being implemented.

Mark Spencer says that the unusually high rainfall since the show started on Sunday resulted in the normally sound showground and car parking areas becoming saturated.

“We consulted with our own health and safety officers, Warwickshire police and viewed Met Office forecasts to arrive at the decision,” he says. “We managed showground and car parking ground conditions before and during the first three days of the show, spreading large amounts of wood chips, chatter and straw. However, continuing heavy rain showers meant the ground could not take more water. We had no option other than to protect the safety of visitors, standholders and others involved in the event.

“Clearly we are very disappointed to have made the decision to end the show a day early but are sure everyone will understand that safety is paramount.

“Our stewards are intent on running the equestrian competitions on the higher, and therefore drier, ground to ensure those competing in HOYS qualifying rounds are not disappointed.”

Organisers called on the broadcast and online media to announce the decision and to point out to the public that the show would not run on Wednesday.

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I heard a rumour this morning that Great Yorks might be cancelled and rang the secretary to check. Anyway she reckons it will not be cancelled cos they cant afford to.
Up until I phoned (about an hour ago) she'd had 150 calls this morning from people who had heard it might be cancelled and they'd all pretty much heard it from the Royal.
Anyway its raining up here as I type so if it does carry on the ground is going be pretty cut up.
Lets just keep our fingers crossed for some wind and sun
 
The Royal competitors started a similar rumour about RIHS. I called RIHS this morning and they laughed and said they had no intention of cancelling!
Northern Horse show has been moved indoors this weekend and I think they are now only doing the HOYS qualifiers.
 
This weather has got to improve soon - I am only a little amateur so I can get away with staying put, but am really want to do a show this month with Stinky to keep him ticking over the for the BSPA WCC - better be nice by then as I intend to be camping at Keyso.
 
Camping at Keysoe!!!!
Take a look at this ... (the first pic - the others were my son practising with his new camera). When Keysoe gets wet it gets VERY wet!
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Methinks a good ground sheet is called for.

Thanks for letting me know what I can look forward to
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Last September at ASS was bad enough - everyone was kept awake with their rocking horseboxes (but I was curled up on the back seat of my car and very comfortable).

Sod the weather - I have worked hard to qualify and I will be there come wind, rain and hopefully shine.
 
There wasn't much there anyway--if the show gets any Smaller they can just use the pavements and that will solve the problem!
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