Annual Spring Show & Sale
Friday 16th May 2003
BREED RECORD SMASHED
AT CARLISLE
There was a 95% clearance and the British Belgian
Blue breed record of 10,500gns was smashed at the Border Belgian Blue Club’s
Thirteenth Annual Spring Show & Sale on Thursday 15th May 2003 (Judging
of all classes) and Friday 16th May 2003 (sale), at Borderway Mart, Carlisle
when auctioneers Harrison and Hetherington Limited offered the catalogued entry
of 199 bulls and 46 females to a packed ringside of buyers.
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| Netherwood Umpire |
Netherwood Umpire, Junior Male
Champion bred and exhibited by A Woodburn & Sons, Netherwood Farm, Muirkirk,
Ayrshire sold for the new breed record of 11,000gns to Border Club enthusiast
Mark Bousfield, Widewath, Askham, Penrith. Mark selected this young black and
white bull by Blue Stone Mr Motivator ET for his dams breeding Canvin
Iraine who is by Platinum George ET and out of Boston
Fire Fly ET. He has great mobility and shape, and will be run with
Mark’s small suckler herd and possibly some of his Pedigree females.
Auctioneer David Dickinson commented that without a doubt this has been the
largest show of Belgian Blues sold at Borderway. The overall quality of stock
on offer was well up to the usual high standard at this event. Trade throughout
the sale was on a buoyant note with the prices achieved, exceeding many vendors’ expectations,
resulting in 19 bulls selling for 5,000gns and above, and 149 bulls averaging £3,369.87,
with very few bulls leaving the ring unsold and 42 more bulls sold on the year.
British Linalux and the British Blue Cattle Society jointly sponsored
the show and sale.
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| Bringlee Titus |
Phillip Cleiren, de la Houlette herd in Belgium had the difficult task of
judging the tremendous show of cattle. He awarded the Intermediate Male,
Overall Male & Supreme
Championship to Bringlee Titus ET an August 2001 son of Baron,
who is noted for his high weight gains. His dam Astbury Port ET is
an all black cow, who has won many prizes at numerous shows. Titus who
is dark in colour and has an EBV of 24, which puts him in the top 1% of the breed
was the single entry of JG Brindley, The Lees, Adderley, Market Drayton, Shropshire
who is up for election as a council member at the Society’s forthcoming
AGM, which is to be staged at Border Club member George Bowe’s, Chalk Lodge,
Dalston on 29th May. Titus was sold for the second highest price
of the day 10,000gns to GH & NM Jones & Sons, Ty-Isaf Farm, Builth Wells,
Powys.
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| Springfield Trueman |
Next at 8,000gns was the 5th prize-winner Springfield Trueman
ET who is full brother to Springfield Tinga,
who was Reserve Champion and sold for 4,000gns at the Inaugural Premier
Society Show & Sale at Carlisle November 2002. This May 2001 born
blue bull is by President and out of the noted Ovatie
Van de Wolvendree cow, was bred and exhibited by Allan & Deirdre
Wilkinson, Springfield Farm, Out Rawcliffe, Preston. The successful
bid came from S & D Blaylock, Newbigging Farmhouse, Oxnam, Jedburgh.
Also from the same good stable was Springfield Tudor who
stood 3rd in his class and sold for 7,500gns. This almost all black
bull is out of a very good Galopeur cow Springfield
Rhapsody ET and by the popular Franchi. Tudor travels
to Yorkshire for Messrs S & A Taylor, Dearne House Farm, Huddersfield.
Allan (who is also up for election at the AGM) & Deirdre successfully
sold 7 bulls to average £5,430.00.
Local breeders BK Ryder & Sons, Newton
Farm, Annanwater, Moffat purchased an exceptional bull for 7,500gns
from Settle breeders’ Messrs Coates, Rainscar Farm, Stainforth,
N Yorkshire one of the founder members of the British Belgian Blue
Cattle Society. Greystone The Boss is by their imported
stock bull Adagio du Stordeur and out of their homebred
cow Olive. Adagio also sired Greystone
Turbo who has been sold to Genus.
