This year’s National Simmental Show saw us take a trip to Malvern for the Three Counties Show. Judge Peter O’Connell from the Raceview herd in Southern Ireland placed Tristar first in the senior bull class, then gave him male champion and then overall reserve breed champion. With such a high standard of cattle forward at the show, this was a huge success for Tristar who is having a pretty impressive show season to date.
Tristar then paired up with Popes Princess Victoria from Jimmy and Vikki Woods to take the Continental pairs championship and then the interbreed pairs championship.
And in incredibly tough female classes, our yearling heifer Williams Snow Queen stood a very respectable fifth place in her class, while Sterling Ritzys Vesta stood fifth in the intermediate cow and calf class.
In incredibly strong Blue Texel classes we stood fourth in the shearling ewe class with a Bishops-bred ewe, while our homebred ewe lamb stood fifth. Seeing as we’re new to showing Blue Texels we were delighted to be receiving rosettes in such strong classes with established breeders.
