Area associations’ regional herd competitions have now all drawn to a conclusion.
The society extends its thanks to those who have judged area competitions, and Pat Stanley of Blackbrook Longhorns, Leicestershire for judging the overall national herd of the year competition, and travelling around the UK to do so.
The results are as follow:
Achieving 200 entries forward for the second year running, the National Hereford Virtual Show has proven to be the opportunity in 2021 for all breeders of Hereford cattle registered in the horned section of the UK Hereford herd book to showcase their stock.
Entries were once again received from herds far and wide and the standard of quality provided a considerable task for the international judging panel to position each of their 14 class winners, runners-up and champions.
This task fell to Aled and Jen Jones of Dendor Herefords, Wales; Anselm Fitzgerald of Grianan Herefords, Republic of Ireland and Erica Haliday of Ben Nevis Angus, Australia, who were all separately asked to place every animal in each class and to make their final selections from the winners to decide the male and female championships, which were also contributed to by a public vote.
Drumatee Rocket
Taking the male championship and receiving a £150 feed voucher kindly offered by NHC Virtual Show sponsor Manor Farm Feeds was Drumatee Rocket, owned by JR Whitlow and family of HighHouse Herefords, Worcester. Spotted as a calf by the Whitlows as a potential future herd sire, Rocket was purchased at the NIHBA premier show and sale at Dungannon back in February 2020 from breeder John Conlon, County Armagh. Sired by two-time winner of the best stock bull award in the NIHBA herd competition, Cill Cormaic Nevada, and out of Drumatee Blossom 813, it was selected as the winner of the January 2018 to August 2019 class of bulls and proved consistently popular both with the public and judges.
Erica Haliday admired the quality throughout the male championship describing it as ‘a great class of bulls from start to finish’, praising Drumatee Rocket for having ‘natural thickness through the lower part of his hindquarters and [being] muscled closely to the hock.’
Clipston Pansy B3
The overall female champion came from the largest class of the competition with 29 entries forward, for cows born between September 2015 and August 2018. It was Clipston Pansy B3, owned by PRJ and LR Vincent, Norfolk, and bred by R and R Westaway, Market Harborough, which triumphed with its January 2021-born calf Pulham Pansy 28th at-foot. The calf further proved the quality of the outfit by also achieving a fourth place from 19 entries in the youngest heifer calf class.
As her choice for female champion, judge Erica Haliday praised the animal. She said: “She is a stunning female who best combines structural correctness and natural thickness with an extra special quality element; mostly this is in her beautiful fine skin which indicates softness, doing ability and carcase quality.”
Clipston Pansy B3 is sired by the renowned Irish bull Moyclare Malcolm bred by M Molloy, Offaly and is out of Clipston Pansy K15. As winners of the female championship, the Vincent family receive a Moocall calving sensor kindly sponsored by Moocall, who have been great supporters of NHC events in recent years.
Dieulacresse Tic Tac
Following a remarkably successful showing of entries from the Dieulacresse herd, yielding top-five placings for eight of their animals across seven classes, the competition finished with both the reserve male and reserve female championships awarded to home-bred animals from Messrs Spooner, Leek. In the male ranking it was Dieulacresse Tic Tac, winner of the January 2020 to August 2020 bull class, which took the reserve male champion title and garnered high praise again from the judges. Erica Haliday described it as a ‘standout bull for quality who adds a flawless combination of natural thickness and correctness, as well as having balance and sire appeal’. This bull’s pedigree is full of quality breeding including grand-sire Mara Humorous bred by RN and MA Borwick, a prolific producer of show winners, and itself a winner of the HCBA best stock bull and progeny award in 2016.
Dieulacresse Dowager 41st
Winning the reserve female championship was Dieulacresse Dowager 41st also from Messrs Spooner, Leek; winner of the most senior female class of the show for cows born in August 2015 or before. Born in October 2014 and with January 2021-born heifer calf Dieulacresse Dowager 56th at-foot, this cow is by the prolific Australian AI sire Mawarra After Shock, of which the EU semen rights are jointly owned by the Dieulacresse and Haven herds. This cow was described by judges Aled and Jen Jones as a ‘good smooth cow [with] very little waste on her and an excellent udder’.
Among the further class winners, it was also a well-rewarded effort for D Thurman of the Brambles herd, Isle of Wight, who not only scooped the first and second prizes in the September 2018 to August 2019 female class with Brambles Luna and Brambles Ophelia respectively, but also achieved top-five placings in the eldest two female classes and the January 2020 bull class, all with home-bred stock. Class winner Brambles Luna is sired by Haven Neptune by EL Lewis and son, and was regarded by Erica Haliday as a ‘big capacity cow with a thumping calf at-foot’.
