United Kingdom-Blackface Sheep Show and sale.

UNITED KINGDOM-BLACKFACE SHEEP SHOW AND SALE.

THE SECOND spring show for the Dumfries and Galloway branch of the Blackface Sheep Breeders’ Association, was hailed as a great success last Thursday with 55 sheep forward and 103 members and friends stock-judging.

The judge for the evening was well known Irish breeder Mr John Harking Loughash Farm, Donemana, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

He had the difficult job of placing one of the best shows of Blackface sheep in the district.

The champion from the family team of M/s Kay, Gass came from the largest class of the night the tup hogg class that had 20 animals forward.

Their winner was the 11,000gns tup from Dalchirla. It has a Mouriaho sire and out of the 37,000gns Dyke-bred ewe.

The reserve champion was the ewe that lifted the championship award last year. This ewe, from the father and son team Graham and Colin McClymont, Cuil, Palnure, Newton Stewart was from their Glanary flock and is by the 34,000gns Dalchirla tup.

Class placings were:

Aged tup: 1 J & F Burns, Craignell, New Galloway, Castle Douglas; 2 G McClymont, Cuil, Palnure, Newton Stewart; 3 William Stevenson, Balrazzie, Ballantrae, Girvan, Ayrshire; 4 Drannandow Farms, Drannandow, Minnigaff, Newton Stewart.

Tup hogg: 1 J W Kay & Co, Gass, Straiton, Ayrshire; 2 G McClymont; 3 I.R.S. Bond, Glen Farm, Gatehouse of Fleet, Castle Douglas; 4 G McClymont.

Ewe: 1 G McClymont; 2 M/s W Ramsay, Milnmark, Castle Douglas; 3 J Mitchell & Son, Little Larg, New Luce, Newton Stewart; 4 I.R.S. Bond.

Ewe Hogg: 1 J W Kay; 2 G McClymont; 3 J & F Burns; 4 W & J Barrie, Cambret, c/o Kirkbride, Carsluith, Creetown.