Alan Clark and family’s Garngour flock took the breed championship at the Royal Highland Show under judge Robbie Wilson, Milnbank, with the breed leader being their gimmer, CJN2107503.
Sired by the 15,000gns Procters Chumba Wumba, this one is out of a dam by former sire of the year Knock Bantastic and had previously been breed and interbreed champion at Lesmahagow Show earlier in the season.
She carries an index in the top 5% of the breed and is the same way bred as the 10,000gns Garngour Egor which sold at Lanark last year.
Taking the male championship and reserve overall ticket was two-shear ram Mellor Vale Déjà vu from John Forsyth and Stuart Barclay. This son of the 70,000gns Garngour Craftsman carries an index in the top 5% of the breed and is out of a dam by the 40,000gns Garngour Alabama and purchased at Lanark as a lamb for 40,000gns.
Reserve female champion was the aged ewe leader from Procters Farm, PFD2003768. Sired by the 100,000gns Sportsmans Batman, she is out of a dam by AngleZarke Uno.
And reserve male champion came in the form of the first prize winner in the shearling ram class from Douganhill Farms. This was the homebred shearling GCK2115079, a son of the Claybury Dazzler son out of a dam by Glenside King II.
Top spot in the open ram lambs was claimed by the Knox family with KWJ2202414. This lamb is by the 17,000gns Lanark purchase Harestone Eldorado, making him a grandson of the male champion. His dam, meanwhile, is by Hexel Born To Be Wild.
And the Knox family kept up their success when taking first in the texelplus ram lambs too, this time with KWJ2202513. Again, by Eldorado, this one is out of a Procters-bred dam by Sportsmans Batman.
The final class of the day, the ewe lambs was won by Robert Bennett, Plasucha, with BFE2212101. This daughter of the 75,000gns Sportsmans Express is out of a dam by homebred sire Plasucha Boss Man and carries an index in the top 5% of the breed.
Results
Aged Rams
1 – John Forsyth and Stuart Barclay’s Mellor Vale Déjà vu
2 – William Duthie’s Hexel Dragon’s Den
3 – Gordon Gray’s Claybury Dunkirk
Shearling rams
1 – Douganhill Farms’ GCK2115079
2 – Karen Wight’s Midlock Express
3 – John and Craig Connell’s CLJ2102263
4 – Ian Murray’s Hexel Evolution
5 – T, A and R Laird’s LTC2106111
Ram lambs
1 – W J Knox’s KWJ2202414
2 – Euan MacTaggart’s MTR2201427
3 – John P Forsyth’s FPG2202042
4 – John and Craig Connell’s CLJ2202361
5 – G Gray’s GGH2214323
texelplus ram lambs
1 – W J Knox’s KWJ2202513
2 – David Gray’s GCT2214564
3 – James Theyer’s THE2201022
4 – Gordon Gray’s GGH2214229
5 – Procters Farm’s PFD2205249
Aged ewes
1 – Procters Farm’s PFD2003768
2 – W J Knox’ KWJ2002083
3 – Allan Campbell’s CNK1901404
4 – Tom and Ian Walling’s TIW2015329
5 – T, A and R Laird’s LYC2005328
Shearling ewes
1 – J and H Clark’s CJN2107503
2 – John P Forsyth’s FPG2101957
3 – John P Forsyth’s PFJ2102689
4 – W J Knox’s KWJ2102250
5 – Allanfauld Limited’s XMM2121426
Ewe lambs
1 – Robert Bennett’s BFE2212101
2 – Douganhill Farms’ GCK2216039
3 – John P Forsyth’s PFJ2202698
4 – Andrew Clark’s CFT2200683
5 – J and H Clark’s CJN2208546