Also experiencing double success in one class were J and L Lewis of Boycefield Herefords, Dilwyn, Herefordshire, placing first and second in the hotly contested section for heifers born September 2019 to December 2019. Pipping its stable mate to the post was Boycefield Curly 27th, sired by Lisrace Lumberjack 18th bred by DR Wilson, Co Fermanagh, and out of home-bred Boycefield Curly 7th. Described by Aled and Jen Jones as being equipped with ‘great bone’ and being ‘clean through the front [and] really well-balanced’, it made it to the top spot just ahead of Boycefield Louisa 38th.
Long-standing supporters of the National Hereford Club, W and R Kemp and sons, Bishop Auckland rose to the top of the January 2020 to March 2020 heifer class with Auckvale Lively 1971T. A heifer with a show-winning pedigree, it is out of Auckvale Lively 1058H, senior female champion at the 2018 National Hereford Show at Tenbury Wells, and sired by Auckvale Kalgoorlie 1322K, reserve senior male champion in 2019 at the same event.
Erica Haliday said: “She is as a ‘super heifer [which] will grow into a magnificent cow and I can’t wait to see her then”.
Having been placed first in its class as a calf in last year’s competition, it was Hayestone Wyandot T135 bred and owned by A G Cork, Wolverhampton, which took the top spot this time in the April 2020 to August 2020 heifer class. Sired by Miss H Cork’s Hayes Phoenix , bred from the widely successful Badlingham Blossom family, and out of Dovemount Wyandot K1, bred by Thorley Bros, Derbyshire, this yearling was described by judge Anselm Fitzgerald as ‘a beautiful, sweet heifer with lots of eye appeal’.
Pulham Blossom 29th from PRJ and LR Vincent took first place in another well-supported class, this time for heifers born between September 2020 and December 2020. A daughter of the previous year’s reserve male champion of the NHC Virtual Show, Shiloh-Farm Elite bred by H and S Murray, Westmeath, its dam Pulham Blossom 23rd, also descended from the famous Badlingham Blossom family. This calf was described by Aled and Jen Jones as being a ‘sweet heifer’, with ‘great markings and style’.
Commented on by Anselm Fitzgerald as ‘a heifer with lots of style and breed character, combined with power and substance’, the winner of the youngest female class of the competition was Broughan Jubilee, bred and owned by S Curry, Armagh, Northern Ireland. Born in March 2021 and just five months old at the time of judging, this promising young calf and herd mate Broughan Juniper which placed second in this class are both sired by Gurteragh Aristocrat 758, bred by M O’Keefe, Cork.
Back to the male standings, and it was perhaps no surprise that Haven Rover, owned by DJ Makin, Hereford and bred by EL Lewis and son, also of Hereford, caught the eye of the judges in its bulls born in December 2017 or before class. A son of Haven Lamborghini, male champion in the 2020 Virtual Show and twice senior male champion at the National Hereford Show in 2017 and 2019, judge Anselm Fitzgerald commented it is ‘a bull with lots of power and a strong top line’.
Another herd which is never far from the top of the line-up is that of RA Bradstock and partners, Free Town, Tarrington who dominated the September 2019 to December 2019 bull class with Free Town Truman in first place, Free Town Talent in second place, and having bred the fifth-placed Free Town Tiger, exhibited by owners Robert and Nicola Birchall of the Deanery herd, Stafford. Speaking on Free Town Truman as the winner of this class, Aled and Jen Jones commented it was ‘full of breed character [and] stands out well on four legs, with good heels and pasterns’.
It was Pulham Vanguard, owned and bred by PRJ and LR Vincent, Norfolk and sired by former National Hereford Show junior male champion Pulham Powerhouse, which stood first in the September 2020 to December 2020 bull calf class.
Anselm Fitzgerald said: “He was a well-balanced young bull with lots of breed character, he stands with a leg in each corner and has the potential to be a great sire”.
Standing second was Pulham Va Va Voom, also exhibited by breeders PRJ and LR Vincent, fighting off close competition in the form of two Haven calves from EL Lewis and son, Haven Virtual and Haven Voltage, which placed third and fifth respectively, and Boycefield Virat from J and L Lewis which placed fourth.
The final class of the show was for the youngest of the male section; calves born January 2021 to April 2021, which was won by DC Smith and son, Talog with March-born Laxfield Silverado. Sired by Laxfield Wilberforce and out of Laxfield Silver 11th [*], this calf clearly made an impression on judge Anselm Fitzgerald who described it as ‘a young calf with lots of quality, well made with great softness and looks’. DC Smith and son also took the second placing in this class with Laxfield Condor.
