‘FOUR-MIDABLE’ BALLINALARE NIKITA MAKES BALMORAL SHOW SIMMENTAL HISTORY!

Ballinalare Farm Nikita Wins Overall Simmental Supreme for fourth consecutive year
Lisglass Sapphire takes Overall reserve & Junior Champion
Mullynock Scorpio is crowned Male Champion

Supreme Champion Ballinalare Farm Nikita

 Rewriting the Simmental record books is the amazing Ballinalare Farm Nikita from Joe & Alan Wilson, Newry, who with her cracking heifer calf at foot, won a record breaking fourth Royal Ulster Balmoral Show Simmental Overall Supreme Championship, on the first day of this early summer ‘major’ at Balmoral Park, Lisburn, Co Antrim.  Judging the Simmental classes and Championships was John Barlow of the noted Denizes herd, Lancashire.

The win for this February 2022 born Simmental female, in what was a quality show of some 20 pedigree Simmental cattle, saw this remarkable lady complete a record four-in-a-row Simmental Championships and to set a new record for Simmental cattle at a designated ‘major’ and possibly a record for any breed at these same events!

Ballinalare Farm Nikita’s calf at foot was the April 2026 born Ballinalare Farm Tikita, who is sired by the noted Raceview King. See the video with this post

Striding out in the first class of the day, Ballinalare Farm Nikita picked up the Female Championship before winning the day’s top prize. Nikita is by the well-known Saltire Impressive and is out of Ballinalare Farm Ilyssa, a Denizes Fantastic daughter.

The roll call for this incredible now four year old cow sees her having four consecutive wins at Balmoral, three  in a row at NI Simmental National Shows, and along with multiple interbreed titles at various NI shows.

Reserve Supreme & Junior Champion Lisglass Sapphire

 Lifting the Overall Reserve Supreme, the Overall Junior Championship, and the Reserve Female Championship, was the super stylish young heifer Lisglass Sapphire from Leslie & Chris Weatherup, Irish Hill, Ballyclare, Co Antrim.  April 2025 born, this calf is another by Raceview King, and is out of Dermody Princess who herself stood Reserve Female to Nikita at Balmoral in 2024, and has also been Reserve Female at the NI Simmental National Show.

Male & Overall Reserve Junior Champion Mullyknock Scorpio

Taking the Male Championship, and the Overall Reserve Junior Championship was the May 2025 born bull Mullynock Scorpio from Robert Forde, Tempo, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh.  A first prize winner at the 2025 NI Simmental National Show at Clogher, this calf is by Clonagh Tiger Gallant, and again features Raceview breeding being out of Raceview Prety Lady Gretta.

See the full results below and keep an eye out for updates as the Interbreeds take place over the next three days…

2026 Balmoral Show Simmental Results

Cow in calf or in milk having had calf by age of three years
1^st          Alan Wilson                    163      Ballinalare Farm Nikita
2^nd         Connor Wilkinson       164      Clonagh Polly Holly

Ranfurly Weikel 56th

Heifer, in calf or calf at foot, born on after 1^st January 2024, and on or before 30 June 2024
1^st                W D & J D Hazelton     165    Ranfurly Weikel 56^th R5
2^nd            Alan Wilson                     166     Ballinalare Farm Ritz

Ranfurly Jade 2nd R13

 Heifer born on or after 1st July 2024 and on or before 31^st Dec 2024
1^st          W D & J D Hazelton        168       Ranfurly Jade     2^nd R13
2^nd          Connor Wilkinson          167       Broomfield Super Little D
3^rd          Susan McCullough    169            Rathnashan Star Neptune

HEIFER, born on or after 1st January 2025 and on or before 30^th April 2025
1^st          J L & C J Weatherup    171       Lisglass Sapphire
2^nd         J L & C J Weatherup    172       Lisglass Silverbell
3^rd          Bridgewater Farm       170       Bridgewater Farm Wisteria 6^th
4^th          Susan McCullough    173       Rathnashan There She Goes

HEIFER, born on or after 1^st May 2025 and on or before 31^st December 2025
1^st          JL & CL Weatherup         165       Lisglass Star
2^nd         R Forde                176       Mullyknock sunshine
3^rd         Bridgewater Farm        177      Bridgewater Farm Kleeb 4^th

Bridgewater Farm Samson

Bull, born on or after 1^st January 2025 and on or before 30^th April 2025
1^st                 Bridgewater Farm      178     Bridgewater Farm Samson 25

Bull, born on or after 1^st May 2025 and on or before 31^st December 2025
1^st          Robert Forde                180      Mullyknock Scorpio
2^nd         Jl & CJ Weatherup       183     Lisglass Showman
3^rd         Bridgewater Farm        182     Bridgewater Farm Superstar 25
4^th         L Wilson                            181     Ballinalare Farm Supremo

Best pair Ranfurly Weikel 56 and Ranfurly Jade 2nd R13

Pair of animals, bona fide the property of one exhibitor and entered in the classes for which they are eligible.
1^st W D & J D Hazelton, Ranfurly
2^nd L  Wilson, Ballinalare Farm
3^rd  J l & C J Weatherup, Lisglass

Supreme Champion
Ballinalare Farm Nikita           A Wilson

Reserve Supreme Champion
Lisglass Sapphire                      J L & C J Weatherup

Junior Champion
Lisglass Sapphire                     J L & C J Weatherup

Reserve Junior Champion
Mullyknock Scorpio                  R Forde

Female Champion
Ballinalare Farm Nikita           J & A Wilson

Reserve Female Champion
Lisglass Sapphire                       J L & C J Weatherup

 Male Champion
Mullyknock Scorpio      R Forde

Reserve Male Champion
Lisglass Showman                   J L & C J Weatherup