Archive Article: 2002/07/26

26 July 2002

Darsham Lotus, a daughter of this years Royal Show reserve Simmental inter-breed champion, made the top price of 5000gns at last weekends reduction sale from the Clements familys Darshams herd at Stowmarket, Suffolk. Lotus is by Darsham Haddon and out of Revelex Therese – one of the herds most successful brood cows. Buyers were Linda and Haddon Burditt of Leicestershire who run the Brooklyn herd. Lotus is in-calf to stock bull Corrick Kentucky Kid, bought for the breed record price of 21,000gns last year. The Burditts also gave 3000gns for a third calver by Moncur Sensation, a bid equalled by new breeder A Bethel of Chorley, Lancs, for a 2000-bred daughter of Sterling Flint (United Auctions).