Breed development manager and type classifier Myrig Raymond took centre stage to select his interbreed dairy champion this morning and after close inspection he tapped out the Ayrshire cow Sandyford Clover 10 from Blaze and Deborah Tomlinson.
Having taken the interbreed title at last year's Royal Show and heifer titles here and at the Dairy Event in 2006, Clover was a comfortable choice for Mr Raymond.
Speaking to the crowds he said she oozed dairy characteristics, style and strength. "She has an excellent top line, hind legs and a mammary system to dream of." Clover is currently giving 42kg a day having calved on May 10 with her third. Her next outing for Loughborough, Leicestershire-based Mr Tomlinson will be the Dairy Event in September.
Taking the reserve spot was the Jersey champion from young Milly Shipley with her mother Synthia at the lead. The EX92 Pavenham Iben 9 is by Curtsey Duncan Jude and out of a homebred dam. Again another show winner, she has taken tickets at Berkshire, Lincoln and East of England and as a third calver is currently giving 32kg a day.
The Boston, Lincolnshire-based Shipley family had double success as they went on to take the interbreed junior title with daughter of the reserve overall Pavenham Iben 12, while the reserve ticket went to the Ayrshire Liverton Ke Horn from Messrs Stevenson, Saltburn by Sea, Cleveland.