For the 6th year running Countryman Fairs is delighted to welcome the Skinners International Retriever Event to Highclere Game and Country Fair.


Outside of the shooting season, competitions for gundogs are held in many countries using working tests to simulate shooting in the field. Blanks are fired and canvas dummies are thrown instead of shooting live game.

The Skinner’s International World Cup Retriever Event is the largest and most prestigious retriever working test in the world. As you would expect from one of the world’s foremost sporting estates, Highclere Castle’s magnificent grounds have an ideal variety of woodland, parkland, field and water for the competition. The championship consists of two days of tests set to challenge the best dogs and handlers from an international field.