Following hard on the heels of a very successful event the previous year in Northern Ireland, it was the turn of Scotland to play host to the 2025 Simmental Young Members weekend, and held over three days in Perthshire from 1st – 3rd August. See here the snapshot...
Lagavaich Rosie wins Simmental Overall Supreme, Female Champion, & Reserve Overall Interbreed Delfur Nifty S1 takes Reserve Supreme Overall, Reserve Female, & Junior Female Coltfield Sambo wins Male Championship Islavale Serbia is Reserve Male Champion Delfur...
Ranfurly Lady Diana 41st wins Overall Supreme Ballinalare Farm Ritz places Reserve Overall Female Hiltonstown Serenity wins Junior Championship Corrick Spartan crowned Male Champion The classy rising five-year-old cow, Ranfurly Lady Diana 41st M14 VG from David &...
The final class of this year’s Simmental ‘Virtual’ Show has now been judged and with a fantastic 51 entries into Class Six, Cow any age, In milk. A sincere thank you is extended to everyone who has entered and supported this year’s competition, it is greatly appreciated. It has been great to see entries from all around the UK and the huge interest that this show has again generated.
This week’s winner Gerrard Belinda 60th is an entry from Kenneth Pilkington, Danby Wiske, North Yorkshire, and who was bred by Mr RH Carter & Son, Wigton, Cumbria. Gerrard Belinda 60th, is a July 2017-born daughter of the 20,000gns Stirling Male & Intermediate Champion Kilbride Farm Comber and bred out of Gerrard Belinda 40th who goes back to popular AI bull Blackford Harvester.
The top five places for this class have been awarded by the Judge, Rob Fitton of Simply Simmentals, Lostock, Lancashire, as follows:
1st – Gerrard Belinda 60th
2nd – Kilbride Farm Eunice 223H
3rd – Mixbury-Hall Galaxy
4th – Newbiemains Ice Queen
5th – Eaton Kenita
Thanks are extended to Rob for a job well done and please keep an eye on Facebook for a follow-up video post with a few comments on what has been a terrific class.
Thank you once again to everyone who has supported the 2022 Simmental ‘Virtual’ Show and promoted the Simmental breed so well.
