This week’s Southern Feature Show at the Royal Bath and West Show, Shepton Mallet, saw big classes in front of Society chairman Steve Richardson, with the breed’s popularity in the south and south west evident in the strength seen in many classes.
Leading the way in the final championship line-up was well travelled exhibitor David Bradley-Farmer, Dumfries, with his shearling ewe, CKP1802809, a gimmer bred in Robert Cockburn’s Knap flock and sired by Mullan Amigo and out of a Mullan Playboy daughter.
This one had stood first in the gimmer class before being female champion and then overall champion under Mr Richardson, with the judge describing her as an exceptionally correct, stylish gimmer with excellent fleshing throughout her top and ends. “She was a stand out in the class and in the championship.”
She then went on to stand reserve interbreed champion on the second day of the show under Bleu Du Maine breeder Stuart Goldie, Thirsk, Yorkshire.
Reserve championship honours in the breed classes went to the reserve female champion and second prize gimmer from Paul and Christine Tippett’s Wilodge flock. This was TIP1801846, a Deveronvale Ace of Diamonds daughter out of a homebred dam by Strathbogie Terminator.
Taking the male championship was the winner of the shearling ram class from Fordwell Farm Partners, Maineview Brody, a Teiglum Younggun son out of a dam by Holylee Volcano.
And reserve spot here went to Georgie Helyer with the winner of the ram lamb class, HML1900701, a Strathbogie Wembley son.
In the first class of the day, the aged rams, the winner was Millar’s Action Replay from Fordwell Farm Partners and Ian and Fiona Andrews.This son of Cowal Yorkshire Lad is out of a dam by Knap Vital Spark.
The aged ewe class was won by Ian and Fiona Andrews’ Cattistock flock with AIC1600183, a Kauri Vesuvius daughter out of a Beautry-bred dam.
In the ewe lambs the winner was a lamb from Fordwell Farm Partners, with this one, CJF1900905, being by Maineview Brody and out of an Allanfauld Warlord-sired dam.
Winning both the group of three class and the pairs class was David Bradley-Farmer.
Results
Aged Tup
1 – Fordwell Farm Partners and Cattistock Texels’ Millar’s Action Replay
2 – Georgie Helyer’s Milnbank Africa
3 – Lisette Smith’s Nochnary Amigo
4 – Trevor Prew’s Ettrick Amaretto
5 – Mark and Alice Blakeney’s Cranleigh Ace
Shearling Rams
1 – Fordwell Farm Partners’ Maineview Brody
2 – Georgie Helyer’s Langford Boa
3 – David Bradley-Farmer’s Cairnam Bootsrap Bill
4 – Lisette Smith’s Partridge Nest Buzzing
5 – Anthony Carter’s
Ram Lambs
1 – Georgie Helyer’s HML1900701
2 – Fordwell Farm Partners’ CJF1900914
3 –Paul and Christine Tippett’s TIP1902449
4 – Mark and Alice Blakeney’s BZZ1904570
5 – Fordwell Farm Partners’ CJF1900941
Aged Ewes
1 – Ian and Fiona Andrews’ AIC1600183
2 – Lisette Smith’s MJH1805950
3 – Annabel Hole’s
4 – Hannah Edmunds’ KMH1500296
5 – Lisette Smith’s KDS1700349
Shearling Ewes
1 – David Bradley-Farmer’s CKP1802809
2 – Paul and Christine Tippett’s TIP1801846
3 – David Bradley-Farmer’s CKP1802788
4 – Georgie Helyer’s HML1800631
5 – David Bradley-Farmer’s CKP1802720
Ewe Lambs
1 – Fordwell Farm Partners’ CJF1900905
2 – Fordwell Farm Partners CJF1900918
3 – Paul and Christine Tippett’s TIP1902429
4 – Mark and Alice Blakeney’s BZZ1904557
5 – Mark and Alice Blakeney’s BZZ1904572
Champion – David Bradley Farmer’s shearling ewe
Reserve champion – Paul and Christine Tippett’s shearling ewe
Male champion – Fordwell Farm Partners’ shearling ram
Reserve male champion – Georgie Helyer’s ram lamb
See the full gallery of images from the show here