The National Hereford Club would again like to thank our sponsors Moocall and Manor Farm Feeds for their continued support, and also thank the many exhibitors who took time to contribute to the competition, presenting such an outstanding selection of cattle for the judges to contemplate in every class. Special thanks also go to the international panel of judges for the event: Aled and Jen Jones of Dendor Herefords; Anselm Fitzgerald of Grianan Herefords and Erica Haliday of Ben Nevis Angus, who lent their expertise to complete the difficult job of placing every one of the 200 entries.
Photographs of the top five placings in each class are available to view on the National Hereford Club website.
It was the turn of SC and GL Hartwright to lead the Hereford classes at the Royal Lancashire Show with Spartan 1 Duchess T95, making the long trip from Oxfordshire worthwhile.
Breed champion, Spartan 1 Duchess T95
Led by Katherine Shaw, this February 2020-born heifer is out of Ruckmans 1 Orange 1332. It is by Panmure 1 Henry son Solpoll 1 Perfection, purchased at the spring show and sale at Hereford in 2019 for 8,000gns from Northern Irish breeders John and William McMordie.
Directed into the reserve position by judge James Ludgate, was male champion Twinshock 1 Paddys Boy from Phil Martindale, Bolton. Born in March 2020, it is by the prolific Fabb 1 Northern Star, which is a son of the Canadian Square-D Tortuga 953T. Its dam Herberry 1 Lucy Belle, a Dendor 1 Kohinoor daughter, went through the Designer Genes ring at 7,000gns in 2019, in-calf to this young bull.
Reserve and male champion, Twinshock 1 Paddys Boy
Reserve male was another from the Hartwrights, in the form of Spartan 1 Typhoon which has already won classes this summer at the Great Yorkshire and Shropshire County. It is another sired by Perfection which won the 2019 Devon County and Royal Bath and West breed championships.
Reserve male champion, Spartan 1 Typhoon
From Emma Jackson, a local to the show, Eveter 1 Demelza 5th followed the Spartan heifer through its heifer class and into the position of reserve female champion. A Normanton 1 Laertes daughter, it is out of Barbern 1 June 349, bred by Barbara and Bernard Rimmer.
Reserve female champion, Eveter 1 Demelza 5th T21
S Taylor and D Marsh, Leyland, Lancashire, were handed the red ticket in the senior bull class with Taymar 1 Trailblazer. By Pulham Powerhouse which carries Australian blood on its paternal side, it is out of Northern Irish-bred Richmount 1 Nina.
Taymar 1 Trailblazer
The senior cow class was led by Hallwood 1 Oyster Shell from Cheshire-based R and RI Shaw with its heifer calf, Hallwood 1 Pearl, at-foot. By Hallwood 1 Knight, it is out of Kinglee 1 Oyster Girl 495, a daughter of Kinglee 1 Jowett.
Hallwood 1 Oyster Shell and calf Hallwood 1 Pearl
There was further success for Emma Jackson in the 2019 heifer class. Eveter 1 Gin 2nd, by Haven Hotspur, was shown with its Panmure 1 Henry sired heifer calf, Eveter 1 Gin 3rd V27, at-foot.
Eveter 1 Gin 2nd and calf Eveter 1 Gin 3rd V27
In the pairs, it was again Hartwrights who came out on top, with their champion Spartan 1 Duchess T95 and stable mate Spartan 1 Amy 3rd T97.
The winning pair from SC and GL Hartwright
In the overall young handlers’ competition, Hereford young breeders performed well, with Katherine Shaw of Hallwood Herefords placing second, brother Ryan Shaw in third place and Eva Jackson of Eveter Herefords in fourth position.
Having already had a successful trip to Harrogate earlier that week winning its heifer class, Kinglee 1 Miss 639 from Will Awan, Bath reigned in the ring at Shropshire County Show, winning native interbreed and breed champion with Mark Chandler, Shropshire sorting the classes.
Kinglee 1 Miss 639 from W Awan
Bred by Peter Cobley it was purchased in a private deal in late 2020 from the Leicestershire-based breeder. Out of a Kinglee female, this March 2020-born heifer is by Cleland 1 Nelson which is paternal brother to Bakgard 1 Keno, breed champion at the 2017 Royal Welsh Show.
In reserve was Dieulacresse Tic Tac from Anthony Spooner, Upperhulme, Staffordshire. This April 2020-born horned bull is sired by Free Town Nucleus, a son of Marra Humorous and out of a home-bred Haven Governor daughter from the Babette family.
