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Second over the third, I have to
admire my second for her overall
dairyness giving her a distinct
advantage over the third in being
cleaner through the front end and
brisket and being sharper over the
withers and through the thigh. I also
gave her the advantage over the
third in her udder quality, in that
her udder is carried far higher above
the hock than this tremendous sixth
calved cow in third.
Third over the fourth, my third cow
you have to admire for her overall
body balance and power and length
throughout. It was this length width
and power through the front end
and sweep and openness of rib that
gave her the advantage over the
sixth calved cow in fourth position. I
had to admire my fourth cow for her
overall dairy frame and quality of
teat placement and teat quality.
Championship
First of all, I’d like to thank the UK
dairy Day and the Dairy Shorthorn
Society for the great honour and
privilege to be asked to Judge at this
great show. This show is the pinnacle
of the dairy industry in the UK, we
should all be proud of it and to be
a part of this fantastic event today.
I think that there is a great future in
Dairy Farming, we need quality food
on our tables, and we need to be
able to produce it ourselves in this
country. I’d like to thank my steward
here today Mick Gould for assisting
me today in a professional manner,
and all the other stewards and
organisers of this fantastic event.
To Holstein UK for organising and
starting this great event, and I hope
it goes on from strength to strength
in years to come. I also would like to
thank all the exhibitors and handlers
for showing quality cattle in front of
me, it makes life easier to have such
quality animals to judge.
Churchroyd Heather 134 VG86
In Drawing out a shortlist of three
animals for the championship, first
of all I had the winner of the heifer in
milk class, a heifer you have to admire
for her chest width overall dairy
strength, the hardness of top line, and
her tremendous udder and venation
through her udder.
Then I had the tremendous clean dairy
third calved cow the winner of the
young cow class, a young cow that
you should be admired by all for her
overall balance and dairyness, her
tremendous udder quality and udder
venation and clean bone through her
hind leg.
Then I came to the winner of the
senior cow class a cow I admired for
her overall dairyness and balance and
quality of udder and teat placement.
All three have won best udder and
exhibitor bred in their respective
classes. Thank you one and all it’s a
privilege to judge such quality animals.
My champion on the day was
Churchroyd Bronte Wildeyes 62nd
winner of the young cow class, I
really admired her for her balance,
dairy quality and superior mammary
system, and we need quality udders in
all breeds. I had the honour of judging
her last year at the Great Yorkshire and
National show and made her Reserve
breed champion.
My reserve was the senior cow class
winner Churchroyd Bronte Wildeyes
54th a fifth calved cow, a cow again
I greatly admired for her overall
dairyness and tremendous quality of
udder. My Honourable mention was
the winner of the heifer in milk class
Churchroyd Heather 124th, a lovely
heifer with plenty of width and power
throughout, with a tremendous quality
udder, venation through her udder,
and well placed teats. But her day will
come again in a few years’ time.
Thank You.
Gwyndaf James