Judge James Draper, Claybury, found his Royal Highland Show champion in the form of Keith, Alan and Roy Campbell’s aged ewe from their Cowal flock, CKC2113649.
Sired by Hexel Django and out of a dam by Teiglum Charmer, she had previously been breed champion at the Royal Welsh as a gimmer in 2022 and reserve champion at the Great Yorkshire in the same year.
Standing reserve to her having been tapped out as male champion was the Innes family’s ram lamb IJS2408651. He’s by the 28,000gns Auldhouseburn Fancy Pants and out of a dam by the 38,000gns Cressage Enforcer.
The Innes then kept up their winning ways, taking the reserve female championship with their first prize ewe lamb, IJS2408660. Sired by the homebred Strathbogie Gladiator, himself a son of Fancy Pants, she’s also out of an Enforcer-sired dam.
And reserve male championship honours went to the second prize ram lamb from Sandy Hunter’s Wedderburn flock, HEW2409765. He’s a Sadlerhead Fury son out of a Teiglum-bred dam by Knock Yardsman.
Taking the red ticket in the first class of the day, the aged rams, was Society Spotlight Award winner Ewan MacTaggart with Allanfauld Firecracker. This son of Claybury Dunkirk is out of a dam by a Knock sire and has a terminal index in the top 5% of the breed.
Ewan then repeated his success, taking top spot in the shearling rams too, this time with the homebred MTR2301506 from his Rascarrel flock. He’s by Peniel First Class and out of a homebred ewe by Haymount Dallas Cowboy.
Gordon Gray’s Ettrick flock then lead the charge in the texelplus ram lambs, with the class winner here being GGH2416223. He’s by the 30,000gns Clarks Gray Goose and out of a dam by Midcombe Brigadier.
In the gimmers Kenny Pratt’s Hilltop flock swept to the fore with PKH2303501, an Auldhouseburn Fancy Pants daughter out of a dam by Castlecairn Diamond Vision.
Class Results
Aged rams
1 – Ewan MacTaggart’s Allanfauld Firecracker
2 – J and J Aiken’s Greenall Fisticuffs
3 – Keith and Andrew Campbell, Haymount Foremost
4 – Ian Murray’s Duhonw Fury
5 – G Gray’s Sadlerhead Fury
Shearling Rams
1 – Ewan MacTaggart, MTR2301506
2 – Douganhill Farms, GCK2317129
3 – Allanfauld Ltd’s Allanfauld Gaffer
4 – Sandy Hunter’s Wedderburn Gucci
5 – A J E Calder’s WXK2306958
Ram lambs
1 – J Innes and Sons’ IJS2408651
2 – Sandy Hunter’s HEW2409765
3 – David and James McKerrow’s DMK2400067
4 – David and James McKerrow’s DMK2400047
5 – Allan Campbell’s CNK2405365
Texelplus Ram Lambs
1 – Gordon Gray’s GGH2416223
2 – D J McKerrow’s DMN2400638
3 – Keith and Andrew Campbell’s KOB2416746
4 – Allan Campbell’s CNK2405260
5 – W J Knox’s KWJ2403025
Aged ewes
1 – K, A and R Campbell’s CKC2113649
2 – J and J Aiken’s AXC2100221
3 – J and H Clark’s TWF2101130
4 – W J Knox’s KWJ2002083
5 – James Innes and Sons’ IJS2105975
Shearling ewes
1 – Kenny Pratt’s PKH2303501
2 – Kenny Pratt’s PKH2303482
3 – Douganhill Farms’ GCK2317029
4 – Douganhill Farms’ GCK2317021
5 – K, A and R Campbell’s CKC2315047
Ewe lambs
1 – James Innes and Sons’ IJS2408660
2 – Keith and Andrew Campbell’s KOB2416809
3 – Allanfauld Ltd’s XMM2427866
4 – Sandy Hunter’s HEW2409758
5 – W J Knox’s KWJ2403071
Male champion
J Innes and Sons’ ram lamb IJS2408651
Reserve male champion
Sandy Hunter’s ram lamb HEW2409765
Female champion
K, A & R Campbell’s aged ewe CKC2113649
Reserve female champion
James Innes and Sons’ ewe lamb IJS2408660
Overall champion
K, A & R Campbell’s aged ewe CKC2113649.
Reserve overall champion
J Innes and Sons’ ram lamb IJS2408651