Robert Cockburn’s Knap flock, Errol, Perthshire, took the female and overall championship at the inaugural Textravaganza National Show, Carlisle, with the winner being the leader from the day’s open gimmer class.
Coming through under female class judge John MacGregor, Allanfauld, this one is by the 17,000gns Sportsmans Cannonball, himself a Garngour Alabama son, and is out of a dam by the 32,000gns Mullan Amigo.
She also caught the eye of male judge, Richard Henderson, Ballynahone, when the two judges came together to decide the overall championship.
Both judges praised the gimmer for her strength and style combined with an exceptional carcass.
Taking the reserve overall championship was the reserve female champion and second prize gimmer from a strong class. This was from the Sportsmans flock of Boden and Davies and was BGS2004570.
Sired by the 65,000gns Lanark champion Garngour Craftsman, this one is out of a dam by 42,000gns Knockem Abracadabra.
Leading the way in the male classes and the best exhibit of the opposite sex to the champion was the first prize ram lamb from the open ram lamb class, with this one coming from D McKerrow and Sons, Nochnary. This was Nochnary Eusebio a son of the 3500gns Tamnamoney Dalrida, himself a son of Procters Cocktail.
He’s out of a homebred dam by 28,000gns Knock Banker and is currently entered for the English National Sale, Worcester.
Reserve male honours fell to the second placed ram lamb from David Dunlop, Holtridge. This lamb, Holtridge El Primo is by Mellor Vale Dakota, a Garngour Craftsman son and is out of a dam by the 75,000gns Teiglum Younggun.
This one later sold in the event’s ram lamb sale, taking a bid of 6000gns and selling to Alan Clark, Garngour, Messrs MacGregor, Allanfauld and Gordon Gray, Ettrick.
In the first class of the day the winner was Milnbank Bacardi from J and C Connell, with this one being a son of the Irish sire Greenstar Alfie out of a Strathbogie Untouchable-sired dam.
In the aged ewes the winner was the Knox family with their ewe KWJ1901849 from the Haddo flock. This ewe is by Texel Born To Be Wild and is out of a dam by Garngour Vintage.
And then the shearling ram class was won by Gordon Gray with a homebred shearling, GGH2010045, with this being son of Ettrick Cockney Rebel and out of a Clinterty Yuga Khan daughter.
The day’s texelplus ram lamb class was then won by Cowal Excalibur from the Campbell family. This son of Texel Django is out of a dam by Knap Alligator.
Following on in the YDP shearling ewe class was Thomas Ayrton with a Sportsmans Cannonball daughter out of a Craig Douglas ewe by Mullan Amigo.
In a strong class of ewe lambs the winner was Jack Arnott with AWJ2102481. She’s a daughter of the homebred Haymount Crackerjack and out of a dam by Garngour Ambassador.
And in the YDP ram lambs the winner was Moorsley Edge from the Brennan family. He’s by the homebred Moorsley Bertie and out of a dam by Milnbank Alejandro.
The day’s final class the group of three was led by a trio from Procters Farm.
Aged ram
1 – J & C Connell LYM1803073
2 – W & C Ingram IGM1927579
3 – J & S Priestley IGB1822914
4 – J & S Priestley IGM1927576
Aged ewe
1 – W J Knox KWJ1901849
2 – Boden & Davies BYZ1922968
3 – J Aiken AXC1900113
4 – R Wilson LYM1903470
5 – G Gray GGH1909028
Shearling ram
1 – G Gray GGH2010045
2 – D & T Bradley Farmer FDT2002684
3 – W Duthie MZH2000624
4 – G Gray GGH2010021
5 – D & T Bradley Farmer FDT2002634
Shearling ewe
1 – R Cockburn CKP2004684
2 – Boden & Davies BGS2004570
3 – J & H Clark CJN2006926
4 – W J Knox KWJ2002083
5 – R Cockburn CKP2004691
Texelplus ram lamb
1 – K, A & R Campbell CKC2113582
2 – D McKerrow & Sons DMN2100377
3 – Procters Farm PFD2104673
4 – G Gray GGH2111105
5 – D Gray GCT2112383
YDP shearling ewe
1- T Ayrton AYR2007454
2 – E MacTaggart MTR2001287
Open ram lamb
1 – D McKerrow & Sons DMN2100375
2 – D Dunlop DJJ2100174
3 – R Wilson LYM2104271
4 – Procters Farm PFD2104674
5 – B Lowe LWE2100290
Ewe lambs
1 – J Arnott AWJ2102481
2 – J & H Clark CJN2107503
3 – C & J Nicholson NIC2117010
4 – R Cockburn CKP2105697
5 – Procters Farm PFD2104654
YDP ram lamb
1 – T M & R Brannen QBT2100535
2 – T M & R Brannan QBT2100542
Group of Three
1- Procters Farm
2 – G Gray
3 – K, A and R Campbell
4 – T M & R Brennan
Male champion
D McKerrow & Sons DMN2100375
Reserve male champion
D Dunlop DJJ2100174
Female champion
R Cockburn CKP2004684
Reserve female champion
Boden and Davies BGS2004570
Overall champion
R Cockburn CKP2004684
Reserve overall champion
Boden and Davies BGS2004570