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Dutch Texels top Royal Welsh Winter Fair

Dutch Texel lambs took the top awards in both the live and carcass sections at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair, earlier this week. Taking the live lamb championship were a pair of Dutch Texel cross…

Wiz Kid daughter leads Royal Welsh

This year’s Royal Welsh Show, Builth Wells, saw a shearling ewe by Eden Valley Wiz Kid awarded the championship following the disqualification of an entry which had previously been awarded the championship. The decision meant…

Lambs lead at Great Yorkshire

This year’s Great Yorkshire Show, Harrogate, saw lambs taking the top honours under judge Gordon Gray, Ettrick, with David McKerrow and family taking the male and supreme championship with their winner from the open ram…

Females flourish at Royal Highland

It was a clean sweep for females in the championship at the Royal Highland Show this year, with judge Iolo Prys Jones praising the exceptional quality and strength in depth in the female classes in…

Youth to the fore at Royal Bath and West Show

Youth was the watchword at the Southern England Texel feature show at the Royal Bath and West Show, Shepton Mallet, with young judge David Bradley-Farmer taking on the task of picking the winners and lambs…

Interbreed success at Balmoral for Texel breeders

Texel breeders enjoyed success in the interbreed competitions on the final day of at last week's Balmoral Show, with the breed champion Jack Gault's aged ewe, taking the reserve overall interbreed championship under judge Brian Davies,…

Ubercool daughter leads warm Balmoral

The first of the main summer shows saw a strong turnout of Texels at the Royal Ulster Show, with an aged ewe by Duncryne Uber Cool taking top honours in the early summer sunshine. Leading…

Texels lead at Royal Northern Spring Show

Texel crosses dominated the prizes at yesterday’s Royal Northern Spring Show, Thainstone, taking the championships in both the prime and breeding sheep sections. Championship honours in the prime sheep fell to a pair of Texel…

Welsh Winter Fair success for Texels

Texels continued their successful run at this year’s major winter fairs, picking up both the championship and reserve overall championship at the Welsh Winter Fair, Builth Wells, as well as the reserve pairs carcass championship.…

Texels do the double at LiveScot

Texel cross lambs were dominant in the sheep rings at Livescot, with both the championship and reserve championship titles going to Texel sired entries. Leading the way were the leaders from the heavyweight butchers’ lambs…

Texels take tickets at English Winter Fair

Texels fared well at this year’s English Winter Fair, Stafford, taking the reserve overall championship in the live lamb section and also the reserve carcass championship. Lifting the reserve overall championship was Kate Gunn with…

Procters lead the Royal Welsh Show line up

ROYAL WELSH SHOW 2016 Leading the championship line up at today’s Royal Welsh Show, Builth Wells, was the winner of the aged ewe class and the female championship, Procters Farm’s PFD1302614. This daughter of…

Clarks take Great Yorkshire championship

This year’s Great Yorkshire Show saw a bumper turnout of Texels for judge Nigel Hamill, with the female classes and notably the gimmer class being among the strongest ever seen at the event. Fittingly…

First Highland championship for Clark family

It was ladies day in the Texel classes at this year’s Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh, with the overall championship going to the winner of the gimmer class and the reserve overall title taken by the…

Shearling ewe wins at Royal Bath and West

This year’s Society Southern feature show at Royal Bath and West saw a bumper entry and quality throughout the classes in front of immediate past president Henry Gamble. A strong contingent of local exhibitors put…

Aged tup leads quality Balmoral line up

An aged tup led the way at this year’s first major show of the season, Northern Ireland’s Balmoral Show, with quality in depth in every class.