Dieulacresse Tic Tac from TA Spooner
As per tradition at the show, the male and female champion, Dieulacresse Tic Tac and Kinglee 1 Miss 639, went into the interbreed pairs championship where they triumphantly stood reserve.
DE, ED and AL Jones, Caersws, Powys took both the reserve male and female championship titles and together went on to win the pair class within the breed. Dendor 1 Triple H, an April 2020-born bull, stood reserve male champion. The young bull is by Dendor 1 Nairobi, the 2018 National Poll Show champion and out of a home-bred Echo female.
Dendor 1 Triple H from DE, ED and AL Jones
Dendor 1 Jano 21st was selected as reserve female and is also sired by Dendor 1 Nairobi. It is out of SMH Euro 30E a sired female, and was also born in April 2020.
Dendor 1 Jano 21st from DE, ED and AL Jones
The most senior bull class on display was led by Clares 1 Stafford from M Whieldon, Eccleshall, Staffordshire. Born in May 2019, it is by Cogent’s Netherhall 1 Oz Daffy M024 and out of Romany 1 Dawn H12 M55.
Clares 1 Stafford from M Wheildon
Free Town Talent from RA Bradstock and partners, Tarrington, Herefordshire won the July to December 2019-born bull class. November 2019-born, it is by Irish sire Moyclare Quinlan and out of Free Town Distant, a Marra Humorous daughter.
Free Town Talent from RA Bradstock and partners
Not yet home after a class win at Harrogate, Spartan 1 Typhoon from SC and GL Hartwright, Abingdon, Oxfordshire came out on top of the January to March 2020-born bull class. It is a son of Solpoll 1 Perfection, purchased at the 2019 society spring show and sale for 8,000gns from Northern Ireland’s John and William McMordie and went on to win the 2019 Devon County and Royal Bath and West breed championships.
Spartan 1 Typhoon from SC and GL Hartwright
With its calf at-foot, Hallwood 1 Oyster Shell from R and RI Shaw, Ledsham, Cheshire was the favourite in the senior cow class. By Hallwood 1 Knight, it is out of Kinglee 1 Oyster Girl 495 which carries Cobley breeding on either side of its pedigree.
Hallwood 1 Oyster Shell from R and RI Shaw
Another from the Hartwrights, this time Spartan 1 Jen 2nd, took the red prize card in the July to June 2019 heifer class. This is a Moralee 1 Pie Man daughter and is out of a cow bred from the Jen family at Englefield Herefords, Reading.
Spartan 1 Jen 2nd from SC and GL Hartwright
The next heifer class up saw Hallwood 1 Carefree Girl, again from R and RI Shaw, go to the fore. Born in October 2019, it is by Vexour 1 Ned which goes back to the well-regarded Panmure 1 Henry.
Hallwood 1 Carefree Girl from R and RI Shaw
From Daniel and Elizabeth Milner’s Callaughton herd, Much Wenlock, Shropshire, Coley 1 Mynte 531 stood at the head of the junior heifer class and went through the ring at the spring show and sale at Shrewsbury to a top call of 4,100gns. With a pedigree packed with Danish breeding, it is by Moeskaer Vegas 1451 and out of Bondes 1 Mynte.
Coley 1 Mynte 531 from W Milner
Mirroring the result at Harrogate, a trio of Solpoll 1 Perfection sired animals from SC and GL Hartwright lead the groups of three.
In the young handlers, Katherine Shaw of Hallwood Herefords took the overall championship, fighting off stiff competition.
In a glimpse of normality as the sun shone on exhibitors at the Great Yorkshire Show, Moralee 1 Rebel Kicks KS R12 from Tom and Di Harrison, Mickley, Northumberland impressed again and was tapped out as reserve interbreed champion by George Young, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire.
Having already stood interbreed champion at Devon County and native interbreed at the Royal Highland Showcase this year, as well as interbreed junior bull at the 2019 Royal Welsh, Rebel Kicks is no stranger to the ring.
Led by Steven O’Kane, this impressive bull is by Danish-bred SMH King Size 87K, the 2019 sire of the year and out of Romany 1 Dawn D1 M6. Born in April 2018, it also stood poll bull of the year and joint bull of the year in 2019, as announced at the 2019 society annual dinner.
Moralee 1 Rebel Kicks KS R12 from T and D Harrison
This senior bull also made up one half of the interbreed native champion pair alongside class winner Coley 1 Nova 351 from Heather Whittaker, Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Following Rebel Kicks through the male championship and into the reserve supreme spot was junior bull Coley 1 Vincent from Heather Whittaker, as judged by Des Kelly, Co Tyrone. September 2020-born, this Fabb 1 Northern Star son is out of Gouldingpoll 1 Duchess 591, which is a daughter of the Canadian-bred Remitall Super Duty 42S. It was also selected as junior champion.
