Shearling ram Hexel Four Square from Procters Farm, Procters, led the championship line up at the Royal Highland Show, taking the male championship before going on to be tapped out as overall champion by Irish judge Flor Ryan.
Four Square, a son of 2022 First Season Sire of the Year Rhaeadr Entrepreneur is out of a dam by the noted breeder Procters Chumba Wumba and was purchased at Lanark last year for 32,000gns on a day when son’s of his sire sold to a top of 130,000gns.
Following him through to take the reserve male and reserve overall championships was the winner of the open ram lamb class, IJS2307787 from the Innes family, Strathbogie. Sired by the 28,000gns Auldhouseburn Fancy Pants, he is out of a dam by the 4600gns Milnbank Dance Monkey
Scooping the day’s female championship and winning the gimmer class for the second year in a row were Alan Clark and family, Garngour. Their leader was CJN2208631, a daughter of the 34,000gns Lanark purchase Claybury Dunkirk out of a homebred dam by Procters Chumba Wumba.
Taking the reserve female championship was Sheena Woodrow, with her aged ewe, XMM2121426 from the Newmains Islay flock. Purchased for 7500gns last December as an in-lamb gimmer, she is another by Dunkirk and is out of a Knock Yardsman-sired dam. She had previously stood fifth at the Royal Highland as a gimmer last year.
The day’s opening class, the aged rams was won by Robert Cockburn, Knap, with Dundas Evolution. He’s by Mitchelhill Actionman and out of a dam by Midlock Yohann and bought for £10,000 at Kelso last September as a shearling.
Then in the texelplus ram lambs the winner came from Gordon Gray, Ettrick, with GGH2315108, a lamb by Sadlerhead Fury and out of a ram by Claybury Dunkirk.
And the ewe lamb class saw the Strathbogie flock claim another red ticket, this time with IJS2307808. This one is a full ET sister to the first prize tup lamb and reserve overall champion, being by the 28,000gns Auldhouseburn Fancy Pants and out of the same Milnbank Dance Monkey-sired dam.
The day was rounded off with the annual members’ reception which was enjoyed by more than 50 exhibitors, members and friends of the Society.
Class Results
Aged rams
1 – Robert Cockburn’s Dundas Evolution
2 – Robert Laird’s Cowal Escobar
Shearling Rams
1 – Procters Farms’ Hexel Four Square
2 – Robert Laird’s Deveronvale Fastrac
3 – Procters Farm’s THF2205507
4 – Sandy Hunter’s HEW2208156
5 – A J E Calder’s WXK2206876
Ram lambs
1 – James Innes’ IJS2307787
2 – David McKerrow and Sons’ DMN2300357
3 – William Knox’s KWJ2302625
4 – Douganhill Farms’ GCK2317060
5 – Robert Cockburn’s CKP2307488
texelplus ram lambs
1 – Gordon Gray’s GGH2315108
2 – David McKerrow and Sons’ DMN2300375
3 – Messrs Campbell’s KOB2315258
4 – William Knox’s KWJ2302662
5 – Procters Farm’s PFD2306063
Aged ewes
1 – Sheena Woodrow’s XMM2121426
2 – Procters Farm’s PFD2104616
3 – Gordon Gray’s GGH21011142
4 – William Knox’s KWJ1901849
5 – K, A and R Campbell’s CKC2012163
Shearling ewes
1 – J and H Clark’s CJN2208631
2 – Andrew Clark’s CFT2200687
3 – Robert Cockburn’s CKP2206632
4 – Robert Cockburn’s CKP2206657
5 – William Knox’s KWJ2202411
Ewe lambs
1 – James Innes, IJS2307808
2 – Robert Cockburn, CKP2307530
3 – William Knox, KWJ2302657
4 – J & H Clark, CJN2308800
5 – Gordon Gray, GGH2315046
Overall champion
Procters Farm’s shearling ram Hexel Four Square
Reserve overall champion
James Innes’ ram lamb IJS2307787
Male champion
Procters Farm’s shearling ram Hexel Four Square
Reserve male champion
James Innes’ ram lamb IJS2307787
Female champion
J and H Clark’s shearling ewe CJN2208631
Reserve female champion
Sheena Woodrow’s aged ewe XMM2121426
