SHOWS - 2016
Great Yorkshire Show Herefords are certainly Goodenough!
Judge John Kemp, Auckvale Herefords, County Durham made six year old Grand Male Champion Dieulacresse Goodenough his Supreme Champion at the Great Yorkshire Show. “Goodenough”, bred by TA Spooner, Leek, Staffordshire and jointly owned by Messrs Spooner & RG Westaway & Son, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, is no stranger to success at this premier event, being a class winner back in 2011. He was the first animal into the ring on a busy show day for the Hereford Breed under the watchful eye of an experienced judge. The prolific Dieulacresse Goodenough is out of home bred cow Dieulacresse Dowager 17th and by 2009 Royal Three Counties Inter-breed Champion Westwood Advancer. He has good performance figures with growth figures well above average and a scrotal size in the top 1% for the Breed. Standing Reserve to “Goodenough” throughout judging was the stylish senior bull Hallwood 1 Knight from R & RI Shaw, South Wirral, Cheshire. He stood second in their class and in the Grand Male Championships. Three and a half year old “Knight” is out of Baldinnie 1 Fiona 7th and by Solpoll 1 Gladiator.
Supreme Champion Dieulacresse Goodenough from TA Spooner & RG Westaway & Son
Supreme Championship presentation from Left, Judge John Kemp, Anthony Spooner with Dieulacresse Goodenough and Breed President Michael Clark Reserve Grand Male Champion Hallwood 1 Knight from R & RI Shaw
Taking the red ticket in the class Bull, born on or between 1st September 2014 and 31st March 2015 was Harveybros 1 Murray from Harvey Brothers, Balfron, Glasgow. “Murray” is out of Harveybros 1 Crocus H3 and by multiple show winner and former Bull of the Year Greenyards 1 Archie. Standing second in the class was another promising bull from R & RI Shaw, RTC 1 Midwest, sired by another show champion Leos Pride 1 Ellis. In the youngest but largest bull class of the day it was Moralee 1 Monster Munch who came out on top, bred & exhibited by T & D Harrison, Stocksfield, Northumberland. Expertly turned out, sixteen month old “Monster Munch” is out of Romany 1 Ishbel A51 H52 and by Mallowburn 1 Jumpy Jack. In second place was Rimini 1 Mr. Maker bred by the North of England Hereford Breeders’ Association’s Hon. Secretary Mrs J Cooper, Preston, Lancashire. Fifteen month old “Mr. Maker” is out of Rimini 1 Vanessa and by Barbern 1 Gargantuan. There was a large female section, with big classes throughout, which probably gave Judge John Kemp his biggest task of the day. Taking the honours with the Grand Female Championship and then later the Reserve Supreme Championship was Romany 1 Julia A84
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Romany 1 Julia A84 F51 from JRB Wilson & Sons took the Grand Female & Reserve Supreme Championships
F51 from JRB Wilson & Sons, Kelso, Scottish Borders. This seven year old show cow “Julia A84 F51” is out of Romany 1 Julia 41H V23 and by well-known former herd sire Baybridge 1 Atlas. Taking the Reserve Grand Female Championship was Overall Junior Champion Harveybros 1 Crocus N1 from Harvey brothers.