Millars ewe takes Balmoral top ticket

Father and son duo Cyril and Martin Millar, scooped top honours among the Texels at the season’s first major show, Balmoral, when lifting the overall championship with their aged ewe, VMG2002193.

Sired by the 7500gns Lanark purchase Lauder Cobra, she is out of a Charben Yankee Boy daughter. This two-crop ewe is backed by a show winning pedigree, with Cobra himself having won the ram lamb class at the 2019 Royal Highland Show.

Having come through as female champion, this ewe was followed through the championship line up by the reserve female champion and winner of the ewe lamb class, James Herdman’s HKP2302426 from the Templepark flock.

This ET-bred lamb is by the homebred Templepark Eye Candy and out of a Milnbank dam. Carrying on a rich vein of form for the Templepark flock, a brace of full ET siblings to this ewe lamb stood first and second in the ram lamb class, with the winner of this class being HKP2302423. He went on to be male champion under judge Roy Campbell, Cowal.

James Herdman then went on to enjoy interbreed success with his first prize winning ewe lamb and ram lamb scooping the interbreed pairs championship under judge John Stephenson, Barnard Castle.

Back with the females and the gimmer class was won by Jack Moses with his daughter of the 18,000gns Lakeview Eye Catcher, WWB2201776. This one is out of a dam by Knock Classic and goes back to the prolific Castlecairn Doodlebug on her sire’s side.

Standing reserve male champion was James Cleland, Rose Hall, with the leader from the aged ram class, Botera Embrace. Sired by Hexel Dallas, he is out of a dam by Midlock Yorkie.

And leading the shearling rams was another from the same home, this time Larkhill Frank. He’s by Alderview Eldorado and out of a dam by Mullen Captain Jack.