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JUDGE: ROBERT CRANK
Westmorland Show I 13th & 14th September 2023 Westmorland Show 2023 was unique as the quality and quantity were in abundance.
Champion – Winner of the Aspden Perpetual Challenge Cup – Strickley Foggathorpe Fragrance 49
Final milking class of the day, first place was a cow that found her way to the top pretty easily, a cow I admired for her dairy character, bone quality,and mammary system, who gained the advantage over my second placed
cow having had an extra calf and the superior quality of teat. Second over third was the cleanliness through the shoulder, teat placement and rear udder, taking nothing away from the more mature cow in third place.
The group classes, was straightforward with three animals from the Handley family matching like peas in a pod.
The pairs class was another easy winner with my two milk cow class winners standing top.
The championship I felt my champion was an easy decision in Strickley Foggathorpe Fragrance 49 being tapped out closely followed by my second placed senior cow Beaconview Lottie 7.
I would like to thank the Westmorland Show society for asking me to judge, I had a very enjoyable day.
For the first year there were two maiden heifer classes, with one being for calves under 6 months of age, leading this class was Crossrigg Jazz Alice, she just squeezed past second place Moorriggs O Wildeyes for her dairyness and locomotion, second over third was just for the bone quality throughout.
The other maiden heifer class was for animals under 18 months of age, leading this class was Moorriggs Snow Queen 13, who found her way to the top of the class quite easily due to her size, balance and promise underneath, taking nothing away from the second placed heifer who was well grown for her age and is one to be excited about in the future. In third place was Moorriggs Fleur 12 another cleaned boned Dairy heifer who gained advantage for her bone quality in her legs.
The heifer in calf class was extremely close with two very similar heifers, Strickley Barrington Dot 33 had
the advantage for her rear legs on parade.
First in the milk class of the day, first place was Winbrook Royal Kathleen heifer I admired for her overall dairyness, balance and youthfulness, taking nothing away from my second placed heifer
Crossrigg Jazz Pauline a slightly more mature heifer who oozed milk and a fantastic mammary. Second over third because of the openness of rib and bloom of udder.
Second milk class of the day was the junior cow class Strickley Goldie 267 a cow I admired for the height and width of udder, balance and dairyness, taking nothing away from the stylish roan cow in second place.
Reserve Champion – Beaconview Lottie 7
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