January Newsletter 2023
January Newsletter 2023
January Newsletter 2023
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Goldies Sultan at 11,500gns Bonnykelly Scotsman at 10,000gns Hollywell Seoirse at 10,000gns<br />
Penrith, Cumbria.<br />
Also reaching 10,000gns was<br />
17-month-old Corrie Stampede, bred<br />
by D MacGregor of the well-known<br />
Corrie herd in Glasgow. Stampede is an<br />
excellent example of French genetics,<br />
having been sired by the French-born<br />
Harestone Oscar. His dam Corrie Lilo<br />
is a daughter of Gavinburn Harry and<br />
goes back to the easy calving Blelack<br />
Digger. Stampede was purchased under<br />
joint ownership between J Irvine &<br />
Son of Ballindalloch, Banffshire and D<br />
Muirhead of Arbroath, Angus.<br />
Next to sell for 10,000gns was<br />
17-month-old Gretnahouse Smiler<br />
from L Houston of the Gretnahouse<br />
herd in Dumfriesshire. Smiler was<br />
sired by Westcarse Jimmy, who is a<br />
trait leader in 200-, 400-, and 600-day<br />
weight EBVs, and his dam Gretnahouse<br />
Nannabel is by the 12,000gns Wesley<br />
Equinox. Smiler is certain to go on<br />
to perform well for his new owners<br />
W J Morrison & Sons of MacDuff,<br />
Banffshire.<br />
The final bull to reach the 5-figure<br />
mark, also at 10,000gns, was the<br />
day’s Reserve Overall Male Champion<br />
and Junior Champion, Balthayock<br />
Sebastian from the herd of D F W<br />
H & N R Walter in Perth. Sebastian<br />
is following in his sire Balthayock<br />
Loyalist’s footsteps – he had also won<br />
the Junior Championship at Stirling<br />
in 2016 before selling for 14,000gns.<br />
Sebastian’s dam is Balthayock Lucia, a<br />
daughter of Ugie Echo. This strapping<br />
young lad will be making the long trip<br />
down to the Vexour herd in Surrey,<br />
to his new home under the care of J<br />
Boomaars.<br />
Thirteen females were sold after the<br />
conclusion of the bull sales, with the<br />
highest price of 5,500gns being secured<br />
by the Female Champion Harestone<br />
Royalgem from R & N Barclay of the<br />
Harestone herd in Aberdeenshire.<br />
Royalgem has some excellent names<br />
in her pedigree – she was sired by<br />
the 40,000gns Maerdy Newman, and<br />
her dam Harestone Locket is by the<br />
25,000gns Inverlochy Ferdie. Securing<br />
the final bid for this stunning young<br />
heifer was K Watret of the Annanview<br />
herd, Dumfriesshire.<br />
Following on from the female sale<br />
was the dispersal of the well-known<br />
Lochend herd, run by Iain Millar<br />
in Stirlingshire. The top price was<br />
an incredible 21,000gns, and was<br />
secured by an outfit consisting of a<br />
beautiful cow Lochend Lightning and<br />
her 5-month-old bull calf Lochend<br />
Thunder. Lightning was sired by the<br />
sought-after Oldstone Egbert, and her<br />
dam Lochend Glitter is a daughter of<br />
the 28,000gns Brampton Nacodar.<br />
Her bull calf Thunder was sired by<br />
Swalesmoor Oscar, whom the Millars<br />
purchased for 10,000gns in 2020. After<br />
a furious round of bidding, the hammer<br />
finally came down with D Sawrij of the<br />
Swalesmoor herd in Selkirkshire taking<br />
the last bid.<br />
Finally, the dispersal of the<br />
Ravensworth herd, from W S Oates<br />
in Tyne and Wear, concluded the<br />
day’s proceedings. The top price<br />
was 8,500gns, and was secured by<br />
Ravensworth Nicole. Nicole was sired<br />
by Goldies Judge, and she is out of<br />
Ravensworth Ivy, a daughter of the<br />
11,000gns Thrunton Bombadier. Nicole<br />
had been scanned in-calf to Goldies<br />
Orchard in May 2022, and both her<br />
and her future calf are sure to perform<br />
admirably for new owner E Vaughan of<br />
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.<br />
Show Results:<br />
Class 1 – BULL, born on or between 5<br />
November 2020 & 18 <strong>January</strong> 2021<br />
1 – Meikle Farms – Yondercroft Ryder –<br />
s. Blelack Ladysman<br />
2 – D H Knox – Drumshane Scania – s.<br />
Elgin Oliver<br />
Corrie Stampede at 10,000gns<br />
3 – H Goldie – Goldies Ricky – s. Elrick<br />
Officer<br />
4 – W & N Milne – Glenernan Sprinter<br />
– s. Elgin Jagger<br />
5 – L Houston – Gretnahouse Simon –<br />
s. Westcarse Jimmy<br />
Class 2 – BULL, born on or between 19<br />
<strong>January</strong> & 1 March 2021<br />
1 – R Leggat – Bonnykelly Scotsman –<br />
s. Gretnahouse Ivory<br />
2 – J & S Middleton – Hollywell<br />
Sorrento – s. Whitecliffe James<br />
3 – D Muirhead – Firhills Sam – s.<br />
Glenericht Mecca<br />
4 – R & N Barclay – Harestone Sexyboy<br />
– s. Goldies Oasis<br />
5 – W D & J A Connolly – Brigadoon<br />
Sovereign – s. Newhouse Maxamus<br />
Class 3 – BULL, born on or between 2<br />
& 16 March 2021<br />
1 – A Anderson – Rutherston Sonny –<br />
s. Balmyle Oscar<br />
2 – A & A Wright – Lagavaich Spence –<br />
s. Wesley Equinox<br />
3 – M & W J B Cleasby – Cleaden Scotty<br />
– s. Goldies Network<br />
4 – H Goldie – Goldies Sultan – s.<br />
Gretnahouse Heman<br />
5 – R & N Barclay – Harestone Sicario –<br />
s. Inverlochy Ferdie<br />
Class 4 – BULL, born on or between 17<br />
& 26 March 2021<br />
1 – I & D Goldie – Solwayfirth Saxon –<br />
s. Glenericht Majestic<br />
2 – McMurrich Partnership – Formakin<br />
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No bull works harder for the farmer, the plate and the planet