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The Clydesdale Horse Society

The Clydesdale Horse Society was set up in 1877 in order to promote and protect the Clydesdale Horse. The Society was formally launched in June 1877.

The Clydesdale Horse Society was initiated on the eve of the Glasgow Stallion Show on the last Tuesday of February 1877. The first, or retrospective, volume of the Clydesdale Stud Book, was published the following December when the breed was already a century and a half old. The Society maintains an Executive Committee of a President, Vice President, Treasurer and Immediate Past President. This Committee heads up a Council of 49 members with three Council members from 15 areas. Ireland is represented by two areas, Northern Ireland and the Republic, with three Council members from each.

25/10/2026

Update on Foal Registrations 2026

2026 has been a pretty good year for registrations.

Thank you to all Breeders registering this year.

With one c**t passport going out tomorrow all c**t foal registrations have been completed and passports issued.

In terms of fillies currently we await results for just over 60 foals. DNA is taking 5 or 6 weeks to come back.

I am waiting patiently for these results to come in .... as am I patiently waiting for your Winter Fair entries.

Looking forward to hearing from you and being in touch.

10/10/2026

HUGE Congratulations

Elaine Ramsay

HOYS Driven Heavy Horse of the Year Champion 2026.

Well done to all the other competitors too.

Now updated following receipt of more results.

Second placed was John Mcintyre

Third was John Mcintyre's entry driven by Ron Brewster. This was the top placed Clydesdale in the Class.

10/10/2026

Ormiston Clydesdale Foal Show

28th November 2028

Coxhill Farm, Candie, FK2 0BU

Poster attached.

Schedule and Entry Form on Clydesdale Horse Society Website

www.clydesdalehorsesociety,com

Go to 2026 Affiliated Show Page.

08/10/2026

Lucy Stewart, Isla Miller, and Stobilee Zak

What stars!

We in the Clydesdale Horse Society cannot be more proud of this fabulous team in winning the Barber Family Ridden Heavy Horse Championship at HOYs today.

What a team you are and so well deserved.

Huge congratulations to you all.

And a huge 'well done' to Katie Willey who came a splendid 4th.

We salute our 5 Clydesdale entries - including Kaitlyn, Sally and Isla again for getting there because just to be being there makes you Champions.

Well done to all the competitors of all the Breeds - you have all done the Heavy Horse World incredibly proud.

06/10/2026

Horse of The Year Show (HOYs)

If you happen to be down at HOYs this week look out for two rather special classes where Clydesdale folks are represented:

Class 31 – Thursday - Barber Family Ridden Heavy Horse of the Year Championship

Kaitlyn Marshall
Sally Langley
Isla Miller
Katie Willey
Isla Miller (Again)

Class 41 – Saturday - Driven Heavy Horse of the Year Championship

John Mcintyre
Ron Brewster
Isla Miller
Elaine Ramsay

Hearty congratulations to these excellent qualifiers and we wish you all the very best of luck. Most of all have a ball and enjoy the experience.

As a Breed Society we congratulate to all the qualifiers into these two wondeful classes which will create a fabulous show piece for the various Heavy Horse Breeds represented.

03/10/2026

Message from Lanark Clydesdale Foal Show

This show is affiliated to the Clydesdale Horse Society and schedule and entry form can be found on the CHS Calendar of Events page and on the show’s FB page - Lanark Clydesdale Foal Show.

CHS Shield and Young Handler’s Class.
No entry fee for either and Young Handlers will receive prize money, Show and CHS rosettes and a “ goodie bag” as well as being a qualifier for the National Final at the Royal Highland Show in June 2007.

29/09/2026

Delighted to be able to promote this event being organised by CHS members in the membership area, Area 9.

Promises to be a great, informative and interesting evening but please remember to book using the details on the flyer form.

22/09/2026

Foal Registrations

It's time for me to be 'Really Grumpy Secretary' as opposed to 'Normal Grumpy Secretary' once again and to remind and cajole you into the realisation that the 2026 foal registration deadline for this year is only just over a week away on 30th September.

Registration fees can double if you don't get your forms in on time according to our Society's rules. Don't tempt me - 'cos remember I'm grumpy!!!

Foal registrations are pouring in at the moment and these will be dealt with in order of receipt and arrival here in the office.

DNA tests are taking a good few weeks to come back right now.

If you haven't got your forms yet then please get in touch with me urgently by sending me an email to

[email protected]

I'm just waiting to hear from you.

22/09/2026

Kilmarnock Foal Show

The first foal show of the 2026 season is the Kilmarnock Foal show which takes place on Saturday 24th October 2026 at Ayr Cattle Market.

Always an exciting day to see the first batch of foals for the year on parade and the show would be even more delighted if you would enter.

A copy of their schedule is on the Clydesdale Horse Society website at the Affiliated Show section and is capable of being downloaded from there.

The Secretary, Mary, tells me that there is no official entry form but they will take entries on the day or by telephone call beforehand.

So get your entries in and make this first show of the season a truly spectacular event.

18/09/2026

Nice to be able to report on this once again.

Thank you to Janice Dunbar for supplying.

Congratulations to everyone involved.

Lanarkshire Confined Points Trophy - 2026

2026 – the Chinese year of the horse and it was definitely the year of the Clydesdale Horse at the Lanarkshire Summer Shows – with 4 of the shows crowning their Supreme Champion with a Clydesdale Horse - Biggar, East Kilbride, Carnwath and Strathaven show’ Champion of Champion was the Clydesdale Horse.

This year’s winner of the Lanarkshire Confined Points trophy is Fairybank Barbie a homebred 2 year old filly from Willie and Janice Dunbar winning for the second consecutive year. Her sire is Doura Magic Touch and she is out of Doura Ballerina. The filly was Champion Clydesdale at Lesmahagow, Biggar, East Kilbride and Chapelton show and taking Champion of Champions at Biggar and East Kilbride.

Reserve this year is West Forth Twiggy another a homebred yearling filly from T,J& P Tennant. Her sire is Singlie Limited Edition and out of West Forth Jenny Wren. She was Champion Clydesdale at Carnwath and reserve Clydesdale at Biggar Show, also taking Champion of Champions at Carnwath. She also stood reserve female at the Roya Highland Show this year.

Strathaven show was won by a non-Lanarkshire Clydesdale Doura Puzzle, she is bred and owned by Charlotte Young, the filly went on to win Champion of Champions on the day.

The top 4 places and points are shown in the table below

Place Horse Points

1st Fairybank Barbie 19
2nd West Forth Twiggy 8
3rd = Boat Lady Roberta 7
3rd = Westown Iona 7

Across the Lanarkshire shows there was a total of 69 horse appearances of which 30 were Lanarkshire horses, Biggar was the best attended show for 2026 with a total of 19 horses competing.

The Jackton Smiddy Trophy (donated by the late Jock Weir) and rosettes (donated by Lanark Foal Show) will be presented at Lanark Foal show on Saturday 31th October @ Lanark Market.

Address

7 Turretbank Place
Crieff
PH74LS

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	12pm - 4pm
Friday	9am - 4pm

Telephone

07720 895870

Website

http://www.clydesdalehorsesociety.com/

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