While the weather turned against Summer Royal with a few scorching days and that evil wind that finds all of Werribee Parks dust and dumps it on you, nothing could be taken away from the professionalism of how this years event was run – 10 out of ten to the organisers with every ring running to time, coupled with rings distinctly visible and sectioned off, they had the whole ground looking a treat and horse owner friendly, again their extreme effort to keep classes on time to the schedule was fantastic.

Like any Royal where you have so many sections covering all our wonderful breeds, it is near impossible to give a detailed account of each class, but the highlight of the show [and what a super idea too] was the début of the Melbourne Royal Show's inaugural Best in Show.

A weather forecast for a scorching 40 degrees probably deterred many spectators from watching Melbourne Royal Show's inaugural Best in Show, where Supreme Champions of each breed competed for $500 prize money, a rug and trophy.  From Miniature Pony to Clydesdale, it was   certainly unusual to see so many diverse breeds competing together in one ring.

The event commenced at 1pm, which was a good call as it offered entertainment for spectators and competitors alike during the usually quiet lunch time. All entrants were required to provide an info sheet for announcer Grahame Barker and this provided good background commentary.

All the horses looked stunning, as you would expect from Supreme Champions!  There were three independent judges which included the  well-known John Patterson; each judge was to select three horses to  progress to the final round but there was some doubling up (great  minds think alike!) as seven horses were called forwards for final  judging, including the Highland Pony, Thoroughbred, Riding Pony,  Pinto and Warmblood.  Each horse was stood up and trotted out again for the judges, who then awarded each horse a score out of 20.  Two of the scored were made public while the third remained silent.