SHOW SCENE
LEFT First prize in-calf heifer Showgirl SC Sara.
BELOW Interbreed heifer champion Sahara Windy Tessie.
ABOVE LEFT Judge Kevin Wilson from Warnelview Holsteins. BELOW LEFT Senior cow line up with Castellhyfryd Spirte Rosina standing top. The top four cows totalled 18 calves and 247 tonnes of milk between them.
from Wilfred Maddocks to take the honours.
Commenting on the winners, John Cousar said: “They were the most balanced pair on the day and they are both a credit to the breed, exhibiting tremendous style, dairy strength, capacity and superb udders, as well as having very correct locomotion.” Teaming up with Rosina and Erle in the team of five to take the interbreed championship was the fourth calved Wyndford Mr Sam Margi from Wilfred Maddocks, who stood second in the senior
at the Royal Welsh. This championship completes a triumphant season for the February calved Windbrook daughter who was at the time giving 35kg a day. She took the interbreed heifer and the reserve overall championship at the Royal Highland Show in June, the reserve champion heifer at the Great Yorkshire Show in July and prior to those was heifer and exhibitor bred champion at the Celtic Dairy Showcase in March. “The Holstein heifer gained advantage for being so correct on her legs and feet, she is a tall, balanced and stylish heifer that was hard to go past,” added James Warren. Her dam is the Ex92 scored Sahara Damion
Tessie, a herself junior champion at the National Holstein Show 2009, while her granddam was the Ex90 classified Wiltor Morty Tessie who was calf champion at the National Holstein Show 2005.
In the Fitzhugh pairs championship, judge,
Ayrshire-based John Cousar, tapped forward the Holstein pair as overall winners. Here, the breed champion Rosina paired up with reserve champion Wyndford Goldwyn Erle
cow class; Riverdane Holsteins’ honourable mention Riverdane Gold Angel and Sahara Holsteins’ second prize third calver Sahara Goldwyn Sara 2.
Holsteins also dominated the top of the interbreed production and inspection class with Wyndford Mr Sam Margi taking the red rosette. This fourth calver has produced 58 tonnes to date giving 11,978kg at 4.08%bf and 3.12%p in her last 305-day lactation. Second to her was Pisgah Meg 30, an Ex93 Atlas daughter carrying her fourth calf and due in September, she gave 11,963kg at 5.4%bf and 3.16%p in her third lactation. Also in the final line up was Streat Alliance Gaylass, a fourth calver from Aintree Holsteins who stood fifth. She is classified Ex92 and gave 13,666kg at 4.25%bf and 3.23%p in her last 305-day lactation.
Prior to the interbreed success, an outstanding show of Holsteins were forward on the Tuesday of the show for breed judge Kevin Wilson of the Warnelview herd, Cumbria. Although numbers were down on the year with only 21 milkers forward, the standard certainly wasn’t compromised. “It has been a fantastic show of cows with the quality at the top of each class outstanding, leaving me with a final line up that was very impressive. The overall champion was so balanced, she was long and angular with a deep and open spring of rib, a superb udder and great on her feet and legs,” commented Kevin.
Standing reserve to Rosina in the breed championship was the winner of the third calver class Wyndford Goldwyn Erle from
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