Half of a Royal Pair take sheep title at Kent Show

This year’s Kent County Show saw a line up of champions fresh from other wins this year.

Leading the way in the sheep lines was one half of the Royal Show interbreed champion pair, Messrs Wakeham Dawson and Harmer’s Southdown shearling ewe.

Standing reserve to the ewe was the Texel champion, a shearling ram from John and Kate Marshall.

In the beef lines it was Doug Mash’s French import Limousin cow Segala which took home the silverware, having already won the interbreed title at East of England and reserve interbreed at Suffolk this year.

Standing reserve to her was David and Lesley Sapsed’s bought in Simmental female Darsham Real Treasure.

Maidstone-based Andrew Price took the championship commercial ticket in a smaller than usual entry of crossbreds, with his homebred Limousin cross steer Iron Bru, sired by Wilodge Tonka and out of a Belgian Blue cross dam.

Standing reserve to Iron Bru was Charles and Dawn Bull’s Limousin cross Belgian Blue heifer Charlie’s Angel, shown by their daughter Stefanie.

Charles and Dawn also took the silverware home in the pig lines with their homebred Berkshire sow Morebread Lousie 26, a July 2005-born sow due to farrow in early August.

In the dairy lines it was a one-two for the Warren family, with father Trevor leading Mike Goddard’s Holstein champion Guston Aaron Hope to the top award, while son Sunny took reserve spot with his own Jersey cow Hennikers Jude Milki.

RESULTS
CATTLE
Overall Interbreed M Goddard’s Holstien cow Guston Aaron Hope; res, W J and M Mash’s Limousin cow Segala.

BEEF CATTLE
Interbreed W J and M Mash’s Limousin cow Segala; res, D Sapsed’s Simmental cow Darsham Real Treasure.
Blonde Messrs Jones and Garratt’s cow Egerton Pandora; res, P A De Giles’ bull Bilsington Brilliant.
Charolais R Taylor’s bull Burnside Taz; res, R Taylor’s heifer Rumsden Ballarat.
Simmental D A Sapsed’s cow Darsham Real Treasure; res, D A Sapsed’s heifer Darsham Spring Time.
Hereford P Noel and R Snelling’s bull Rathregan Mark Robin; res, P Noel and R Snelling’s heifer Sarbande Emma 49.
Limousin W J and M Mash’s cow Segala; res, P Gooderham’s bull Sundale Botham.
Longhorn S E Coleman’s bull Blackbrook Newt; res, S E Coleman’s heifer Chalkney Krystal.
Sussex C E and W S Millson’s bull Trottenden Major 16; res, L Stevens and Sons’ heifer Boxted Lock Heedless 76.
AOB A R MacDonald’s Beef Shorthorn bull Nevada Zeenobia; res, B F White’s Beef Shorthorn heifer Althorne Lancaster Zola.
Crossbred Beef A Price’s Limousin cross steer Iron Bru; res, C Bull’s Limousin cross heifer Charlie’s Angel.

DAIRY
Interbreed M Goddard’s Holstein cow Guston Aaron Hope; res, T and D Warren’s Jersey cow Hennikers Jude Milki.
Ayrshire M D M Howie’s cow Ridley Hill Dorrie 2; res, Mellish Family’s cow Ridley Hill Janice 2.
Dexter P W Hunt’s cow Saltaire Sharp; res, M E Henderson’s heifer Cadmans Elderberry.
Holstein M Goddard’s cow Guston Aaron Hope; res, J R Warnock and Sons’ cow Capelleferne Jester Ena.
Channel Island T and D Warren’s Jersey cow Hennikers Jude Milki; res, J M P H Evelyn’s Jersey cow Wooton Lemvig Willow.

SHEEP
Interbreed Wakeham-Dawson and Harmer’s Southdown shearling ewe; res, J and K Marshall’s Texel shearling ram.
Romney J Coultrip’s shearling ewes; res, P H and P E Skinner’s two shear ram.
Southdown Wakeham-Dawson and Harmer’s shearling ewe; res, H Turner’s shearling ram.
Suffolk P A Rycraft’s ewe lamb; res, C Kniestedt’s shearling ewe.
Jacob F F Higgins’ shearling ewe; res, F F Higgins’ ram lamb.
Texel J and K Marshall’s shearling ram; res, J and K Marshall’s shearling ewe.
British Down D and J Masters’ Hampshire Down shearling ram; res, D and J Masters’ Hamsphire Down shearling ewe.
Lleyn A J and A C Cheesmuir’s ewe lamb; res, D F and O M Bond’s ram.
Charollais H and K Long’s ram lamb; res, J and A Griffiths’s shearling ewe.
AOB Continental J and K Marshall’s Beltex shearling ram; res, J Bury’s Bleu du Maine shearling ewe.
AOB British D and J Masters’ North Country Cheviot shearling ewe; res, G M Shrubshall’s Torwen ram.

PIGS
Pork Pigs Princess Christian’s Farm’s single pig; res, P B Banks’ single pig.
Purebred Pigs C Bull’s Berkshire sow; res, M K Wilson’s British Saddleback gilt.