:00:00. > :00:00.200,000 people from all over the world.
:00:07. > :00:08.8,000 animals of all shapes and sizes, 150 acres
:00:09. > :00:18.Welcome to the biggest and best agricultural show in Europe.
:00:19. > :00:46.It's day three and the most eagerly anticipated day
:00:47. > :00:49.of the show because this is Welsh Cob Day,
:00:50. > :00:55.and some of the most beautiful horses you will see will do battle
:00:56. > :00:57.for one of the show's most prestigious prizes.
:00:58. > :01:01.You also have hounds, and the sheepdogs will show off their
:01:02. > :01:08.And no Welsh line-up would be complete without Gareth Wyn Jones.
:01:09. > :01:14.I'm back amongst the cattle for the big competition,
:01:15. > :01:16.the team of five, when even the judges will be judged.
:01:17. > :01:23.And comedian Omar Hamdi has been burning the midnight oil.
:01:24. > :01:28.I guess these guys will get a much better night's sleep than me
:01:29. > :01:32.because I'm not going to bed, I'm going offsite after dark.
:01:33. > :01:43.And you can keep up with the action of the show.
:01:44. > :01:48.A lot of the farmers who come here treat it
:01:49. > :01:51.But it's something of a Busman's holiday.
:01:52. > :01:59.And this could be called the farmers' toy department.
:02:00. > :02:05.You can find machines that will almost do all the work for you.
:02:06. > :02:13.On first view, it looks like a tractor that has
:02:14. > :02:16.It's all different tractors for different causes.
:02:17. > :02:19.This is 200 horsepower and is designed to steer itself.
:02:20. > :02:25.You have this yellow dome connected to the top.
:02:26. > :02:29.It will steer itself to an accuracy of two centimetres.
:02:30. > :02:38.Will the day arrive that you could be sitting in your living
:02:39. > :02:48.room watching TV with a computer game and letting your
:02:49. > :02:54.The days of levers and linkages are going.
:02:55. > :02:56.Everything is controlled by this computer screen.
:02:57. > :03:01.Extraordinary, and could you watch a movie if you wanted to?
:03:02. > :03:10.All you need now is a butler and a fridge.
:03:11. > :03:15.We can't do anything about the butler, but we do
:03:16. > :03:41.If there was a tractor that could do housework, I might be tempted!
:03:42. > :03:44.It turns out it's not just animals that can win prizes here.
:03:45. > :03:55.You're the machinery prizewinner at the Royal Welsh Show this year.
:03:56. > :04:08.We did have a nice big shiny trophy, but we had to give it back.
:04:09. > :04:12.We only had it for half an hour, it was very nice.
:04:13. > :04:14.Let's talk about this winning piece of equipment.
:04:15. > :04:19.This is a front-end loader and it goes on the front
:04:20. > :04:30.But I happen to know there are plenty of front loaders
:04:31. > :04:33.that go on the front of tractors, so what makes this prize-winning?
:04:34. > :04:36.We're really honoured to get this prize.
:04:37. > :04:38.This product is the culmination of five years and ?30
:04:39. > :04:45.The key to that was trying to develop something
:04:46. > :04:47.for the future that saves the farmer money and improves
:04:48. > :04:55.That sounds like it definitely deserves a prize.
:04:56. > :05:04.From a spectacular front-loader to somebody with an awful lot
:05:05. > :05:08.The horses here come in all different shapes and sizes -
:05:09. > :05:19.Whilst there are all kinds of horses to be seen here,
:05:20. > :05:21.the show is best known for being the ultimate showcase
:05:22. > :05:33.The smallest of these is the Welsh Section A,
:05:34. > :05:44.Section C, Welsh pony of cob type is next.
:05:45. > :05:58.Section D, the Welsh cob, is the Welsh largest section - strong
:05:59. > :06:05.They take centre stage at the Royal Welsh Show on Wednesday.
