PICTURES: Top title awarded at New Deer Show
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A Limousin cross heifer was crowned Champion of Champions at the return of New Deer Show at the weekend.
The one-year-old, named Truffles, won the breed, overall cattle and champion titles.
It is owned by Blair Duffton from Huntly and was exhibited by father and daughter Steven and Lily Smith of the Turriff area.
Blair said of the triumph: "I am absolutely delighted to win the Champion of Champions title.
"It was purchased as a small heifer and I took it to the Scottish National Winter Fair at Lanark in November and it won the lightweights there.
"It's been champion at Fettercairn, it was reserve at the Royal Highland and it's been to many other shows.
"It's been great to get back to these events and see everybody. New Deer Show is always good and there has been great selection of cattle exhibited."
The reserve winner in the cattle was from the Shorthorn breed. It was a five-year-old roan cow called Dunsyre Iona 31 from Ross and Kirsty Williams of Tullochbeg, Huntly.
Also in the Champion of Champions was the overall winner in the sheep a Charollais gimmer from siblings Eilidh and Erin Duncan from Clola, Mintlaw.
The reserve champion was a Texel Gimmer from W & K Knox of Mid Haddo.
The overall horse title was won by Strathisla Spartacus from E & C Stables and the reserve champion was Freckleton Mozart, which was ridden by Amy Rugg.
In the goats the overall winner was a British Alpine male called by Wedgewood Aston shown by Agnes Aitken.
A selection of the results from New Deer Show were:
Cattle
Aberdeen-Angus – G and F Willox, Oldmeldrum with the seven-year-old cow, Cardenwell Blossom. Shown alongside her three-month-old bull calf at foot. Reserve – G and F Willox with the two-year-old heifer, Cardenwell Bridget.
Highland cattle – Clackriach Fold, Aberdeenshire with the 10-year-old cow, Ban Righ 4th of Mottistone. Shown alongside her bull calf at foot. Reserve – Greaves family, Peterhead with the yearling heifer, Lady Darcy of Ardiffery.
Cross cattle – Blair Duffton, Huntly, with the 21-month-old black Limousin cross heifer, Truffles. Reserve – Blair Duffton with the 15-month-old British Blue cross heifer, Sasha.
Limousin – Aileen Ritchie, Tamala, Whiteside, with the 10-year-old in-calf cow, Brockhurst Howzat. Reserve – Aileen Ritchie with the 20-month-old heifer, Ritches Remi.
Simmental – Emma Smith, Bankhead with the yearling heifer, Riverdee Luna. Reserve – Emma Smith with the yearling heifer, Riverdee Libby.
Shorthorn – Ross and Kirsty Williams, Upper Tullochbeg, Huntly, with Dunsyre Iona 31. Reserve – Ross and Kirsty Williams with the yearling bull, Blackcraig Powerhouse.
Charolais – J and S Middleton with the 17-month-old bull Hollywell Sorrento. Reserve – J and S Middleton with the yearling bull, Hollywells Seoirse.
Sheep
Cheviot – W and J Brown, Hilton of Clush, New Deer with the three-shear tup, Broomhillbank Am The Man. Reserve – Mure and Sandy Gall, Home Farm with the April-born ewe lamb, Diane.
Suffolk – John Gibb, Cairnton, Fraserburgh with a one-crop ewe. Reserve – Graeme and Finn Christie, Newton of Balquhain, Inverurie, with a home-bred gimmer.
Ryeland – R Aitken, Fetternear Ryelands, Inverurie with a gimmer. Reserve – R Aitken with a tup lamb, Fetternear Countryman.
Texel – W and K Knox, Mid Haddo with a gimmer. Reserve – W and K Knox with a two-crop ewe.
Any other breed MV sheep – Eilidh and Erin Duncan, Clola, Mintlaw, with a home-bred Charollais gimmer. Reserve – Deborah Atkinson, Tap O North Farm with a three-shear Blue Texel ram, Dirty Den.
Beltex – Grant Ireland, Glenisla, Huntly with a ewe lamb. Reserve – Faye Wilkie, Westhill, with tup lamb, Whitestone Hell Fire.
Bluefaced Leicester – Jack Millican, Newton of Hasseywells with a two-crop ewe. Reserve – Jack Millican with a tup lamb.
Jacob – Adam Christie, Birchfield with twin ewe lamb, Black Betty. Reserve – Adam Christie with a tup lamb.
Small minority sheep – N and Z Robson, Kairie, Huntly, with a Welsh Mountain Torwen Badgerface tup lamb. Reserve – N and Z Robson with a Welsh Mountain Torwen Badgerface ewe lamb.
Cross sheep (pen of three) – James Lowe with a pen of three Cheviot-bred cross sheep. Reserve – W and J Brown, Hilton of Clush with a Suffolk-bred ewe, gimmer and ewe lamb.
Goat
Agnes Aitken with a one-year-old British Alpine male, Wedgewood Aston.
Native horses
Clydesdale – George Skinner, Strathorn Farm Stables, Inverurie, with the five-year-old gelding, Collessie King Edward. Reserve – Norman Christie, Anguston Clydesdales with a the home-bred yearling filly Anguston Annie.
Shetland pony – Lynda Bruce with a two-year-old gelding, Harley of Pinehoulland. Reserve – Christine Forbes, Dufftown with an 11-year-old mare, Lynemore Finesse.
Highland pony – Lynne MacDonald, Aboyne with the five-year-old stallion, Islay Malt of Coynach. Reserve – Gordon Towns with Anya May of Forglen.