Coley 1 Vincent from H Whittaker
Heading up the female championship was Moralee 1 Pippa KS S11 which is another animal already successfully shown this summer from Tom and Di Harrison. April 2019-born, Pippa is again by the prolific SMH King Size 87K which has bred many champions for the Harrisons. Out of Coley 1 Pippa 356, its dam stood breed champion at the Royal Highland in 2017.
Moralee 1 Pippa KS S11
Hollyvale 1 Leyla 7th from Allen and Phil Massey, Bury, Lancashire was selected as reserve female champion and also won the youngest heifer class. October 2020-born, it is by stock bull Netherhall 1 Jack P517 and out of a home-bred female, sired by Dendor 1 Leroy.
Hollyvale 1 Leyla 7th from A and P Massey
The September 2019 to March 2020-born bull class was led by Oxfordshire-based SC and GL Hartwright’s Spartan 1 Typhoon. This February-born bull is a son of Solpoll 1 Perfection, bred by Northern Irish breeders John and William McMordie, and purchased at the 2019 society spring show and sale for 8,000gns, before winning multiple show prizes.
Spartan 1 Typhoon from SC and GL Hartwright
Coley 1 Nova 351 which went on to stand champion in the Blythewood native pair champions was given the red ticket in the senior cow class. Six years old, it is by Blakelaw 1 Calzaghe, the 2012 UK bull of the year and one of the breeder’s first purchases within the breed.
Coley 1 Nova from H Whittaker
The journey from Bath paid dividends for young breeder Will Awan who won the January to March 2020-born heifer class with Kinglee 1 Miss 639, bred by Peter Cobley, Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire. Out of a Kinglee female, this March 2020-born female is by Cleland 1 Nelson which carries Danish breeding on its paternal side.
Kinglee 1 Miss 639 from W Awan
In the group of three, SC and GL Hartwright came up trumps again with trio of Solpoll 1 Perfection sired animals. The pairs competition was won by Moralee 1 Rebel Kicks KS R12 and Moralee 1 Pippa KS S11.
Champion pair from Tom and Di Harrison
Moralee 1 Rebel Kicks KS R12 from T and D Harrison stood interbreed champion
Moralee 1 Rebel Kicks KS R12 from Tom and Di Harrison, Mickley, Northumberland was selected by judge Colin Hutchings, Dulverton, Somerset as interbreed champion at Devon County Show, pipping a Limousin heifer to the top spot.
Also taking the breed championship, the bull already has this year’s Royal Highland Showcase native interbreed title to its name and stood interbreed junior bull at the Royal Welsh Show in 2019.
Born in April 2018, it is by Danish-bred SMH King Size 87K, the 2019 sire of the year and out of Romany 1 Dawn D1 M6. Already with a string of accolades to its name, having also stood joint poll bull of the year and reserve bull of the year in 2019.
Tasked with the Hereford judging, Keith Jempson, Banbury, Oxfordshire described the bull as ‘fantastic’, being full of style and fleshing, with a tremendous temperament and being good on its legs.
Success was also had in the exhibitor-bred group of three championship for the Northumberland breeders, with Moralee 1 Rebel Kicks taking the reserve position with stable mates Moralee 1 Pippa KS S11 and Moralee 1 Kylie KS T29.
Moralee 1 Pippa KS S11 had already won the reserve breed and female champion titles. April 2019-born, Pippa is another by the prolific SMH King Size 87K which does so well for the Harrisons. It is out of Coley 1 Pippa 356 which stood breed champion at the Royal Highland in 2017, a daughter of Australian sire Days Calibre G74. Keith noted the heifer was ‘really lovely’, being ‘very classy’.
Moralee 1 Pippa KS S11 from T and D Harrison was reserve breed and female champion
Reserve female champion was selected as Moralee 1 Kylie KS T29, again from the Harrisons. Another King Size daughter, it is out of Moralee 1 Kylie, which is out of the Harrisons’ original Kylie female. Kylie KS T29 is a full sister to Kylie KS S11 which was overall champion at the Christmas calf show at Shrewsbury in 2019, and junior champion at the National Poll Show in the same year.
The reserve male title was given to Lanscombe 1 Barnaby from RA and VA Mitchell, Dorchester, Dorset. February 2020-born, it is by Vexour 1 Phantom and out of Lanscombe 1 Lexie, a Bromham 1 Vim daughter, and was first in the junior bull class.
