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S H O R T H O R N
Dairy
Perhaps the class proved so difficult to
spilt because they were all Bushmills
Jazz daughters. The 2nd class seemed a
little easier to place with a clean spilt
between the top and bottom three. The
top 3 cows were real dairy cows showing
great capacity and correctness in the
udders, the placing of these three came
down to individual preferences for how
they were split.
Everyone was invited to give reasons and
a total of 27 chose to do so, it was a
pleasure to listen to some of the breeds
top judges speak on how they had placed
the classes. While scores were calculated
we all tucked into lunch provided by the
Rees family, after a quick a look round
the recently installed new rotary parlour
the results were announced. 1st in the
juniors was Jill Pugh Lokier, with Bob
Crank in 2nd and Harry Collins in 3rd on
placings alone. 3rd in the seniors was
William Griffths, 2nd Ian Collins and 1st
Wendy Young, congratulations to all. A
special thank you must go to Stuart
Williams who did a great job in judging
and answering questions. We then
headed off to look round the herd which
comprises of Dairy Shorthorns and
British Fresian’s. The Rees operate a late
summer autumn calving system so a lot
of the cows were in late lactation but
both breeds show uniformity with
tremendous width through the pins and
great capacity on an economic herd. A
thoroughly enjoyable day was had by all
who travelled from North, South, East
and West to attend the day.
A massive thank you to the Rees family
for hosting and everyone who played a
part in a successful weekend!!
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Young members have lessons in showmanship
L-R Judge Stuart Williams with Winners Wendy Young, Jillian Pugh-Lokier, William Griffths & Ian Collins