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| Boomer UpTownGirl |
Females sold to a joint top price of 4,200gns, the first through the
ring was the 2nd prize junior maiden heifer Boomer Up Town Girl
ET who is by the renowned Alambic and out of
the Junior Royal Show Champion 2000 Astbury Port ET,
who is also dam of the aforementioned supreme champion Bringlee
Titus. Up Town Girl already has an impeccable
show record; this 16-month-old heifer was Best Beef Calf Stafford, Champion
Calf Cheshire, Champion Belgian Blue Calf Nantwich and second overall
Baby Beef Birmingham Primestock Show. Signing the cheque was TP Radford,
Holme Farm, Grantham, Lincs. Also joining Mr Radford’s Kelby Herd
at 3,400gns is the Female Champion and winner of the Border Club’s
Challenge Trophy for the Best Animal Opposite Sex to the Champion Beckfarm
Una the single entry of Mrs A Tyson, Beck Farm, Millom. Una also
a 16-month-old white maiden heifer has won many shows including Champion
Belgian Blue and Reserve Beef Champion Westmorland County Show 2002.
She is by Seduisant whose sons have sold to 10,000gns
at Carlisle and out of Beckfarm Rose who was supreme
champion Westmorland show 2000.
Mr R Barker, Stockasteads, Bewcastle,
Carlisle went to the sale with the intention of buying a bull to
run with his Limousin x heifers, but when he got there he was so
impressed with the nature and quality of cattle on offer he purchased
a number of females of exceptional conformation to establish his
own herd. He has toyed with the idea of Belgian Blues for a while
and took this opportunity to buy. For 4,200gns he took home the 3rd
prize-winning Wold Newton bred heifer Sage who
sold with her first calf at foot, an October 2002 born white bull, Annanwater
Usher, and in-calf to Annanwater Rocky.
BK Ryder & Sons, Moffat were the vendors. Also from the same
good home was Annanwater Penny a 2nd prize-winner,
which was knocked down for 3,400gns. This Philipper bred
October 1998 blue and white heifer was sold with her January 2003
born blue and white heifer calf at foot Annanwater Vanity.
The Border Belgian Blue Club Special
Trophy was presented to Messrs Brass & Bellas, Barnskew, Maulds
Meaburn, Penrith for Mullinary Topper who was bred
in Ireland. This white September 2001 born 1st prize-winning bull
was sold for 3,000gns to J Wood & Sons, Kinnerton Farm, Pontesbury,
Shropshire.
| Averages:- |
£ ( + or - May
2002) |
| 48 senior bulls |
3675.00 ( - £288.75) |
| 50 Intermediate Bulls |
3750.59 ( + £344.09) |
| 51 Junior Bulls |
2709.41 ( - £1,350.59) |
| 149 Bulls overall |
3369 .87 ( - £249.69) |
| 16 heifers |
1922.82 ( + £32.82) |
| 13 Cows and heifers unserved |
2104.04 ( - £74.71) |
Other leading prices: -
Bulls
Jane
Wyllie’s “Tamhorn Tyrone ET” 6,200gns
to DR Evans & Son, Ystradfaelog, Trefeglwys, Caersws, Powys. 1st in class
4, Senior Male, Reserve Overall Male & Reserve Supreme Champion.
RM Birch’s “Boomer Tigger ET” 6,200gns to
AJ & FM Harrison, Grange Hall, Great Asby, Appleby, Cumbria. 2nd in class
4 & Reserve Senior Male Champion.
Martin Grayshon’s “Riva Hill Triumphant” 6,200gns
to J Robertson & Son (Becks) & Co, The Becks, Langholm, Dumfriesshire.
2nd in class 8.
Michele
Wilde’s “Ridge Dean Thomas” 6,000gns
to ES & CA Bindloss, Eycott Farm, Berrier, Penrith, Cumbria.
3rd in class 3.
AJ & DA Wilkinson’s “Springfield Taylor” 6,000gns
to TG Taylor, The Gilts, Crosby Ravensworth, Penrith, Cumbria. 4th in class
5.
Jane
Wyllie’s “Tamhorn Tomahawk ET” 6,000gns
to Mr & Mrs SE Jones & Dtrs, Coedmore Hall, Lampeter, Dyfed.
4th in class 9
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