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The taking on of the Dutch Spotted sheep came about in 2019 when Stephanie bought three ewe lambs , initially as pets for their then toddler daughter Georgina .
“ Georgina first spotted them at the Great Yorkshire Show . We had been showing cattle and had walked around the sheep sheds . She liked them and after having bought the three we then bought a tup . We now have eight ewes . When we sold our first packet of lambs at Carlisle in August last year we also had reserve female champion .
Stephanie and Stephen could not possibly show all the stock they took to this year ’ s Great Yorkshire Show , but they had great help from popular young showman Sean Mitchell of Skelton in Cumbria who had won earlier in the season with his Charolais heifer at Cumberland Show .
“ Around Great Yorkshire Show time is Stephen ’ s busiest time of the year , firstly making the hay and then transporting
it to his customers , all pedigree cattle breeders and dairymen and women in Scotland .
“ Sean shows his own cattle at Harrogate and we ’ ve developed a good relationship in the breed . He came down to us for three days before the Great Yorkshire to familiarise himself with our cattle , which he went on to show in the ring for us .
“ Myself and James Bailey , who also shows , showed the sheep . We took two ram lambs and two ewe lambs .
“ We were really pleased with all of our stock and how well we did in all the cattle and sheep classes .
Stephanie ’ s competitive country background prior to cattle and sheep was horses .
“ I used to compete and I used to teach horse riding . I have three horses , one that Chantelle Duggan showjumps which I bred and two that are on the farm . One of them is now quite old and the other is a pony for Georgina .
Hay and straw remain the backbone of the farm .
“ It ’ s still Steve ’ s dad ’ s farm that George and Sylvia came to when he was younger . George was still stacking bales up to 2020 when he was 89 . The farm runs to 110 acres owned and Steve rents off others . We buy straw in the swath , which Stephen bales . The hay comes largely from our own fields and those Stephen rents . Watch this space in future as Stephanie ’ s and Georgina ’ s Gilleard Charollais and G-Star Dutch Spotteds continue to wow at the Great Yorkshire Show in years to come .
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