Denzil’s day as NI National hits 6000gns
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his year’s Northern Irish National Texel Sale, Ballymena, saw a top of 6000gns and a ram lamb average of £805.10, up by just shy of £200 on the year with 15 more sold than last year.
Tamnamoney Denzil made 6000gns
Leading trade was Tamnamoney Denzil from Roger Strawbridge and family, Coleraine, Co Londonderry. This son of Procters Cocktail, himself a son of the 100,000gns Sportsmans Batman, is out of a dam by Scotsman Ace and sold to Pat and Barry Farrell for the Oberstown flock, Co Meath, Eire. Second top of 4400gns came for Gary Beacom’s best of the day, Lakeview Duke. Sired by the 65,000gns Garngour Craftsman, the sire of the new world record priced Sportsmans Double Diamond and a host of other five figure sheep in recent weeks, he is out of a Sportsmans ewe by Fordafourie Amalert and was bought in the belly of his dam at the Christmas Stars Sale, last December. Buying this one was John Leitch, Castlederg, Co Tyrone.
Second best was Lakeview Duke at 4400gns
Another Tamnamoney lamb then followed at 3500gns for the Strawbridge family. This was Tamnamoney Double Barrel. Again by Procters Cocktail, he’s out of another Ace-sired dam and was bought by Neil McIlwaine, Newtonstewart, Co Tyrone, for the Corrick flock. Gary Beacom followed close behind when taking 3200gns for Lakeview Dirty Dancer, a son of the 15,000gns Harestone Commander out of a Plasucha-bred dam by Plasucha All Star. He sold to Alastair Gault for the Forkins flock, Newtonabbey. After that came a 3000gns call for one from John and Richard Currie in the form of Tullagh Dragon, a Teiglum Braveheart son out of a dam by Mossvale Visa. He was snapped up by Sam Mcauley for the Whitepark flock, Bushmills. Martin McConville then took 2200gns for Glenhone Darby, a son of Mullan Awesome out of a Plasucha dam by Plasucha All Star. Buying this one were
R T and R S Robinson for their Cloughbane flock, Dungannon. Two then sold at the next best mark of 1600gns, with the first of these being Millburn Dapper from Naomi and Rian O’Hare. Sired by Teiglum Braveheart and out of a dam by Usk Vale Yankee, he was the pick of James Hepburn, for his Sandy Lane flock, Draperstown.
Second to make this price was Robbie Mulligan and family’s Brague Dubarry. This Donhro Carlos son is out of a Llangwm Yorkie daughter and found a new home with Bernard O’Donnel, Buncrana, Co Donegal. Alderview Dyson followed that at 1500gns for Mark Patterson. Sired by Arkle Awesome, he is out of a maternal
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