With wonderful weather, this year’s Cornwood Show was described by one organiser as a “very happy day”.

People arrived in their droves from all directions, and the team selling tickets and organising the car park park had to work really hard to keep up.

Once in the showground, there was so much for people to do and see. One of the highlights for many was the hobby horse dressage – Karon Yeoman led her team in an impressive demonstration of classic dressage movements and a beautiful quadrille to music, all astride hobby horses.

There was a ‘stable’ of hobby horses, hobby dragons and hobby bats in the village market for children to decorate with glitter and pom-poms. And the children then showed off their creations in a hobby horse parade followed by a tiny gymkhana course.

The family races were a great attraction, with many people getting involved. The family dumpy bag race is always a favourite, with one grown-up and two children jumping inside a dumpy bag and racing from one side of the ring to the other, with the adult then having to drag the children back to the start inside the bag.

The family dog race was quite chaotic, but good fun. There was an entertaining display of horsemanship (on real horses this time) by Kim Pilling and her team of young Fitzworthy riders. And the Two Bridges Flyball club gave a wonderful display of dog handling skills.

There were more sheep than ever in the sheep show, organised by Ann Willcocks, with the new ‘any other pure breed’ class attracting a lot of interest.

The family dog show had many entries, and organiser Maggie Hall said it was amazing to see so many beautiful pets on show.

Adrian Stokes, who manages the terrier and lurcher classes, said that there were fewer terriers than last year but that the quality of those in the classes was excellent.

The horticulture marquee was managed by Jenny Rowland for the first time this year, and Jenny did a wonderful job of ensuring the entries were well displayed.

And newly-installed Stannator of Plympton, Andrew Hill, who has strong family links to Cornwood, formally welcomed people to the show at 1pm and later presented cups and trophies to winners of the horticultural classes.

There were lots more entries in the pet show than last year, thanks to Christine Smith’s hard work. Organisers said it was lovely to see the rabbits back - last year they were not allowed in the show due to a nasty type of rabbit flu.

The poultry show was well subscribed with a wonderful variety of birds and eggs on display.

Linda Osman, vice chair of the committee said: “Visitors to the show were spoiled for choice when looking for something to eat or drink and the variety of stalls was amazing.

“Several of the traders who came said that they really love the atmosphere of the Cornwood Show because it is such a family day and that there are very few of these traditional shows left in Devon and Cornwall. So we should treasure and support what we have.

“I would like to thank everyone who came to support our village show; all who took part in the classes; all who helped set-up and take-down the marquees; all who helped on the day and also the hardworking committee, who will get a break after the Cornwood Horse Show!”

“And on behalf of the committee, we’d like to say a big thanks to Sarah Bradley, chair of the committee for the first time and who did an amazing job.”

Cornwood Horse Show will take place on Sunday, August 20, at Cadleigh Farm, Lee Mill.

For further information, visit www.cornwoodshow.btck.co.uk, or search for Cornwood Show on social media.