ABOVE L-R HM Riverdane Gold Angel, reserve Wyndford Goldwyn Erle and champion Castellhyfryd Spirte Rosina.
LEFT Simon and Sian Davies, Kevin Thomas and the Castellhyfryd team of helpers with the interbreed champion Castellhyfryd Spirte Rosina.
BELOW LEFT Riverdane Gold Angel standing top of the second calver class with Wyndford Earl Winsome 87 in second.
BELOW RIGHT Wyndford Goldwyn Erle won the third calvers.
Wilfred Maddocks Ltd. Having calved 11 months she has produced 12,000kg so far this lactation. She is a daughter of the Ex95 scored record priced cow Field of Dreams Formation Erle who sold in 2003 for 76,000gns.
Prior to her reserve champion success at the Welsh, she was reserve champion at Agri-Scot 2013 and the Royal Welsh 2012 and was reserve heifer at the National All Breed Show. She has a daughter in Switzerland that stood third at Swiss Expo and other daughters in Ireland, France and Germany. Honourable mention on the day went to Riverdane Gold Angel, a second calved Goldwyn daughter from Riverdane Holsteins. She was fresh in March and was giving 46kg a day having produced 10,832kg at 4.48%bf and 3.29%p in her first lactation. No stranger to the show ring, she stood interbreed champion at Cheshire
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this year and as a heifer stood fifth at the European Championships in Switzerland. Her dam is the Ex93 classified Comestar Outside daughter Hendomen Arlene 20 who was champion at the last Royal Show in 2009 with two further generations of excellent dams. Reserve to Sahara Windy Tessie in the heifer championship was Riverdane Holsteins’ senior heifer in milk Riverdane Sid Atlee, this February calved Sid daughter was giving 42kg a day at the point of showing. She carries five generations of dams scored in the top two grades with her dam the VG89 classified Goldwyn daughter Ridgefield Gold Atlee. Her
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