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Quality in quantity at Great Yorkshire
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ithout doubt the highlight of my judging career was being asked to officiate at the British Shorthorn Bicentenary Show at the Great Yorkshire.
JUDGE Richard Bartle Leominster, Herefordshire
This was made even more special by being joined by the Yorkshire vet, Peter Wright, in the first class for a piece on television. I agreed to do this as I felt it was good publicity for the breed and hope it didn’t affect the exhibitors too much. I must congratulate the exhibitors for the quality and quantity of cattle put
forward on this special occasion, the strength in depth of the cattle was a great credit to you all. Throughout my judging, I tried to stick to a type of cattle that are relevant in today’s marketplace, but still carry all the attributes of the Shorthorn breed, being stylish and easy fleshing, with great maternal quality in the females and power and functionality in the males. The first class of nine senior bulls was a sight to behold and helped set the tone for the rest of a busy day. My male champion was Charlesbury Macdonald who was brought out in tremendous form from the partnership of Baird, Edwards and Timbrell, he is a young bull with width throughout and flesh right through his top on four good legs and a great outlook with power throughout. In reserve was the senior bull, Coldrochie Leif, from Mark and Tracy Severn, a powerful fleshy bull with great locomotion. The junior male was from Stanford Park and went on to be junior overall champion, a super stylish bull with a nice round and a lovely level top.
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