A centre record ram price of 1,000gns was set at Skipton at the Hampshire Down Sheep Breeders’ Association official show and sale on Friday. Leading the sale at 1,000gns was the reserve champion, a shearling ram from K P and A E McCarthy, Comber, County Down. Sired by Glanrafon George and out of [...]
Hampshire Down ewes sold to a top of 550gns in Carlisle at the breed society’s official fixture. Sale topper at 550gns was a shearling ewe by Kelsey Gigolo and out of a Wattisfield What Next sired ewe. Bred and exhibited by Graham and Judith Galbraith, Kendal she sold to Alan McCornick, Newton Stewart. The same [...]
Ladies dominated in the sheep ring with two shearling ewes presented by two female handlers taking the championship titles. Champion was awarded to Sally Horrell and her shearling ewe which has previously won the breed championship titles at the Highland and Woodhall Spire Show. She is one of 50 ewes owned by Sally [...]
Entries are now open for the 2012 Hampshire Down Sheep Breeders’ Association and Caltech Flock of the Year Award. All producers using a registered Hampshire Down sire within their flock will be eligible to enter the award with £1,000 worth of Caltech products at stake. Flock entries will be judged on management, health [...]
Hampshire Downs peaked at 690gns at Skiptonon Friday, with this top call given for a shearling ram from Charles and SallyHorrell’s Pode Hole flock. This one was a son of Millfields Headliner and soldto G Mountain, North Rigton, Harrogate. The Horrells also secured the second bestprice of the day with another shearling ram, this time [...]
Females led the way at the Carlisle Hampshire Down sale on Saturday, with the top four prices all being for ewe lambs or shearling ewes.Taking the best of the day at 1050gns was a ewe lamb from Graham and Judith Galbraith’s Graylen flock. This one, a Ballycreelly Montgomery daughter is out of a dam by [...]
Trade topped at 600gns for Hampshire Downs on Friday at the breed association’s official show and sale at Borderway Mart, Carlisle. Sale leader was a shearling from Jennifer Atkinson and David Smith’s Kelsey flock, Market Rasen. By Kelsey Gryphon, a Yarcombe Erroll son, out of a homebred ewe, this tup is within the breed’s top [...]
Another centre record was set this weekend, with Sunday’s sale of Hampshire Downs reaching a high of 2020gns and setting a new record in the process.This top call was given for a ram lamb from Jim and Patsi Cresswell’s Wattisfield flock. Sired by Wattisfield Top Draw he is out of a dam by Wattisfield What [...]
Regular contributor to the Taking Stock blog Jonathan Long and partner Chrissie Lawrence, had much success at last weekend’s South of England Show taking the interbreed championship for the second year in a row and the fourth time in six years. Heading up the Chaileybrook team was the senior Hampshire Down tup Kelsey [...]
Trade at Saturday’s sale of Hampshire Downs at Carlisle was strong, resulting in a new female record for the breed being set at 1020gns. Taking this top price was a shearling ewe by Wattisfield What Not and out of a dam by Yarcombe Highflyer from Jim and Patsi Cresswell, Diss. This one, which was breed [...]