:06:06. > :06:09.Showing his Welsh cobs today is Jonathan,
:06:10. > :06:11.Jonathan, a massive day for the cobs today.
:06:12. > :06:22.We have all the mares and the stallions, which will
:06:23. > :06:25.The Main Ring will be five deep waiting for the cob stallions.
:06:26. > :06:29.The mares are a very big spectacle and some of the best will be
:06:30. > :06:49.she contracted a very bad virus within her stomach
:06:50. > :06:52.and she was due to be sold but because of illness,
:06:53. > :06:54.she was not allowed because she was not well enough
:06:55. > :06:58.to go to the sales and she stayed at home, and we have been very
:06:59. > :07:02.The last three years, she has competed at the Royal Welsh Show
:07:03. > :07:10.We all love her so much, she has put us on the map.
:07:11. > :07:14.The show everybody wants to win is the Royal Welsh Show.
:07:15. > :07:16.Fantastic, and really good luck to you today.
:07:17. > :07:28.Jonathan, you have just come out of the Main Ring, how did it go?
:07:29. > :07:34.Fantastic, she was fourth out of 45 mares, fantastic entry
:07:35. > :07:37.of mares, very pleased with the result.
:07:38. > :07:40.It takes a lot to exhibit a successful Welsh cob
:07:41. > :07:43.and a lot to be a judge, as today's Judge Daniel Morgan
:07:44. > :07:51.Kate went to meet him before the show.
:07:52. > :07:58.When you see a Welsh cob in action, you understand why they are such
:07:59. > :08:06.It takes decades of experience to produce an animal like this.
:08:07. > :08:15.I feel like I'm in the presence of The Queen!
:08:16. > :08:17.This is Gorgeous Lady, she is seven years of age.
:08:18. > :08:19.For Daniel Morgan, breeding cobs is in his blood.
:08:20. > :08:27.Yes, since I was that small, I have seen them.
:08:28. > :08:32.It is a quintessentially Welsh animal.
:08:33. > :08:37.Yes, it is, it has got to be beautiful, eye-catching.
:08:38. > :08:41.And the presence of the animal when she goes into the ring,
:08:42. > :08:45.or the stallion goes into the ring, captivates you straightaway.
:08:46. > :08:50.And they do have this wonderful physical presence, don't they?
:08:51. > :08:55.Looking at the shape of her, it feels like it's all about power.
:08:56. > :09:04.Yes, she has a wide chest and a good quarter as well.
:09:05. > :09:07.Daniel is the third generation of his family to judge at the show
:09:08. > :09:10.and he told me that looks aren't everything, it's also
:09:11. > :09:19.That was quite an acrobatic display, have you got your breath back?
:09:20. > :09:42.This is The Queen of the Park, she's 24 years of age now.
:09:43. > :09:45.She has had her coat again this year and...
:09:46. > :09:49.A beautiful, elegant animal, and I could not resist taking
:09:50. > :09:56.I might need to go and have a little lie down.
:09:57. > :10:09.That was an unforgettable day, and someone who has had
:10:10. > :10:25.an unforgettable night is Omar Hamdi.
:10:26. > :10:28.As you can see, the show is well and truly over for another night,
:10:29. > :10:32.but I have heard there are a lot of people who will be here late
:10:33. > :10:41.until the early hours, I am going to find them.
:10:42. > :10:44.It is gone midnight and all the cattle sort of are falling
:10:45. > :10:47.asleep and a lot of farmers are around them having a party.
:10:48. > :10:49.I thought they would be fully asleep by now,
:10:50. > :11:02.They are settled and chilled out and relaxing.
:11:03. > :11:06.Last year, we had a great time, the year before that, we had a great
:11:07. > :11:10.So what does this mean to people like you who are regular showgoers?
:11:11. > :11:13.It is a holiday for me, it is not just for farmers,
:11:14. > :11:17.We will all be up until about four o'clock and away we go.
