As an exciting addition to the Textravaganza National Texel Show, the Texel Society is pleased to announce the inclusion of a ram lamb sale.
The sale will be open to any ram lamb which has been placed in the top 10 places of any ram lamb class in the National Show.
However, anyone considering selling ram lambs will need to pre-enter them when making their show entries. The sale will be subject to the usual Society sale entry fee, but this will only be charged to ram lambs going forward for sale and will be charged after the event.
Society chief executive John Yates said the sale would present an ideal opportunity for breeders from Northern Ireland to buy ram lambs in time for use in this year’s breeding season, bearing in mind the need for 40 days continuous residency on a GB mainland holding prior to export to Northern Ireland as a result of export rules introduced under the Northern Irish Protocol.
“Of course the sale will not just be of interest to Northern Irish breeders and I’m sure many breeders will see the value in having an opportunity to buy ram lambs earlier in the season and get them home and adjusted to a different regime prior to the breeding season.
“However, in order to keep the sale compact and manageable within the time constraints of the day it will only be open to those ram lambs which have stood in the top 10 places in the ram lamb classes in the show. This will add an extra dimension to both the judging and the sale,” he added.
Entries for the Textravaganza inaugural Texel National Show and associated gimmer and ram lamb sales open on Friday 11th June and can only be made via the Texel Society website at www.texel.uk/nationalshow
