RAS GOLD CUP AWARDS
RAS GOLD CUP AWARDS
Important!
As there will be no events held in the Royal Agricultural Show’s Cattle, Sheep and Goats sections in 2025, there will be no Gold Cup Awards.
As the Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) finalises its relocation from its premises of 122 years and we get our new home ready for you, a different Royal Agricultural Show is planned for 2025.
Unfortunately during this time, cattle, sheep and goats will not be able to have a presence, and there will therefore be no Gold Cup Awards.
A “Royal Roadshow” is planned, as a way to consult with cattle, sheep and goat farmers to strengthen the RAS’s ties with them ahead of our 175th anniversary in 2026.
Informed by this consultation process, these sections and the prestigious Gold Cup Awards to their Supreme Champions 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.
In 2025 there will be no Gold Cup Awards, as we will be holding no livestock events (as explained here).
The Gold Cup Awards will return in 2026.
