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KENDAL SALE
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SEPTEMBER HERCULES PROVES HIS STRENGTH
AT KENDAL
The Champion and Reserve animals led the way at the
Northern Beltex Club’s show and sale at North West
Auctions’ Kendal centre on Saturday, 16 September, but it
was the Reserve, a shearling ram from the team at
Wannop’s Farms, that topped the entry at £1200.
That was Wannop’s Hercules ET, the Male Champion and Reserve
Supreme that is a son of Aviemore Festival and bred from
Wannop’s Dallas, herself a Procters Banker daughter. Forking
out the cash was JA Drake who takes him to work near
Denholme, Bradford.
James Wannop, from Heaton-with-Oxcliffe, Morecambe,
welcomed a further 900gns from D Benn, Hoff, Appleby, for
Wannop’s Harry, a full ET brother to Hercules, as well as 850gns
from Wayne Agricultural Services, Ible, Matlock, for yet another
ET brother named Wannop’s Hardball ET.
The Reserve Male, Vogue Hero ET from Johnny Aiken, Hesket
New Market, Wigton, sold for 650gns. His breeding features
Kingledores Fernando on to Vogue Diamond, a Culsh Bourbon
daughter.
Females peaked at 1000gns for the Supreme Champion, Brian
Hall’s Ainstable Hopscotch ET, as picked out by the judge, Nick
Brown of the Bronic Flock. Selling to Harry Wood for his Dean
Brown Flock near Dutton, Preston, this Kingledores Engleburt
daughter is out of the Black Jack Casanova-sired Ainstable
Effective.
The very next lot, Ainstable Headlong, this time by Smart Ass
Dark Horse and out of a different Black Jack Casanova daughter
in the shape of Ainstable Eager, sold to T Crosdale, Cold Cotes,
Clapham, for 650gns.
Three gimmers made 450gns apiece including Ainstable Hemp
ET, a full sister to the Champion, which sold to ST Birkett, North
Road, Carnforth, and Ainstable Heap, another Kingledores
Engleburt daughter but this time bred from Ainstable Feather,
herself by Withy Trees Da Bonana King.
The third at 450gns was Bayview Henrietta from James Wannop,
which was originally bred by Michael and Rachel Standen.
Selling to F Joel, Westhouse, Carnforth, she is by Brothertoft
Fynley and out of Wannop’s Darcy, a Hackney Corker daughter.
Wannop’s Hercules ET was Male Champion and Reserve Supreme
for James Wannop, and sold for 1200gns
Making 650gns was the Reserve Male, Vogue Hero ET from
Johnny Aiken
The second top price of 1000gns was paid for Ainstable Hopscotch
ET, Brian Hall’s Supreme Champion
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