page_title: Royal Adelaide Show
section_title: Competitions
hierarchical_section_title: Royal Adelaide Show / Competitions
caption_attribution_description: Draught horse, Agricultural Show on old showgrounds, Frome Road, Adelaide, c. 1905. The Agricultural Show located at Frome Road from 1890s until moving to Wayville in 1925. This image shows a man in a suit and hat holding the reigns of a draught horse who stands, taller than him, in front. They are on a large grassed area, possibly an oval, with crowds of people in the background, and further behind them a group of buildings can be seen.
context_page_description: The Royal Adelaide Show is an annual agricultural show run by the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia. It is held at the Adelaide Showground, a dedicated venue located in Wayville, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
  Core to the show are the competitive entries, such as livestock, pets, arts, food, beverages, and displays of skill. The show features entries in 63 competitive sections, and attracts over 31,000 entries annually. In addition, the show features entertainment, exhibitors, sideshows, rides, and showbags. It is attended by up to half a million people every year, making it the state's biggest event. It is also regarded as "the longest running event on the South Australian calendar".
context_section_description: The society runs a number of competitive sections at the show in six categories:
  Livestock: alpacas, beef cattle, dairy cattle, goats, horses, pigs, poultry/pigeons & eggs, sheep & wool.
  Pets: aquarium fish, caged birds, cats, cavies, dogs, dog grooming, flyball, rabbits, reptiles.
  Food & beverage: beer & cider, chocolate, commercial fruit, dairy products, grains & fodder, honey, olive oil, professional baking, spirits, wine.
  Junior competitions: cookery, Girl Guides, horticulture, junior art/craft/design, junior textiles, Scouts, technology, young judges.
  Individual talents: art prize, cookery, farriers & blacksmiths, handicrafts, horticulture, orchids, photography, sheaf tossing, woodchopping.
  Entertainment: drones, mascots, sheep dog trials, ute show.
  In 2014, 16,993 ribbons were awarded to individual prize winners.
caption: Agricultural Show on Frome Road, Adelaide, c. 1905.
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