Auckvale 1 Janet 1756R from Phil Martindale, Blackrod, Lancashire led the senior cow class. Purchased at the 2020 Designer Genes sale for 5,900gns, it is three years old and by Dendor 1 Muttley.
The January to March-2020 born heifer class was led by Lanscombe 1 Bethany from RA and VA Mitchell, Dorchester. By Vexour 1 Phantom, it is a grandson of the renowned Panmure 1 Henry and placed second to Rebel Kicks in the senior bull class. It is out of a home-bred dam, sired by Brangwyn 1 Emperor.
In the young handlers, Harry Mitchell of Lanscombe Herefords stood champion handler in the intermediate section.
Harry Mitchell of Lanscombe Herefords was intermediate handler champion
Results
(Judge, K Jempson, Banbury)
Supreme and male, T and D Harrison, Moralee 1 Rebel Kicks KS R12; res and fem, T and D Harrison, Moralee 1 Pippa KS S11; res male, RA and VA Mitchell, Lanscombe 1 Barnaby; res fem, T and D Harrison, Morale 1 Kylie KS T29
Cow with calf at foot or heifer, born on or before 2018, 1st, P Martindale, Auckvale 1 Janet 1756R
Heifer born on or before 1 January and 31 May 2020, 1st, RA and VA Mitchell, Lanscombe 1 Bethany; 2nd, William Awan, Kinglee 1 Miss 639
Calf born on after 1 June 2020, 1st, T and D Harrison, Moralee 1 Kylie KS T29; 2nd, RA and VA Mitchell, Lanscombe 1 Beatrice; 3rd, P Martindale, Auckvale 1 Victor 2048V
Bull born on or before 31 December 2019, 1st, T and D Harrison, Moralee 1 Rebel Kicks KS R12; 2nd, RA and VA Mitchell, Vexour 1 Phantom
Bull born on or between 1 January and 31 May 2020, 1st, RA and VA Mitchell, Lanscombe 1 Barnaby; 2nd, Phil Martindale, Twinshock 1 Paddys Boy
Pair of animals, 1st, T and D Harrison; 2nd, RA and VA Mitchell
Group of three, 1st, T and D Harrison; 2nd, RA and VA Mitchell
Pebworth 1 Nancy with heifer calf Pebworth 1 Vanity
Pebworth 1 Nancy from Nick and Lucy Holdsworth, Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire led the day’s trade at Halls’ Hereford sale which sold with its heifer calf to OEM Jones and EM Roberts, Llangynin, Carmarthenshire for 3,250gns. By Eldersfield 1 Barrichello H717, the five year old cow is out of Pencombe 1 Helen 181 and sold with its fifth calf, Pebworth 1 Vanity, at-foot. The calf is sired by Dendor 1 Smokin’ Joe, a son of Dendor 1 Nairobi, which stood supreme champion at the National Poll Show in 2018.
Generating the top call in the bulls was 15 month old Glenvale 1 Entertainer from TG, EI and EN Thorne, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire which sold to Jackie Cooper of Rimini Herefords, Preston, Lancashire for 3,100gns. By stock bull Vexour 1 Palmer, a Solpoll 1 Landmark son, it is out of a home-bred Angela cow, sired by Bosa 1 Hereward.
Not far behind at 3,000gns was 20 month old Maxstoke 1 Raymond from DP Jones Agricultural Contracting, Coleshill, Warwickshire. By Pepperstock 1 Norman, it is out of Maxstoke 1 Helen 513 and sold to LEM Stephenshon, Bromyard, Herefordshire.
At the same money was Newtoncroft 1 Teeno from Newtoncroft Farms, Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire. March 2020-born, this bull is by Solpoll 1 Hollywood and out of Newtoncroft 1 Truelove 231 and went home with volume buyer CH Forrester, Wem, Shropshire.
Again at 3,000gns, four year old stock bull Panmure 1 Pudding from TD and WT Livesey, Normanton le Heath, Leicestershire, was secured by B Chilman, Presteigne, Radnorshire. Out of Panmure 1 Plum F15, a female line which does so well for Scottish breeders JM Cant and partners, it is by Dendor 1 Leota, a son of Solpoll 1 Gilbert.
Parkapella 1 Thor from Scott Coates, Dingestow, Monmouthshire realised 2,700gns and sold to Ian Markham, Castlethrope, Buckinghamshire and travels with an impressive pedigree, being a son of Moeskaer Upgrade and out of Panmure 1 Plum N3.
