The Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Society National Show, held at Perth Show, Scotland, saw judge Colin Hutchings tap out Glympton Glespin K470 as his overall champion. The senior stock sire at Glympton Farms Ltd has already won the breed championship at the 2013 Great Yorkshire Show and was last year’s National Show reserve male.
Born March 2010, Glespin is by Rawburn Rock Solid F544 and is out of the Cardona Edrom B189 daughter Glympton Georgina F234 who goes back to Nightingale breeding. As well as the previously mentioned titles, he also stood interbreed champion at Three Counties Show and is stock sire for the 55-cow pedigree herd which runs alongside 100 commercial cows at Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
Colin Hutchings from the Kingsbrompton herd, Dulverton, Somerset, described his champion as “an outstanding bull, a real Angus type that moved and paraded well.” He also commented that the top end of the classes was outstanding and the best he had seen at a show for some time.
Standing reserve to him having also come through as female champion and junior champion was Auchencrieve Etna M526 from Charles and Gillian McCombie and daughter Lucy, Huntly, Aberdeenshire.
Born March 2012, Etna is by Auchincrieve Ethanol J148, a Blelack Widgeon E191 son and is out of a homebred Blelack Lord Hornblower A243 daughter. She has previously been a class winner and junior champion at the Royal Highland Show and was heifer calf champion at the Black Beauty Bonanza last November. Charles farms in partnership with his mother Elizabeth, and runs 130 cows including 60 pedigree Angus.
Securing the reserve male championship was the April 2009-born Galawater Gaffer Geronimo J585 from Kevin Moores’ The Moss herd based at Formby, Liverpool. Geronimo was purchased privately from Jim Logan in March 2010 for £15,000 and is a product of the ET program at Galawater having been sourced from Bova-Gen Ltd. He is by the TC Freedom son, GH Coverboy Eric 110R and out of the G13 Steel daughter, Hoff Gammer SC 400 624.
Clinching the reserve female championship and the Cridland Cup for the best female with natural born calf at foot was Ben Marsden of Marsdens Farms, Penistone, Sheffield, with his May 2009-born Belhaven Eston Eternal J176.
By Rawburn Rommel E423, she is out the Riverbend Powerline daughter Belhaven Eston Ecosse G023 and was purchased privately from John and Teena Gilmour. She was a first prize winner at the Great Yorkshire Show and reserve female champion at Newark and Notts, Northumberland and Honley Show this year already. Her November-born calf, Liley Elder M073, a Rawburn Elmer J921 son, also scooped the overall calf championship.
The junior male championship was won by one of the furthest travelled exhibitors in the form of Alan, Christine, Rob and Rachael Bishop with their yearling bull Warrenho Emperor M425, who made the journey up from Wokingham, Berkshire. This March 2012-born Warrenho Dalmigavie G237 son is out of Eastfield Ethelda Y279, a Golatio of Haymount daughter and recently stood champion at Oxfordshire and Thame Show.
The Bishop family also won the pairs title with Emperor and another first prize yearling bull Warrenho Elite M417, while winning the group of three class was William McLaren and family of the Netherton herd.
