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Penrith Progeny Show Crossing Type & Mule Results

22nd July 2017

Penrith

J Herdman, Edlingham

The rain poured and everyone got a proper drenching durign the judging of the 2017 Penrith Progeny Show, but the spirits definitely weren’t dampened. There was a great show of sheep in all sections of the progeny classes, as well as the open classes, with a big crowd watching on, especially around the Mule classes. But then again, let’s face it….what else was there going to be done at home? Not a lot in this weather!

The crossing lines certainly generated a lot of interest in the pouring rain. The champion, sorted out by the judge James Herdman, was the powerful Highberries Highlander, last seen wowing the crowds at North Sheep in June. He is a tup with some presence, by the C24 Hewgill and out of the full sister to Robin Booth’s D15 Smearsett, by Z4 Hundith, which has been doing so well for them. Highlander, jointly owned with Martyn Archer, also took the progeny championship with three tup lambs, which will be headed to a sale at Kirkby Stephen on 30th of September. One of his Mules was part of Neil’s pair which won the hotly contested Mule pairs too.

The reserve champion in the open classes was a smart, stylish gimmer lamb from M/s Pedley, Yore House. This smart lamb is by H2 Drimsynie, who was also the sire to the second prize tup lambs in the progeny classes, and out of a ewe by B2 Duhonw which has done well for the Yore House flock. She is the full sister to the first prize gimmer shearling at the show, which also did well at shows last summer, winning the interbreed at Moorcock in North Yorkshire.

The reserve progeny group went to the Stenton family with three gimmer lambs by the J37 Midlock, a son of the £23,000 Carry House bought out of Kelso as a tup lamb. He has done really well for the flock, putting a great stamp on his progeny and good clean whites in the Mules.

In the Mule section Paul Brown, Oak House was proudly lifting the championship in this fiercely contested section with a gimmer lamb out of a Swaledale ewe. This lamb was by a Highberries tup, going back again to the C24 Hewgill. The progeny section was won by Martyn Archer with three stunning lambs by the homebred J2 Carry House he shares with the Riddings flock, which was out of another ewe by the legendry Z4 Hundith, who seems to be behind all the best breeding within the breed these days. At about the same time its full brother, the J1 Carry House, which was champion at Hawes last year, was winning the progeny show over the water in Co. Antrim, proving that quality always shows through!

Although the day was a bit of a damp squib weather wise, plenty of farmers from all over the North of England enjoyed themselves and got to see some of the best sheep in the process. Just hope next year is a bit drier!

Aged Ram

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Aged Ram N C Marston & M Archer Highberries & Carry House

Shearling Ram

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Shearling Ram J Stenton St Ravenscar
2nd Shearling Ram J Stenton St Ravenscar

Ram Lamb

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Ram Lamb N C Marston Highberries
2nd Ram Lamb J C & E Pedley & Sons Yore House
3rd Ram Lamb N C Marston Highberries

Ewe

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Ewe J Stenton St Ravenscar
2nd Ewe J Stenton St Ravenscar
3rd Ewe J G German Old Thorne

Gimmer

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Gimmer J C & E Pedley & Sons Yore House
2nd Gimmer J Stenton St Ravenscar
3rd Gimmer J Lowthian Ling

Ewe Lamb

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st Ewe Lamb J C & E Pedley & Sons Yore House
2nd Ewe Lamb J Stenton St Ravenscar
3rd Ewe Lamb J C & E Pedley & Sons Yore House

Progeny Show - Three Gimmers By The Same Sire

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st 3 Gimmers By The Same Sire J Stenton St Ravenscar

Progeny Show - Three Ram Lambs By The Same Sire

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st 3 Ram Lambs By The Same Sire N C Marston Highberries
2nd 3 Ram Lambs By The Same Sire J C & E Pedley & Sons Yore House
3rd 3 Ram Lambs By The Same Sire J Stenton St Ravenscar

Progeny Show - Three Ewe Lambs By The Same Sire

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st 3 Ewe Lambs By The Same Sire J Stenton St Ravenscar
2nd 3 Ewe Lambs By The Same Sire J C & E Pedley & Sons Yore House
3rd 3 Ewe Lambs By The Same Sire J Stenton St Ravenscar

Mule Progeny Show - Three Mule Ewe Lambs With Their Sire (Swaledale Type)

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st 3 Mule Ewe Lambs (Swaledale Type) N C Marston Highberries
2nd 3 Mule Ewe Lambs (Swaledale Type) P Brown Oak House
3rd 3 Mule Ewe Lambs (Swaledale Type) P Brown Oak House

Mule Progeny Show - Three Mule Ewe Lambs With Their Sire (Blackface Type)

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st 3 Mule Ewe Lambs (Blackface Type) R D Archer & Son Carry House

Mule Progeny Show - Three Mule Ewe Lambs With Their Sire (Other Type)

Placing Class Exhibitor Flock Name
1st 3 Mule Ewe Lambs (Other Type) S Thomason Piel View

Bluefaced Champions

Category Exhibitor Type
Overall Breed Champion N C Marston & M Archer Aged Ram
Res. Overall Breed Champion J C & E Pedley & Sons Ewe Lamb
Best Skinned Sheep J Stenton Aged Ewe
Progeny Champion Group N Marston Three Ramb Lambs By The Same Sire
Progeny Res. Champion Group J Stenton Three Ewe Lambs By The Same Sire
Mule Progeny Champion Group R D Archer & Son Three Mule Ewe Lambs With Their Sire (Blackface Type)
Mule Progeny Res. Champion Group N C Marston Three Mule Ewe Lambs With Their Sire (Swaledale Type)

Gallery

Champion Crossing Type BFL progeny, N Marston, Highberries.

Res Champion Progeny group, from J Stenton.

Champion Crossing Type BFL from N Marston & M Archer.

Res Champion Crossing BFL, Messrs Pedley, Yore House.

Champion Mule progeny from M Archer, Carry House.

Mule Champion - P Brown.

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