A long hot day at gillingham show today. No marquee for cattle and it was blazing sunshine so we all came home a bit dazed and pink!
Good results though:-
First up was Logan and Charlotte in the young handlers and they took 2nd and 5th place in a class of 7 – charlottes calf was very naughty today and would not walk nicely but the judge told her she did well for persevering. There were much older children with larger cattle behind her in 6th and 7th place! Logan did very well taking 2 nd place
Then we had the any other beef class’s which had entries from Sussex, Irish Moil, traditional hereford, shorthorn, red poll and British white
In the calf class Logan took 3rd with Chiperoo and Charlotte got 6th with Crusher
In the cow and calf class Sadie got 4th in a class of 6
In the heifer class Angela got 3rd and Sadie 5th
In the bull class we had Apollo on his first outing and did very well taking 2nd place putting Conker into 3rd place! I think he will be one to watch he looked very showy and is only 17 months as yet
Lastly we had the pairs with Apollo and Angela and we were very pleased to get 2nd place
All in all a succesful day. We had a few enquiries about semen use for cross breeding as people appreciated the build, confirmation and temperament of the lowlines.
Pictures to follow