The Farmers Mart Oct/Nov 2014 - Issue 36 | Page 54

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LIMOUSIN SUPREME CHAMPION
AT COUNTRYSIDE LIVE
Limousins ruled the roost
in the championships at
Countryside Live, Harrogate
on 18th-19th October
2014, taking the Supreme
Beef Championship as
well as the Baby Beef
title, the Reserve Baby
Beef championship and
the Reserve Overall Steer
Championship. On top of
this, the breed also claimed
the best exhibitor-bred
award and also the title
for the best beast bred,
owned and exhibited by a
Yorkshire resident.
Taking the supreme
championship at the seasonopening primestock event was
the 604kg Limousin-cross
heifer More Of That (pictured)
from Phil & Sharon Sellers,

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Thorpe Tilney Farm, Linc.
This one, which clinched the
Sellers’ fifth championship
title at Harrogate, is sired by
Fieldson Alfy and is out of a
Limousin-cross cow.
Judge James Alexander,
Randalstown, N Ireland
said his champion was an
exceptional heifer with great
length and end, commenting:
“She’s tremendous through
her top and has very little
waste on her.”
Taking the Reserve
Championship Steer title
were the Stephenson Family
with their winner from the
homebred class, Bordley Pot
Black. He was also the winner
of the best exhibitor-bred title
and the best bred and owned
in Yorkshire award.

Reserve Champion Yorkshirebred, owned and exhibited
beast was the Stoney
Family’s Red Magic, a 624kg
December 2012-born heifer.
Meanwhile, the Reserve
Limousin-cross beast was
the Reserve Limousin Heifer
Champion from Trevor Lyons &
Family.
In the Limousin steers, the
Champion was Elfed Williams’
Red Alert. This privatelybought bullock was bred by
Simon Blandford at Malvern
and weighed in at 564kg.
Reserve Overall Limousin
Steer Champion was Poker
Prince from the Alford Family,
Devon and leading the way
in the Baby Beef section to
secure the overall title was the
March-born heifer Miss Chief

– from Lincolnshire-based
exhibitors Mr & Mrs Sellers.
Standing Reserve Overall
were Mike & Melanie Alford
with their Limousin-cross heifer
Pokerlicious.
Limousins were also to the
fore in the steer class, taking
first and second. Top spot in this
class was Neil Slack’s Limousincross bullock Sparticus, a
398kg January-born entry. In
second spot was Trevor Lyon’s
March-born steer Midnight
Black weighing in at 300kg.

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