The British Simmental Review 2022

SHOWS
English Simmental National Show
Popes Whispers Della (TF) EX90. With a summer track record behind
him, Popes Matchmaker had secured the Junior Interbreed Reserve
and Simmental Male Championship at this year’s Great Yorkshire
Show.
Taking the Senior Bull title and the Lord Hesketh Cup was the 2018
born Dermotstown King Kong shown by David Donnelly, Atlow
House, Ashbourne, Derbyshire. This bull, bred in Ireland, is by the
well-known Dermotstown Delboy and is out of Broomfield Belle.
Back in the females, and the Burytown Trophy for the Best Senior
Cow was won by the 2017 born Heathbrow Girlies Ivy from David
and Lesley Sapsed, High Heath Farm, Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
Entirely homebred, Girlies Ivy is by Heathbrow Findlay 14, and is
out of Heathbrow Girlie’s Freesia (P) (TF) EX93. A further title for the
Heathbrow herd was secured when they won the Memorial Trophy
for the Best Calf at foot with the January 2022 born Heathbrow Nova
Star (P). Again with plenty of breeding behind him this heifer’s calf
is by Heathbrow Important, the multi-title winning stock bull, and is
out of Heathbrow Koko Star (P) the 2021 Supreme Simmental Overall
Champion at the Great Yorkshire Show. Capping a fine show for this
noted herd, Heathbrow won the Simmental Group of Four award,
and also had Heathbrow Girlie’s Laurel featuring in the winning
Interbreed Team of Four.
Continuing their roll call of prizes, the Woods team also picked up
the Junior Female Championship with the March 2021 born heifer
Popes Trixies Mikala. Once more by Denizes Impressive, this calf
is out of Popes Trixies Inoa whose grand dam is Greenside Trixie-
Belle 5 th , the mother of the herd’s noted bred bull Popes Laird.
Popes Trixies Mikala was the Overall and Female Champion at the
Simmental Calf Show held at Stafford in 2021, and this year was
Simmental Reserve Junior at the Great Yorkshire.
Recapping the breed’s Interbreed success on the Sunday, the
Supreme Beef Champion award went to Popes Princess Lumi; the
winning Interbreed Team of Four comprised of Popes Princess Lumi,
Popes Princess Maya, Denizes Eve’s Beauty 3 rd , and Heathbrow
Girlie’s Laurel; the Interbreed Best Homebred animal was won by
Popes Memphis 21; and the Reserve Interbreed Pair went to Popes
Memphis 21 and Popes Trixies Mikala.
Special mention must also go to the Young Breeder’s Stockjudging
held on the Saturday afternoon. Hosted by the Simmental Society,
and open to all breeds at the show a fantastic eighteen young
breeders of the future had a go with a heady mixture of enthusiasm
and no little skill. The senior section prize went to Hannah Wood
of the Popes herd, with Callum Leedham of the Grangewood herd,
Pickering, North Yorkshire, picking up the junior section prize. Earlier
in the day Callum had also secured the Forsdale Trophy for the Young
Stockman within the English National Show.
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