:11:18. > :11:31.I will be sleeping with her tonight, just checking everything goes
:11:32. > :11:34.It is unbelievable how comfortable that animal and that person
:11:35. > :11:49.We will catch up with Omar's night-time adventure later,
:11:50. > :11:52.but I am in the food hall in search of Gareth Wyn Jones.
:11:53. > :12:00.Now, I thought I was the grandest person you knew!
:12:01. > :12:03.Apparently, that is not so, you have been hobnobbing with royalty.
:12:04. > :12:05.I went to meet the Prince of Wales, Kate.
:12:06. > :12:13.We had a long chat about local produce and traditional ways
:12:14. > :12:15.of farming and he was just so supportive.
:12:16. > :12:18.I offered him some of my lamb, do you know what he said?
:12:19. > :12:29.Young man, send me some of that mutton down!
:12:30. > :12:32.The Royals, as you know, have had a long association
:12:33. > :12:37.There is nobody from the Royal Family here this year,
:12:38. > :12:39.but it is not called the Royal Welsh Show
:12:40. > :12:56.There has been a Royal connection with the show since 1907,
:12:57. > :12:58.when George Prince of Wales agreed to become the patron.
:12:59. > :13:01.The George Prince of Wales Cup is still a coveted prize today,
:13:02. > :13:03.awarded for the best Welsh cob at the show.
:13:04. > :13:06.King Edward VII was also a regular visitor to the early shows,
:13:07. > :13:08.competing with his Hereford cattle, although he often left
:13:09. > :13:13.It would take until 1922 until the Welsh Show was awarded
:13:14. > :13:16.Royal patronage and became the Royal Welsh Show.
:13:17. > :13:18.Thw 1947 Royal Welsh at Carmarthen welcomed a young Princess Elizabeth
:13:19. > :13:21.for the first time and The Queen remains the patron today.
:13:22. > :13:23.Since the show settled in its permanent home
:13:24. > :13:25.at Builth Wells in 1963, the Royal family have
:13:26. > :13:31.The Royal Welsh Show brings people together -
:13:32. > :13:33.royalty, landowners, farm owners, tenants and farm
:13:34. > :13:34.workers, coming together to celebrate agriculture and rural
:13:35. > :13:59.Still to come: We've got a beauty contest for cattle.
:14:00. > :14:02.Omar braves the Young Persons' Village.
:14:03. > :14:06.And we find out which Welsh cob trots away with today's prize.
:14:07. > :14:12.Somebody else who hasn't just made his family proud,
:14:13. > :14:15.but the whole Welsh country, is Kevin, who came second
:14:16. > :14:38.in the World Sheepdog Trials in Holland last week.
:14:39. > :14:42.That looked like a very efficient round, Kevin, will you win today?
:14:43. > :14:48.But things went well and we are just waiting for the judges.
:14:49. > :14:50.Being on the world stage, as you were last week,
:14:51. > :15:02.We travelled to Holland and there were 240 of the best dogs
:15:03. > :15:04.in the world and I was lucky to come second.
:15:05. > :15:09.I know you are a border collie man and most people when they think
:15:10. > :15:16.of herding dogs they picture these lovely, little, spry dogs.
:15:17. > :15:18.But most herding nations have their own indigenous herding
:15:19. > :15:22.dogs and I have to say, and I know Kevin disagrees,
:15:23. > :15:26.that the Welsh sheepdog is amongst the finest.
:15:27. > :15:52.It is the most beautiful partnership between human
:15:53. > :15:55.and animal that I know, but four years ago I would
:15:56. > :15:59.never, ever have dreamt that I could do this.
:16:00. > :16:02.There is one person who has really helped me get my head around
:16:03. > :16:13.For farmer Adeline Jones no other breed can compare
:16:14. > :16:22.They have got a history that goes back hundreds of years.
:16:23. > :16:36.The other is that they are immensely practical.
:16:37. > :16:39.You can work with sheep or cattle or pigs.
:16:40. > :16:43.What is it that actively makes these dogs Welsh sheepdogs?
