Cardiff Horse Show, also the Cardiff and South Wales Horse Show [1] or Royal Horse Show [2] was an annual horse show held in May [3] in Cardiff, south Wales in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It attracted farmers from all across Glamorganshire, and was held at Sophia Gardens. [4] [5]
The show was hugely popular, with 16,000 people attending over two days in 1896. [6]
The competition consisted of various exhibits with entrants competing to be best in class. In 1985 there were 51 categories consisting of 11 for harness horses, 10 for hunters, 9 for trotting and jumps, 7 for brood mares, 6 for cart and colliery horses, 5 for hacks, and 3 for hackneys. [7] [8]
