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‘Impressive’ Holsteins shine at this year’s Bath and West Dairy Show

Emily Padfield 10 October 2006
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With more than 350 entries, up 100 on two years ago, competition was certainly fierce at this year’s Bath and West Dairy Show, held at Shepton Mallet, Somerset. Numbers of Holsteins were certainly impressive, with a black-and-white taking the supreme title. 

Concluding this year’s show season with a fourth supreme dairy title was Essex-based Designer Holstein’s senior cow Chalkfarm Jed Oranje, winner at Buck’s County, Edenbridge and Oxted, and South of England Shows.

Impressing judge Mark Nutsford in the breed championship, Oranje was awarded an outstanding 50 points in the interbreed championship led by Paul Miller of Shanael Holsteins, Evesham.

Sired by Juniper Rotate Jed and out of Sunstorm Oranje, she is projected to produce upwards of 11,000 litres.

Taking reserve spot was the impressive fifth calving senior cow from the Murray family of Wolverhampton, Warninglidgold Trac Charity, Jersey champion at the Dairy Show 2005 and winner of best udder at the Dairy Event 2006.

Averaging 38 litres a day at 5.8% butterfat and 4% protein, out of Danish W Charity and sired by Fyn Trac DGHB, the next showing venue will be Agriscot in November.

Taking first place in the heifer interbreed under Devonshire judge Duncan Vincent was Randolf and Silvia Miller’s senior Holstein heifer Moorshard Outside Finesse 32, yielding 9000 litres at 200 days.

Reserve went to six-weeks-calved Ayrshire heifer Hunnington Mandy, a homebred animal from Chris and Lisa Window’s Hunnington herd.

 

RESULTS
  • Interbreed Heifer R K and S E Miller and Sons’ Holstein Morshard Outside Finesse 32; res, C and L Window’s Ayrshire Hunnington Mandy.
  • Interbreed Designer Holstein’s senior cow Chalkfarm Jed Oranje; res, S and S Murray Farms, senior Jersey cow Warninglidgold Trac Charity.
  • Ayrshire W R C and J E Christophers’ senior cow Rosehill Magenta; res, C and L Window’s intermediate cow City View Joybell 2
  • Brown Swiss M and J Hussey’s senior cow Cancourt Simone; res, M and J Edwards’, senior cow Sparcroft Sue 2.
  • Dairy Shorthorn M S and E A E Davies’ senior cow Chicklade Wildeyes 26; res, K J Osborne and Sons’ Goodwick Solo 98.
  • Guernsey J R, R J and D W Warren’s senior cow Tredinney F M Periwinkle; res, Sansom and Crouch’s heifer White Ladies Pauline.
  • Holstein Designer Holsteins’ senior cow Chalkfarm Jed Oranje; res, R A Bown’s senior cow Alford Jed Pamie.
  • Jersey S and S Murray Farms’ senior cow Warninglidgold Trac Charity; res, E M, E and I Morgan’s junior cow Gwenlas Bud Louise.

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