Clanfield sweep up at Royal Three

Clanfield clean up at Royal Three Counties

James Theyer and shepherd David BradleyFarmer swept all before them at the Society’s southern feature show at Royal Three Counties Show, Malvern, taking both the male and female championship and the overall championship and reserve tickets too.

Landing six of the eight class wins, the Clanfield team took the day’s top spot with a shearling ewe, THE2100734, by Hope Valley C The Stars and out of a Hexel dam by Plasucha All Star. This one was on her first show outing and lead the way among a team of four shearling ewes from the flock which took the top four spots in the shearling ewe class.

Taking the reserve championship under judge Will McCaffrey of the Scholars and Cressage flocks was James Theyer’s ram lamb, Clanfield Freaky Freaky Fresh. This son of the 100,000gns Lanark topper Auldhouseburn Expression is out of a homebred dam by Millhouse Crossbow.

Leading the day in the first class of the day, the group of three lambs class, was a trio of Clanfield lambs, with this team later going on to take the terminal sire group of three interbreed championship under judge Jeff Aiken of the Procters flock. Then in the aged ram class the winner was Evan Jones’ Callerton Dalton, a son of Glenway Ace of Diamonds out of a dam by Knock Washington.

Judge Will McCaffrey in action Six red tickets

for Clanfield & Interbreed

group champions

The shearling rams were then led by the reserve male champion from R J Watkins’ Corras flock. This was homebred Corras Eddie, a son of Roxburgh Apache out of a dam by Duhonw Apollo.

In the first of the female classes James Theyer’s aged ewe, CKP2004726, took top spot. This one-lamb ewe is by the noted Sportsmans Cannon Ball and out of a dam by Clinterty Yuga Khan and was purchased for 4500gns at the Longtown Ladies sale in January.

The ewe lamb class was the topped by another of the Clanfield team, the eventual reserve female champion, THE2201017. She’s by Auldhouseburn Expression and is a full ET sister to the first prize ram lamb. Top spot in the pairs then went to Clanfield too, with the red ticket here clinched by the first prize winning ram and ewe lambs.

Leading the aged ewes was CKP2002793

Topping the aged rams was Callerton Dalton

Clanfield won the ewe lambs with THE2201017

Top ram lamb was Clanfield Freaky Freaky Fresh

Clanfield’s team of three lambs won the interbreed terminal sire group of lambs championship

Topping the shearling rams was Corras Eddie from the Watkins family Champion was this Clanfield gimmer THE2100734

Class Results

Group of three lambs 1 – James Theyer 2 – Fordwell Texels 3 – Ian and Fiona Andrews

Aged ram 1 – E D Jones’ Callerton Dalton 2 – P & C Houldey’s Hartpury Desperate 3 – L Smith’s Priddy Dreamer

Shearling ram 1 – R J Watkins’ Corras Eddie 2 – A J Carter’s Auldhouseburn Evening Star 3 – R J Watkins’ Corras Escobar 4 – I & F Andrews’ Maineview Envious 5 – A J Carter’s CAJ2100938

Ram lamb 1 – James Theyer’s Clanfield Freaky Freaky Fresh 2 – Jeremy Theyer’s THX2200571 3 – James Theyer’s Clanfield Farmer 4 – Fordwell Farm Partners’ Fordwell Frankel 5 – T Prew’s PTY2201005

Aged ewe 1 – James Theyer’s CKP2002793 2 – Angus Mutch’s TIP1902448 3 – E D Jones’ JVF2000545 4 – L Smith’s BYK1900316

Shearling ewe 1 – James Theyer’s THE2100734 2 – James Theyer’s THE2100871 3 – James Theyer’s THE2100859 4 – James Theyer’s THE2100860 5 – Fordwell Farm Partners’ CJF2101123 Ewe lamb 1 – James Theyer’s THE2201017 2 – James Theyer’s THE2200999 3 – Fordwell Farm Partners’ CJF2201276 4 – James Theyer’s THE2201000 5 – James Theyer’s THE2200974

Pair 1 – James Theyer 2 – Jeremy Theyer 3 – L Smith 4 – M Horton

Male champion James Theyer’s ram lamb Clanfield Freaky Freaky Fresh

Reserve male champion R J Watkins’ shearling ram Corras Eddie

Female champion James Theyer’s shearling ewe THE2100734

Reserve female champion James Theyer’s ewe lamb THE2201017

Overall champion James Theyer’s shearling ewe THEW2100734

Reserve overall champion James Theyer’s ram lamb Clanfield Freaky Freaky Fresh