From Gwyndaf Davies, Lampeter, Ceredigion, May 2017-born bull Creuddyn Madog sold for 2,500gns to TE and A Davies and sons, Saron, Denbighshire. Out of Border Roulette J1, it is by Free Town Baron, a son of Australian-bred Yarram Pompeii V055.
Within the dispersal of the Wrekin View herd of Graham Brown, Wolverhampton, a strong run of cows and calves topped at 1,750gns for Wrekin View 1 Ruby which sold to Nigel Owens of Mairwen Herefords, Carmarthenshire. Born in 2017, it is by Panmure 1 Garfield and out of a home-bred, Solpoll 1 Ferrari daughter. It sold with bull calf Wrekin View 1 Viscount, sired by Pebworth 1 Parker.
At 1,650gns was Wrekin View 1 Lola, another Garfield daughter, which sold to Barry Cambridge, Winterbourne Down, Gloucestershire. It was joined by Wrekin View 1 Lottie and its heifer calf at 1,600gns. Wrekin View 1 Reanna with its bull calf and Wrekin View 1 Roxy, again with a bull calf, both sold to ER Thomas, Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire at the same money.
Elsewhere, Bosbury 1 Rosa 43 from Sarah Hawkins, Bosbury, Herefordshire realised 1,750gns, changing hands to Somerset-based M Voss and was joined by herd mate Bosbury 1 Priscilla 36, with the hammer going down at 1,500gns.
A run of females from Ian Braithwaite, Bridgnorth, Shropshire met a top bid of 1,500gns for Highfields P. 1 Orange 18th. By Wirruna Justin J13, it is out of a home-bred Dorepoll 1 13P Patriot daughter and was purchased by S and S Murray, Wolverhampton.
The reduction of Telford-based AD Beaman’s Triacre herd topped at 1,520gns for fourth calver Free Town Grateful 933, bred by RA Bradstock and partners. It is by Cornish-bred Hustyn Scotty and sold with its Fabb 1 Redwood son at-foot.
Averages: 25 pedigree bulls, £,1961; 21 cows and calves, £1,566; 3 in-calf heifers, £1,037; 22 maiden heifers, £1,049; 7 in-calf cows, £973.
Auctioneers: Halls
Moralee 1 Rebel Kicks KS R12 from T and D Harrison
Moralee 1 Rebel Kicks KS R12 from Tom and Di Harrison, Mickley, Northumberland impressed at the Royal Highland Showcase, an exhibitors-only show in place of the usual Ingliston fixture. Dubbed the ‘ringside favourite’, it was tapped out as native interbreed champion, the highest accolade it could achieve due to the event’s format.
Born in April 2018, Rebel Kicks is no stranger to the limelight having won the interbreed junior bull championship at the Royal Welsh Show in 2019. By Danish-bred SMH King Size 87K, the 2019 sire of the year, it is out of Romany 1 Dawn D1 M6 and was awarded poll bull of the year and joint bull of the year in 2019. Semen from the bull is available for private purchase.
Tasked with judging, Abbie Anderson of Panmure Herefords, Arbirlot, Tayside commended the bull for its locomotion and balance, having also named it her senior male and male champion.
Moralee 1 Pippa KS S11 from T and D Harrison
Moralee 1 Pippa KS S11 also performed for owners and breeders Tom and Di Harrison and was named reserve breed champion, having already taken female and senior female champion earlier that day and made up one half of the reserve champion native pair alongside Rebel Kicks.
April 2019-born, it is yet another by the prolific SMH King Size 87K which does so well for the Northumberland-based breeders. It is out of Coley 1 Pippa 356 which stood breed champion at the Royal Highland in 2017, a daughter of Australian sire, Days Calibre G74 daughter.
Reserve female and leading the junior female class was 13 month Harveybros 1 Crocus Tiara from father and daughter team George and Sophie Harvey, Balfron, Glasgow. From the family’s renowned Crocus family, it is by Normanton 1 Laertes, which stood interbreed champion at the Highland in 2016. This heifer is a three-quarter sister to Harveybros 1 Crocus Rose which was champion at the National Poll Show in 2019 before being named reserve poll female of the year.
Harveybros 1 Crocus Tiara
Second place in the junior female class was Moralee 1 Kylie KS T29, another from Tom and Di Harrison. A King Size daughter, it is out of Moralee 1 Kylie, which is out of the Harrisons’ original Kylie female, bred from the Ishbel family, known so well at the Wilsons’ Romany herd. Kylie KS T29 is a full sister to Kylie KS S11 which was overall champion at the Christmas calf show at Shrewsbury in 2019, and junior champion at the National Poll Show in the same year.
