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28/07/2010 22:20:30

Sian Wigram wins Hampshire Down Trophy



Mrs. Sian Wigram from Lewdown, Okehampton, was awarded the The Black Farmer Perpetual Challenge Trophy for her magnificent Hampshire Down ram lamb at the 2010 Woolsery Show in North Devon on 26th July.



A beautiful sunny day greeted exhibitors and visitors at this year’s show, unlike the torrential rain last year. Sian turned out an exceptional ram fully deserving the title Champion. Scarlett Emmanuel-Jones, The Black Farmer’s Daughter is pictured here with Sian and her award.

Best known for his eponymous range of premium pork gluten free sausages, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, The Black Farmer® has long supported native and indigenous breeds – regularly keeping North and South Devon cattle on his Devon farm. The Black Farmer’s Daughter has her own range of Premium Pork gluten free chipolatas.

Hampshire Down flocks were established more than 150 years ago. The breed originated by crossing the Wiltshire Horn and the Berkshire Knot with the Southdown. Usually consigned to the ’any other breed’ class, this is the second year that sufficient numbers of Hampshires are showing to claim a class of their own.




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