Great Yorkshire Show

The Bluefaced Leicester classes were lucky enough to start under cooler skies, with the judge, Laurence Allison, Sealhouses, enjoying his stint in the middle of the ring. With some strong classes presented to him, he picked his overall champion out of the very first class, the Aged Ram, when the 5-year-old Carry House Ronaldo, swept the board. He was bought last autumn out of Hawes for £9000 by the Oxnop, Emmetts and Firbank flocks, and as impressive as he looked then, he has flourished at his new home, with the Pye family bringing him out to perfection. He was the sire to the first two placed ram lambs too, with the first placed lamb going on to take the Reserve Male Champion ticket too. This smart lamb is out of the same ewe, Steel S35, which bred the champion at last years Yorkshire Show too. The Emmetts flock enjoyed a great show throughout, also winning the ewe class with a ewe purchased from the Carry House dispersal and also by Ronaldo as well as winning the pairs and group of three too.

The reserve breed champion was a smart, cocky lamb from Robbie Hallam, making a successful Yorkshire Show debut, also taking the Swaledale Championship. This lamb is by the R17 Grisedale, which has been the High Beckwith’s main mule sire over the past couple of years and is out of S83 Carry House, bought at the dispersal sale for 6000gns and by the Carry House Flash.

Taking the Reserve female champion with a strong gimmer shearling was from young Millie Richardson, who later went on to take the Mule Championship too. This powerful eye-catching gimmer was bought off Dawyck last year and is by the £32,000 T1 Hewgill.