The weather has now turned for the worse, having managed to escape a couple of nasty showers today - so we're off for a pint!

I'll leave you with a very happy Raymond Crawford!!!!!

A strong punch in the air from both brothers showed just how delighted they were to win the double!

Taking the reserve spot were the Herefords, consisting of the champion exhibit bull and overall breed champion Greenyards 1 Archie from P and A Allman and the reserve overall and female champion Phocle Dowager from David Jones.  

Braemor Nina 4 has had seven litters to date and is due with her seventh in mid-August. By Blencathra James and out of Soundville Nina 77, Nina was repeating her 2006 interbreed win at the Royal, making it the first time a pig had won the Royal interbreed title twice.

Standing reserve was Tracey Bretherton's Middle White boar Gracebank Rajah. This 2007-born boar is by Ferrylane Rajah 2 and out of Gracebank Woodlands Lady 01. This was Mrs Brethertron's most succesful Royal Show to date.

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Mr Tait's team consisted of a shearling ram, a shearling ewe and a two-shear ewe, all homebred from his flock of 20 Rouge ewes.

Taking the overall title was the hotly tipped Charollais ewe from David Roberts, Shrewsbury, which had stood breed champion yesterday under breed judge Charles Sercombe.

Standing reserve was veteran showman Dick Powell, Welshpool, with his Kerry Hill shearling ram, part of Mr Powell's English show team which has been kept out of Wales to enable the flock to show this side of Offah's Dyke.

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Victorieous is a three and half year old female bred by Gaec Lagrafeuil and is sired by romeo and out of Paloma, she is in calf to a French AI bull. This is her first outing this year and will remain on a farm close to Stoneleigh until she can go back home to Northern Ireland due to bluetongue movement restrictions. 

Taking the reserve ticket was the senior Beef Shorthorn bull Cairnsmore Thrasher from Mark Holmes and shown by Richard Rettie.

Thrasher was bought back in the spring last year in a private deal and has won breed champion tickets at the Highland and Ayr show this year and was beef interbreed at Drummond and Fife last year. He now heads to Yorkshire before being turned out to work.

He is by Cairnsmore Nike sportsman and out of Notrellot Milly.   

Taking the lead in the native class first thing was the shorthornjunior bull Colnvalley Archibald from Doulas McMillan. Homebred on both sides this March 2007 born bull is by Colnvalley Titanic. Standing reserve here was the Aberdeen Angus heifer Rosemead Bellmaid from Angus Stovold.

In the Continental calsses, the young Charolais came through to take the lead. From the Marshall famil, Cotehouse Cockenzie is by the Irish bull doonally New and is out of a homebred dam. Taking the reserve ticket was the British Blone exhibit Kinaston Carlos from R E Kinnish. Homebred on both sides he is by Kinnaston Utah.

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See if you can pick the new breed of man come Highland cow!!!

The overall champion was Knowlesmere Leduc Papose, while the Jersey, Whiteoaks Julian Flower from the Murray family.

Taking reserve spot in the Holstein ring was Knowlesmere Gibson Starlight, while the reserve Jersey was Fourcrosses Centurion Pride again from the Murray family.

In the Dairy Shorthorn rings, G A Madely took the top spot with Rodway Marie 62, while N Madely's Nejay Princess took reserve spot.   

Taking top honours was David Smallcombe's senior bull Grove Brutus. Bred by the Scott famaily, he is by grove Hadrian and out of Grove Buttercup.

And the Scott's were back in the championship line up with their own animal, the female champion Grove Celandine 81 who stood overall reserve champion.

Taking reserve spot was the homebred female champion Phocle Dowager from David Jones.

Taking the lead in the male section before going on to take the overall ticket was Danny and Jane Wyllie's bull Ballygrange Alex. Bred by Jim Sloan, the Woodview Solo son out of Ballygrange Roxy took the title ahead Adam Neachall's cow.

No stranger to the limelight either Tamhorn Uptown Girl was fresh from her win at Cheshire. Bred by the Wyllie family she is by Baron Du Bois Bauyloye and is out of Tamhorn Milly.

Taking the reserve title in the blondes was R E Kinnish's heifer Kinaston Badoncia, sired by Hadens Platinum.

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Despite short entries the Suffolk entries forward are a fair representation of the breed.

Taking the championship for the couple, was their shearling ewe which is homebred on both sides, while the reserve champion was their well fleshed ram lamb by an Owlesbury sire bought at last year's breed society sale, Stratford, for 800gns.