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We had 6 bull calves at the 2022 NIHBA Calf Show, split over 3 classes, they had 4 different sires and 5 different grandsires. Leading our team was the December born Wolfman taking Senior & Reserve Male Championship. Wildfire was Reserve Junior Champion after placing 2nd behind the eventual champion, Wildcard was 6th in the same class of Jan/Feb 22022 bulls, which was the largest on the day. These 3 are ET sons of Otapawa Dr Jekyl. Wolfman & Warrior (by Promoter) took first in the pairs and 1st & 2nd in the Nov/Dec class. Herbert son Wexford was 2nd in Sep/Oct class with Worldwide by Henry placing 4th. These bulls all have potential to be successful stockbulls in pedigree herds.

We had our best Royal Ulster Show yet in 2021. Our team was led by our cow Starlet M19, who went all the way as Female & Supreme Champion as well as 3rd in Interbreed Champion of Champions. She became the 4th Henry daughter to win Balmoral and was shown with a strong Promoter heifer calf at-foot, judge Jeff Thomas described her as a ‘good, strong, powerful cow with real style’, adding she had ‘bred and fed a real good calf’. Interbreed judge John Elliot commented All three females put on a maternal masterclass and on another day the Hereford could have won the show”.

More than just a show cow she was also dam of the Reserve Female Champion another Promoter daughter Starlet T4, who also took the Native & Reserve Interbreed Performance Heifer Class and was a member of all of the breed Interbreed teams

Triumph was Junior Champion, Male & Reserve Supreme Champion, Native & Interbreed Beef Performance Champion Bull, Judge Jeff Thomas commented the bull was a ‘good type of bull’ with ‘excellent feet’ being ‘thick and full on its plates and nice across its top'. A son of Mentos his maternal brother Spike sold to Genus last year.

Senior Bull Class Winner & Reserve Male Champion was Real Good, one of an excellent set of ET calves from Dainty N11, a daughter of Henry and a full sister to Pounder who sold at 11 months to Ai Services He is sired by NBG 69T The Wonderer and was shown having been running with 25 cows until 2 weeks before the show.

Wolfman Wildfire Wildcard

Wexford Worldwide Warrior

Balmoral Show seen us bring out our biggest team in years for our 70th anniversary, we had a great show taking 3 firsts and 3 seconds in the breed classes as well as first in group of 3 and Progeny pair. Leading the team was the 17 month old Wolf, his ET brother Wolfman was Champion at 2022 Calf Show. Wolf teamed up with Wildfire to win the Progeny pair with both being sired by Otapawa Dr Jekyl. The Female & Reserve Supreme Champion was the 2 year old heifer Uakea, purchased as a surprise 70th birthday present for John after winning Tullamore Show. Amber W14 was Reserve Junior Champion after winning the junior heifer class, she is the first daughter of Real Good we have shown, she also placed Reserve Interbreed Beef Performance Heifer Champion. Starlet M19 took a 2nd in the cow class, Wildfire finished 2nd to the Junior Champion and Humberto was 2nd in the Senior Bull Class. Humberto & Uakea were selected to represent the breed in the Interbreed Pair, 3 & 5 team competitions, they were winners in the pair and reserve in the 3 & 5.

Wolf Wildfire

Amber W14

Wolf

Uakea

Amber A2 Starlet A11 Atlas

We had 4 calves forward at the Calf Show, both Amber & Starlet won their classes with Atlas & Ace placing 1st & 2nd in the September/October class as well as placing 2nd inn the pairs class.

Amber A2 is a daughter of NBG 69T The Wonderer from the Upgrade daughter S24. After winning the September/October class she was Senior Female Champion, herdmate Starlet A11 finished as Reserve Senior Female after winning the November/December class. A11 was our first calf sired by CCR Stamina and from T3 a daughter of the 2022 & 2023 Uk Sire of the Year Solpoll 1 Perfection.

Atlas is also sired by Wonderer from the Henry daughter Pansy N7, a full sister to Landmark who sold for 8200gns to Vexour Herefords.

Ace is our first son of Kinglee 1 Hero, his dam Duchess 591 is regarded as one of Irelands top breeding females.

Our first show of 2024 was the National at Antrim, our star was the September calf, Amber B2. Sired by Square D Diesel her dam is our prolific donor Amber N4. After winning her class she went on to finish as Calf Champion. We also took 2 incalf heifers who stood 3rd & 5th in the biggest class of the day.

Braveheart Butler Eunice B5

At the annual calf show we as usual brought out a team of previously unshown calves and collected 4 firsts and a second in their classes as well as winning the pairs while winning the 3 biggest classes of the day, with 10, 11 & 12 forward. Braveheart was Senior & Reserve Male Champion with Butler being Reserve Junior Male Champion. In Female section Eunice B5 was Senior Female Champion, Dainty B11 was second prize and went on to be Reserve Junior & Reserve Female Champion. Starlet B25 was a 1st prize winner and part of winning pair with B11.

Dainty B11

Starlet B25