The prestigious RAS Gold Cup Awards
will return to our landmark 175th anniversary Show in 2026.

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.