Turriff Show announces full judging line-up
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With 72 days to go until the return of Turriff Show for 2023, the full judging line-up for this year's two day event has been confirmed.
The two day event takes place on Sunday, July 30 and Monday, July 31 with tickets available here.
Champion of champions - Mary McCall-Smith, Crieff.
Cattle - Cattle overall: Dougie McBeath, Stirling.
Groups, pairs and young bull interbreed: Sarah-Jane Jessop, Stirling.
Aberdeen Angus: Angus Stovold, Shackleford, Surrey.
Highland cattle: Andrew Smith, Invergarry.
Shorthorn + any other breed: Pamela Nicol, Blairgowrie.
British charolais and simmentaL: Allen Drysdale, Blairgowrie.
Limousin: Kay Adam, Forfar.
British blue: Gran Dinnie, Alford.
Cross bred (led): Wilson Peters, Crieff.
Carcase cattle, butchers lambs: Woodhead Brothers, Turriff.
Beef young handlers: Kay Adam, Forfar.
Goats dairy and pygmy: Gordon Smith, Dundee.
Sheep - Overall and pairs: Pat Machray OBE, Inverurie.
Ryeland: Tom Redmayne, Carlisle.
Suffolk and Blue du Maine: James Young, Alford.
Bluefaced leicester: Anders Brown, Thornhill, Dumfries.
Texel: Donald MacPherson, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland.
Charollais and Zwartbles: Alan Sands, Inchture.
Any other breed ACC: Pat Delday, Fyvie.
Beltex: John Barclay, Maybole, Ayrshire.
Blue texel: David Gray, Selkirk.
Any other breed: non-ACC: Raymond Irvine, Tomintoul.
Blackface and collie dogs: Donald MacGregor, Milton of Campsie.
Small & horned minority breeds non-ACC: David Alcorn, Biggar.
Cross pens: Hazel McNee, Tealing, Dundee.
Cross pens singles: Jaqueline Strathdee, Huntly.
Young handlers: John Barclay, Maybole, Ayrshire.
Poultry-
Egg classes: Ian Allonby, Cumbria.
There are no Poultry classes scheduled due to the ongoing bird flu restrictions.
Rabbits and cavies -
Fancy and lop: Glen Hodson, Lincoln.
Fur and rex: Gary Watson, Leigh.
Pets: Robert Murphy MBE, Glasgow.
Cavies: Sam Richardson, Carlisle.
Pigeons
Fancy: Mark Rudd, Cumbria.
Show racers and racing pigeons: J V Gregg, Cumbria.
Horses and ponies-
Overall in-hand: Barbara Ashby-Jones, Stratford upon Avon.
Overall ridden: Maggie Inglis, Edzell, Angus.
Working hunter: ride: Sue Knowles, Insch.
Working hunter: conformation: Angel Heginbotham, Cumbria.
Course builder: Calum McDonald.
Hunters & hacks (in hand): Mary Sivewright, Rothienorman.
Hunters & hacks (under saddle): ride: Marion Maclennan, Inverness.
Hunters & hacks (under saddle); conformation: Karen Slight, Biggar.
Show ponies: Mrs Virginia Laing, Roslin, Midlothian.
Large breeds mountain & moorland: David Blair, Fife.
Small breeds mountain & moorland: Marguerite Osbourne, Kirriemuir.
Ride and drive / carriage driving: Joyce Simpson, Perthshire.
Arab and part-bred arab: Christina Roebuck, Forglen.
Riding ponies (in hand) & hunter pony breeding: Tom Best, Fife.
Coloureds: Mrs Margaret Smith, Kilwinning, Ayrshire.
Veteran horses and ponies: Wayne Gayler, Aberdeen.
Ex race horses: Laurie Carnie, Fettercairn.
Highland ponies (incl ridden class): Louise Cushnie, Balbeggie, Perthshire.
Shetland ponies (standard): Emma Gibson (Coltonford), Aberford, Leeds.
Ridden class: Mrs Emma Gibson (Coltonford), Aberford, Leeds.
Shetland ponies (miniature): Miss Edwina Headley (Laddyll), Kirby Stephen, Cumbria.
Young handlers: Mrs Barbara Ashby-Jones, Stratford upon Avon.
Donkeys: Karen Logan, Blackburn, Lancashire.
Clydesdales: Ronald Brewster, Methven, Perthshire.
Ridden class: Keona Eastwood, Huntly.
