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Ellerghyll Heifers
8000 litres on an organic, grazing system, with excellent mammary and correctness throughout.
We finished that day at James Danforth’s Haydike herd. It was fantastic to see the shorthorns in a predominantly Holstein herd. There were some very stylish heifers, with Haydike Classy Red Diamond P living up to her name and proving very classy indeed!
The following day – still Yorkshire, but working our way south, so West Yorkshire now – we were treated to the Fleetwood family’s Hutchinwood herd. This was another very consistent herd. Cows were milky and long-lasting, exemplified by the Sweetrose family – fantastic to see
a 15-year-old cow still going strong. The Lemon Grove Belagio-sired Sweetrose 43 was a superb example of a senior cow with tremendous frame and dairy quality.
We saw Ian and Wendy Collins’ Churchroyd herd in two parts as
the heifers are kept an hour away from the main herd. The in-calf heifer, Churchroyd Tulip was a well- balanced, deep framed heifer, with great locomotion. In the cows, we were spoilt for choice with a herd of exceptional, powerful, big framed, milky cows. The Bronte Wildeyes family were particularly impressive. The twins, Bronte Wildeyes 62 and 63 were hard to separate, but 63 had the edge over her sister for her overall style, balance, and udder quality and attachment. The senior cow, Bronte Wildeyes 53, exuded milkiness, style and presence. Some very covetable cows here!
Alex Wilkes’ Kidstones herd, housed at Churchroyd, provided more evidence of the longevity of the shorthorn breed, with Kidstones Heather 5, a tall, deep-ribbed cow, having nothing to prove coming with her 8th calf.
On our final day we headed to Nottinghamshire to see Chris
Bilbro Herd
Hayward’s Hooton herd and Jonathan Fisher’s Willoughby
herd. The Hooton Fair Appeal bull, Hooton Red Rum, was an impressive, stretchy bull with some excellent milky offspring. His daughter, Hooton Lily Fair 296 was just one of the animals that really caught the eye, a tall, powerful dairy cow. The youngstock in the Willoughby herd particularly impressed, showing great promise with well-grown, deep-framed heifers.
We travelled over a thousand miles in one of the hottest weeks of the year, visiting a dozen herds. We enjoyed fantastic hospitality and saw Dairy Shorthorns thriving in many different farming systems.
It was a wonderful experience,
and I would like to thank all those breeders who took part. It was a privilege to see your herds and judge your cattle.
Herd Competition Results 2022 Judge: Sarah Slade
Class 1 – Best Herd Large
Class 4 – Heifer In-Calf
1st Churchroyd 2nd Breckney 3rd Oxton
IRG Collins & Partners P & A Harrison Oxton Farms
1st Churchroyd Tulip 2nd Breckney Goldie 35 3rd Bilbro Tulip 9
IRG Collins & Partners P & A Harrison M Jackson
Class 1 – Best Herd Small
Class 5 – Junior Cow In-Calf
1st Bilbro 2nd Hooton 3rd Ellerghyll
M Jackson C Hayward PN & DW Throup
Class 3 – Maiden Heifer
1st Breckney Goldie 23
2nd Hooton Fairy Duchess 69 3rd Kidstones Wild Queen
P & A Harrison C Hayward AE Wilkes
Class 2 - Best youngstock
Class 6 – Senior Cow In-Calf
1st Churchroyd 2nd Breckney 3rd Oxton
IRG Collins & Partners P & A Harrison Oxton Farms
1st Churchroyd Bronte Wildeyes 51
2nd Bilbro Tulip 2
3rd Breckney Goldie 15
IRG Collins & Partners M Jackson P & A Harrison
1st Breckney Goldie 42 P & A Harrison 2nd Ellerghyll Pauline 4 PN & DW Throup 3rd Haydike Classy Red Diamond P J Danforth
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