British Simmental Review 2018

ROYAL SHOW REPORTS
judge. The class winner was Popes
Princess Hettie; she had the most
ring presence, with a great body and
natural width.
Next was the strongest class of
the day, which was won by Popes
Rhona, who went on to be my Overall
Champion. She was eye-catching and
stylish. I was initially concerned that
she was over-fat on her tail head,
however, after examining her I decided
it felt more likely that she had banged
herself. I also need to mention the
second-placed heifer in this strong
class, Midhope Heavenly Light. She
was a big, and possibly the best bodied
heifer, and very good over her plates.
However, possibly due to an injury,
her movement on the day was wrong,
which stopped her going any further.
The next class had an easy winner
in Kennox Diva’s Gena, who was
making a super job of her calf, which
is what it’s all about. A very well made
cow that just needed to be a bit bigger.
Her bull calf went on to win the best
calf, and I’m sure we will see him in the
future.
Next class, I couldn’t get wrong; it
was won by Woodhall Erica, a very
correct cow, who just lacked the style
and presence to have pushed the
champion aside.
The senior cow class was won by
Sterling Petra’s Cairo, the biggest
animal on parade. She was up there
to win overall when standing, but with
locomotion very important, this was as
far as she could go.
The first of the bull classes was won
by Skerrington Iceman; he was an easy
winner - very modern with natural
width and a great top.
Next class was won by Williams I of
the Tiger, a very stylish, clean bodied
bull, but lacked the power to go
further.
The intermediate class was won by
Camus Harold.
The senior bull class only had the
one entry, and was won by Curaheen
Drifter. This bull carried his width all
the way to his tail, and he would later
stand Reserve Breed Champion. I had
seen the bull earlier in the year, and
actually thought he had improved as
the show season had gone on.
Many thanks for affording me the
honour of judging this show.
CURAHEEN DRIFTER - Male Champion & Reserve Supreme Champion and 1st place
Bull, born on or before 31.12.15 at the English National Show, Great Yorkshire
STERLING FCUK IMPULS - Junior Champion & Reserve Female Champion and 1st place Heifer, born on
or between 01.01.17 and 31.03.17 (Class 82B) at the English National Show, Great Yorkshire
SKERRINGTON ICEMAN - Reserve Male Champion and 1st place Bull, born on
or after 01.04.17 at the English National Show, Great Yorkshire
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