The British Simmental Review 2022

SHOWS
Royal Highland Show
Taking the Reserve Junior Male Championship
was the January 2021 born Corskie Mikah from
Mr WJ&J Green, Corskie, Garmouth, Fochabers.
This young bull placed second in his class to the
Junior Male Champion, and again in the day’s
largest class, before following him through to the
Reserve position. Corskie Mikah is by Kilbride Farm
Haka and is out of Corskie Elissa VG 88 who is a
Dirnanean Bradley 10 EX 93 daughter. Later in the
day the Corskie herd picked up the Group of Three
award with Corskie Mikah being joined by the
heifers Corskie Mimic and Corskie London.
Back in the females and winning the Junior Female
Championship and Overall Junior Reserve was
Brandane Millie from the herd of Jimmy McMillan,
The Beeches, Back Lane, Bradwell Ash, Bury St
Edmunds. A well-known figure in Simmental show
and sale rings around the UK over a prolonged
number of years, this was Jimmy McMillan’s first
time showing at the Royal Highland on his own
behalf. No stranger to the winners’ circle, Jimmy
has been at the halter of a number of Supreme
Champions at the Highland and including for such
noted herds as Darsham and Sterling respectively.
On this occasion Brandane Millie is out of Sterling
Candy’s FCUK, a female bought at the Sterling
Sale, and whose first calf was the aforementioned
Sterling FCUK Impuls, the Simmers 2019 RHAS
Reserve Supreme Champion. Sired by the AI bull
Sterling Gino 15, this young heifer is February
2021 born. With a show record behind her already,
Brandane Millie was Reserve Interbreed at Suffolk
Show and will now move on to the Royal Norfolk.
First time and welcome exhibitors in Simmental
classes at the Royal Highland Show were David
& Lesley Sapsed, all the way from High Heath
Farm, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Their long journey
met with reward when securing two red tickets
in the classes. First up was the April 2019 born
Heathbrow Koko Star, last year’s Supreme
Champion at the Great Yorkshire, and who won
the class for Females calved before 3 years or due
to calve before 3 years old, in Milk, or in calf born
in 2019. The Sapsed’s second first prize winner was
for Heathbrow Girlie’s Ivy who secured the Female
born in 2017 or 2018 in Milk or certified in Calf at
the time of Show.
Rolling on to the second day, Friday 24 th June
and the Simmental breed secured the first beef
Interbreed of the show when winning not only the
Marks & Spencer Beefbreeder title but also landing
both the Champion and Reserve positions. This
Interbreed title takes into account a combination
of the animal’s conformation and performance
figures. Winning the Interbreed, in front of judge
Michael Durno, Glenlivet, Ballindalloch, was the
December 2020 born Blackford Local Hero (P)
from the noted Mr WG MacPherson (A FIRM),
Heathbrow Girlie's Ivy.
Marks & Spencer Beefbreeder Champion Blackford Local Hero.
Blackford Farm, Croy, Inverness. This young polled bull is by the
show sire Heathbrow Important (P), and is out of Blackford Echo VG
86, a Curlieu Knight daughter. This is another bull that went to the
Stirling Simmental October 2022 Bull Sale. For the MacPhersons, this
latest win made it a nap hand of five Interbreed wins over the years
with Simmentals in the Marks & Spencer Beefbreeder competition.
Lifting the Reserve was the previously mentioned Corskie Mikah from
WJ & J Green.
To common acclaim it was great to be back at the Royal Highland
Show and a big thank you and congratulations are extended to all the
prize winners and exhibitors and to the Simmental judge on the day,
for a job very well done, Mr Joe Wilson.
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