Competing solely against stable-mate Moralee 1 Pippa KS S11 in the senior female class, Moralee 1 Mink KR S4 took second place. October 2018-born, it is by Cornriggs 1 Knight Rider, a son of the Canadian influenced bull Spurstow 1 Victor, and carries New Zealand blood on its maternal side. Its dam is Moralee 1 Mink 2nd, by Romany 1 Lawbreaker RE L23 and out of Romany 1 Mink D1 H48.
From H Whittaker who has taken three breed championships out of the last five at Royal Highland shows, Coley 1 Teddy was reserve male, and lead a very strong class of junior bulls. March 2020-born, this young sire carries Danish blood on both sides of its pedigree, being by Moeskaer Vegas 1451 and out of Solbakkens Marrigold.
Standing in second place to Whittaker’s bull was Dendor 1 Tecwyn, another from Tom and Di Harrison, but bred by DE, ED and AL Jones, Caersws, Powys. March 2020-born, it is by Dendor 1 Nairobi which stood champion at the 2018 National Poll Show and out of Dendor 1 Anna Mary 16th.
Results
(Judge: A Anderson, Tayside)
Supreme, male and senior male champion, T and D Harrison, Moralee 1 Rebel Kicks KS R12; reserve, female and senior female champion, T and D Harrison, Moralee 1 Pippa KS S11.
Res male and junior male, H Whittaker, Coley 1 Teddy; res junior male, T and D Harrison, Dendor 1 Tecwyn.
Res fem and junior fem, G and S Harvey, Harveybros 1 Crocus Tiara; res junior fem, Moralee 1 Kylie KR T29.
Mawarra Influential, purchased for $42,000
Hereford bull, Mawarra Influential, has been purchased by a syndicate including two UK breeders for AUS$42,000.
EL Lewis and son of Haven Herefords, Herefordshire and PRJ and LR Vincent of Pulham Herefords, Norfolk teamed up with Australia’s Graham Genetics to purchase the bull online from the national Hereford show and sale, Wodonga, Victoria where it was a class winner.
With a particularly strong demand for Hereford cattle in the UK currently, Influential ticked all the boxes for the breeders for phenotype and strong EBVs backed up by excellent growth and eye muscle raw data.
Edward Lewis said: “Influential’s sire Evolution was seen by my son Ben at Mawarra Herefords in 2017. I saw him for myself as a calf in February 2020 prior to the World Hereford Conference in New Zealand and noted him as a top prospect.
“When Phillip Vincent and I saw how he had progressed into a standout young sire, we knew the opportunity could not to be missed, but we had to bid strongly to beat off tough competition.”
Semen from the bull will be used within these two well-known herds where these new outcross genetics are welcomed for future production.
Harveybros 1 Turbo-Tam sold for 4,000gns
Bulls led the Hereford section at Harrison and Hetherington’s pedigree beef day, with Harveybros 1 Turbo-Tam from George and Sophie Harvey, Balfron, Glasgow generating the top call of 4,000gns. Sired by Normanton 1 Laertes, this September 2019-born bull out of Harveybros 1 Crocus H3 and crosses the border back to Scotland with WD Adams and son, Wigtown, Wigtownshire.
Kingshaugh 1 Question sold for 3,800gns
Not far behind at 3,800gns was Kingshaugh 1 Question from TW Hutchinson, Forest-in-Teesdale, Co Durham, which travelled to Newcastle-upon-Tyne with GS Eggleston. June 2019-born, this Gouldingpoll 1 Gold Spice son is out of a home-bred female, sired by the Canadian JSF 271 Dice ET 10M.
Adding to Eggleston’s purchases at 3,500gns was Harveybros 1 Tiesto, another Harvey-bred sire. Born in December 2019, it is again a Laertes son and out of a Crocus female which do so well for the breeders.
Craigdhu 1 Macduff from Margaret Galbraith, Sandilands, Lanarkshire saw bids to 3,000gns, and sold to AK Hill Agri Contracts Wishaw, Lanarkshire. By the popular Normanton 1 Laertes, is out of Romany 1 Jane and was born in October 2019.
Heifers met a more selective trade which peaked at 2,000gns for Moorside 1 Jane 20th from G and MC Shepherd, Woodplumpton, Lancashire which sold to Kevin Davidson, Saline, Fife. By the record breaking 13,000gns Coley 1 Pilot, it is out of a home-bred daughter of the widely recognised Moorside 1 Joseph.
At 1,700gns, Kingshaugh 1 Tess, a female offering from TW Hutchinson, sold to K Percival, Leyburn, North Yorkshire.
Auctioneers: Halls
Averages: 4 bulls, £3,753.7; 2 females, £1,942.50