RAS GOLD CUP AWARDS
RAS GOLD CUP AWARDS
Important!
There will be no Royal Agricultural Show in 2025
As the Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) finalises its relocation from its premises of 122 years and we get our new home ready for you, we will be taking a break to plan new Royal Agricultural Show for 2026.
There will be no Royal Agricultural Show in 2025.
For the remainder of 2025, a “Royal Roadshow” will take place, as a way to consult with sheep farmers to strengthen the RAS’s ties with them ahead of our 175th anniversary in 2026.
Informed by this consultation process, the Gold Cup Awards will be able to return in full force in 2026 for our special 175th anniversary show, stronger than ever.
Winning a Gold Cup Award elevates the status of breeders and their winning animals.
This honour provides an immense reputational boost for bull, heifer, ram, ewe, semen and embryo sales during the winter sale season that follows the Royal Agricultural Show, and beyond.
At each year’s show, the champions from each cattle, sheep and goats breed competition move forward to compete in the Interbreed Championships for the coveted Royal Agricultural Society Gold Cup Awards, and the title of Supreme Champion.
RAS Supreme Champions are selected after rigorous judging by the most highly experienced and highly respected judges in South Africa.
The Gold Cup Awards will return in 2026.