:16:44. > :16:47.It is the fact they are upright on their feet and they are very
:16:48. > :16:50.mobile and they can be vocal and not that stalking, fixed stare
:16:51. > :16:53.I know you have got some young dogs here today.
:16:54. > :16:56.Can we have a look at them showing off?
:16:57. > :16:58.I would love to show them off, but I cannot necessarily tell
:16:59. > :17:09.That is the other thing about the Welsh collie.
:17:10. > :17:12.Is it Saffy, the little young black and white one?
:17:13. > :17:19.She will turn in with her mouth, but she is not biting.
:17:20. > :17:25.They look like they are enjoying themselves and having a good time.
:17:26. > :17:29.But seeing Welsh sheepdogs work like this is still a rare sight.
:17:30. > :17:34.At one stage the breed was close to dying out.
:17:35. > :17:41.When the society was started, 20 years ago in 1997, they found 66
:17:42. > :17:50.Now we have got just about 2500 which we have bred over 20 years.
:17:51. > :17:54.But as far as farmers are concerned, these are really good,
:17:55. > :18:02.Certainly, I would not be without them.
:18:03. > :18:09.They are just very special working dogs.
:18:10. > :18:14.The Welsh Sheepdog Society celebrates its 20th anniversary this
:18:15. > :18:17.year and it is thanks to its work that these wonderful dogs
:18:18. > :18:20.will remain a feature of this rural landscape for many
:18:21. > :18:33.The show is an enormously important social event for farmers of all ages
:18:34. > :18:36.and when darkness falls there is just one place to be
:18:37. > :18:41.and that is the Young People's village, as Omar discovered.
:18:42. > :18:45.I didn't know exactly what that meant, the Young People's Village.
:18:46. > :18:49.It is a village in the middle of nowhere devoted to young people
:18:50. > :18:59.Scott, you are here at the Royal Welsh.
:19:00. > :19:08.This is one of my favourite gigs that I do all year.
:19:09. > :19:10.I do a lot of freshers' gigs, students all the year-round,
:19:11. > :19:14.but this is literary travelling miles and it takes about four
:19:15. > :19:24.hours and you get around the corner and it is all here.
:19:25. > :19:28.What is it that keeps drawing you back year after year?
:19:29. > :19:31.It is the energy of the crowd, it is 5000 young people.
:19:32. > :19:48.You can play anything and they love it, it is a proper party crowd.
:19:49. > :19:51.Omar, I am impressed, you have gone native.
:19:52. > :20:03.It was brilliant, I was drinking a lot of coffee but it was amazing.
:20:04. > :20:07.I was on stage DJing with Scott Mills, it
:20:08. > :20:16.And the first time ever at the show, did it change your expectations?
:20:17. > :20:19.Yes, it did, I like goats more than I thought I would.
:20:20. > :20:38.Do you think you will be back next year?
:20:39. > :20:39.Definitely, I have already booked it.
:20:40. > :20:42.Thank you for being with us and undertaking that midnight mission.
:20:43. > :20:44.One of the most unusual competitions is the team of five.
:20:45. > :20:49.One of the highlights of the show for me every year
:20:50. > :20:53.is this competition, the beef cattle team of five.
:20:54. > :20:56.The breed judge chooses the five best matching animals
:20:57. > :21:02.It is from all the entries at the show and not all
:21:03. > :21:17.This is a real clash of the Titans and someone who is an expert in this
:21:18. > :21:22.To make a team it is important there is at least one male or one
:21:23. > :21:28.female in the group, so you could have a combination
:21:29. > :21:31.of four females and one male, or four males and one female
:21:32. > :21:40.It is up to the breed judge to match these and this
:21:41. > :21:47.It must be even and that is what happened when the three judges
:21:48. > :21:51.It is not a question of individual animals, it is the team.
:21:52. > :22:06.There are a lot of cattle here at the moment.
