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SKIPTON SALE
Matching that 2000gns was Elizabeth McAllister’s Artnagullion
Hustle from near Kells, Ballymena, brought out by brother,
William. The dam of this Artnagullion Fighter son is Ravara Exit
Wounds, a daughter of an V/H Groentenhof ram, and he heads
to Bolton Abbey, Skipton, with JGE Heseltine and Son.
The Artnagullion team started the sale well with a shout of
1400gns from the Beckwiths of the Sharphaw Flock just along
the road near Gargrave for their first prize aged ram, Glenview
Goldie, which is by Ballinakill Fagan and out of Glenview Emma,
a Sheephaven Casonova daughter.
A small entry of ram lambs also reached 1800gns for Jack and
Tom Buckle’s Broxty Just My Style from near Kirkby Stephen.
Packed full of breeding, being by Ardstewart Armani and out of
the Gyffin Dexter sired Broxty Flawless, he sold to the Cottage
Flock of Jimmy Bell and Rachel Buckle, near Carluke.
Females broke the four-figure barrier on three occasions for the
three top prize winners with the dearest at 1500gns being Brian
Hall’s second prize shearling ewe and Reserve Female, Ainstable
Honeysuckle ET. Again by Kingledores Engleburt, she is out of
the Woodies Wicked-sired Ainstable Charade ET and sold to Dick
Harrison, Keighley Road, Skipton, along with her flock mate,
Ainstable Haiku ET.
Haiki is also by Engleburt while her dam is the Black Jack
Casanova daughter, Ainstable Easter Egg.
James Whiteford’s Female Champion and Reserve Supreme,
Tercrosset Honeycomb, sold to John Harbinson for his Glenkeen
Flock across the water near Limavady for 1000gns. Yet another
by Artnagullion Feux, she is out of Tercrosset Babyspice, an
Airyolland King of Clubs daughter.
The Halls also led the females at 1500gns was
Ainstable Honeysuckle
At 1000gns for the Halls was Ainstable Haiku ET
Matching that 1000gns was Tercrosset Honeycomb, the Female
Champion and Reserve Supreme from James Whiteford