The British Simmental Review 2022

RUAS Balmoral Show
SHOWS
This ‘stylish’ heifer immediately caught the eye
of the Simmental judge, Mr David Lowry, who
runs the 65-cow Keeldrum Herd based at Lanark
in Scotland, and who returned to home soil
to judge the Simmental entry at the four-day
show. Originally from County Down, the former
auctioneer has been living in Scotland for 22 years.
Commenting Mr Lowry said:
The Champion is a very
stylish and powerful
heifer, with tremendous length.
She oozes style and ring presence,
is full of breed character, and
displays great locomotion. Just a
great heifer, and a worthy
winner!”
Reserve Overall & Reserve Female Ranfurly Stella 12 th .
Sired by the 14,000gns Saltire Impressive, she is
bred from the Ashland Brandy daughter, Ashland
Topaz 2 nd , one of ten cows in the herd. This muchadmired
heifer had previously won the Simmental
Senior championship at the inaugural Four Breeds
Calf Show, held at Dungannon in November
2021. For the Ashland herd this was their second
supreme Balmoral title, having previously won the
award in 2007 with the home-bred Ashland Lady
Diamond 3 rd .
Following up on her Overall Supreme
Championship in the Simmental judging, day two
of the show saw Ashland Topaz Lopez lift the first
beef Interbreed title on offer at the show, when
being crowned Interbreed Beef Performance
Heifer Champion. Open to heifers born after 1 st
July 2020, the aim of this Interbreed, judged by
Albert de Cogan from County Cork, is to highlight
the heifers which best combine the traditional
values of conformation, and the scientific values of
performance data.
Junior Champion Ashland Topez Mair.
Capping a tremendous show for the Kellys,
Ashland Topaz Lopez went on to be tapped out as
the Reserve Overall Champion in the Interbreed
Beef Champion of Champions, judged by Michael
Durno, Ballindalloch, Banffshire. Commenting,
Frank Kelly said: “It’s been a tremendous week and
my father and I are both delighted and humbled
to win the Simmental Supreme Championship and
take these Interbreed honours against such high
quality opposition and at such a major show”.
Lifting the Overall Simmental Reserve
Championship, and the Overall Reserve Simmental
Female Champion was Ranfurly Stella 12 th from
David and Jonny Hazelton’s 20-cow herd in
Dungannon. Born in October 2020, Stella 12 th
is by Whitemire King Kong, and bred from the
Male Champion & Reserve Junior Champion Craigy Max 21.
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