:22:07. > :22:10.There are 75 animals here representing 15 breeds
:22:11. > :22:15.which we are glad to see, but we have also got our native
:22:16. > :22:24.We have also got the beef shorthorns and they go back to 1882.
:22:25. > :22:27.We have also got the Continental cattle in here which are represented
:22:28. > :22:31.It will be exciting to watch this climax.
:22:32. > :22:33.Everybody will be on their toes towards the end.
:22:34. > :22:41.It is a very hard job, but he will line them up at the end
:22:42. > :22:45.and get them down to eight and then down to four groups and then down
:22:46. > :23:00.to two groups and then he will decide the champions
:23:01. > :23:03.and the reserve and that will be our climax today.
:23:04. > :23:08.He has already picked four teams and he will select his champion
:23:09. > :23:14.This is really exciting and there is a massive crowd here.
:23:15. > :23:31.We have just come to the climax and the Charolais have won it
:23:32. > :23:47.It is like winning the World Cup in Rugby.
:23:48. > :24:19.This is such a popular competition where the crowd and the atmosphere
:24:20. > :24:31.When the winner is announced a mare called Trevelyan Rosanna,
:24:32. > :24:38.My goodness, something tells me this might be the winning corner.
:24:39. > :24:42.Can you tell me what has just happened?
:24:43. > :24:54.Nelson has won it and he is a lifelong friend and everybody loves
:24:55. > :25:03.him. And now it is time to meet
:25:04. > :25:06.the winner of the George And here she is,
:25:07. > :25:10.our triumphant winner and triumphant breeder,
:25:11. > :25:14.Nelson. Congratulations, she
:25:15. > :25:16.is a beautiful mare. Our dams produced several champions
:25:17. > :25:27.and when she was born and she was a foal, I knew
:25:28. > :25:30.she was going to be The looks, the way she moved,
:25:31. > :25:44.everything about her. What we did, at Christmas I gave it
:25:45. > :25:50.to him as a Christmas present, that was his Christmas present,
:25:51. > :25:53.Dean, his mare, and he is the owner. And you did all the hard work
:25:54. > :25:56.and the running around in the ring. When you are on a stage like this
:25:57. > :25:59.at the Royal Welsh Show, It feels like you are floating,
:26:00. > :26:17.like it is not real. When you came out here today,
:26:18. > :26:20.did you have any sense that you might be walking away with one
:26:21. > :26:23.of the most important prizes of the whole
:26:24. > :26:25.of the Royal Welsh Show? We always thought she was good
:26:26. > :26:28.enough to win it, and when Grandad gifted it to me he said she would be
:26:29. > :26:31.good enough to win I am absolutely delighted
:26:32. > :26:38.for all of you. Do you think her foal can
:26:39. > :26:40.be a future champion? I think she will, you will see
:26:41. > :26:43.her at a future show. Watch this space, this could be
:26:44. > :26:47.a future winner of the George, Let's now go to some
:26:48. > :27:05.of our other winners from today. # Lightning, this
:27:06. > :27:09.is what you came for. # Lightning strikes
:27:10. > :27:11.every time she moves. # And she is looking
:27:12. > :27:31.cool, cool, cool. # Lightning, this is what you came
:27:32. > :27:32.for. # Lightning, strikes every time she
:27:33. > :27:41.# Lightning, strikes every time she moves.
:27:42. > :27:56.# And she is looking cool, cool, cool, cool.
:27:57. > :27:59.That is all we have got time for today but we will be back
:28:00. > :28:01.tomorrow for the fourth and final day.
:28:02. > :28:12.I am up at the sheep shearing shed and we have got
:28:13. > :28:15.a fantastic competition between New Zealand and Wales.
:28:16. > :28:19.I will be meeting some goats who seriously have a hairstyle
:28:20. > :28:22.to compete with mine and fabulous foodie Andi Oliver will be
:28:23. > :28:29.raiding the food hall and putting up a storm.
:28:30. > :28:32.the food hall and cooking up a storm.