Butterfly the outstanding winner at Winter Fair

Filly foal, produced at Collessie, takes the supreme title

Clydesdale filly foal Lutterington Butterfly yet again proved unstoppable, taking the Winter Fair championship for her West Auckland-based owner, Harry Emerson.

This May-born daughter of Collessie New Approach, out of the Collessie Whinhill President-sired mare, Coachmills Lady Helen, stood overall champion at the Lanark, North of Fife foal and Lothian foal shows and had stood filly foal champion and reserve overall at Kilmarnock.

She was produced at Collessie, Cupar, by Ron and Pete Black.

It was Charlotte Young’s senior champion, the two-year-old colt Doura Magic Touch, which took the reserve overall championship.

This 2018 Cawdor Cup-winning colt, from Charlotte’s stud at Ayr, is by Glebeview Sir Charles, out of Ballinrees Lady Jane.

Reserve foal was Charlotte’s Doura Navigator, a full brother to Magic Touch. Navigator was also bred in Northern Ireland and stood reserve overall champion at Lanark and Fife and was reserve colt foal winner at Kilmarnock and at Lothian.

The reserve senior championship was taken by Scott Greenhill of Leuchars Lodge, Leuchars, with his home-bred six-year-old mare, Fordelhill Jubilee Ruby.

She is by Collessie Whinhill President, out of the Greendykes Benjie-sired Fordelhill Lady Margaret. Ruby was senior champion at Lanark and Lothian.

Champion Highland pony was Willie and Jean Ralston’s filly foal, Moss-Side Blaeberry, from Moss-Side, Methven.

This home-bred filly is a daughter of Moss-Side Domhnach, out of Moss-Side Osla.

John and Kate Dykes of Mendick Lea, West Linton, took the reserve honours with the colt Marksman of Mendick.

This two-year-old is by Strathmore Airlie, out of Gissings Luscardene. Marksman stood reserve champion at the 2017 National Stallion Show.

The Shetland Pony Championship went to Lisa Wilson’s mare, Birchmoor Delight. This four-year-old standard mare was bred in Yorkshire Birchmoor Viking.

Lisa also had the winning foal, a by the same stallion.

Shearer Pitcairn’s miniature stallion, Eiger Nijinsky, took the reserve overall title. Nijinsky has taken champion at eight of the nine shows he has competed at this year and he took a second place at the breed show on the other occasion.

Prizewinners: Clydesdales: Novice handler – D Cameron. Gelding born in or before 2015 – A Anderson and I Nisbet, Thorn Royal Blue. Mare or filly born in or before 2015 – and reserve senior champion – S Greenhill, Fordelhill Jubilee Ruby. Filly born in 2016 – J Reid, Bencannon Majestic Flowergirl. Colt or gelding born in 2016 or 2017 and senior champion and reserve overall champion – C Young, Doura Magic Touch.

Filly born in 2017 – M Carrick, Littleward Meghan. Senior colt foal and reserve foal champion – C Young, Doura Navigator. Senior filly foal – C Young, Doura Dynamite. Junior colt foal born on or after May 1 2018 – R Black, Unnamed. Junior filly foal born on or after May 1 2018, foal champion and overall champion – H Emerson, Lutterington Butterfly. Pair of foals by the same sire – N Young and K Wilson. Young handler – R McLeod.

Highland ponies: Filly foal born in 2018 and overall champion – W and J Ralston, Moss-Side Blaeberry. Yearling filly, colt or gelding – W, K and J Allan, Mila of Millfield. Three-year-old filly – M Osborne, Clodagh Na Dailach. Two or three-year-old colt or gelding and reserve champion – Mr and Mrs J Dykes, Marksman of Mendick.

Shetland ponies: Stallion or colt, twoyear-old or over – H Sleigh, Wells Reliance. Two or three-year-old filly or gelding – Eynhallow Stud, Eynhallow Black Beauty. Yearling colt, filly or gelding – S Pye and I Spence, Warrackston Delight. Colt or filly foal – LM Wilson, Myreton Gulliver. Mares, four-year-old or over, best standard and overall champion – LM Wilson, Birchmoor Delight. Miniature mare, four-year-old or over – RS Pitcairn, Romansleigh Bretta.

Miniature stallion or gelding, fouryear-old or over, best miniature and reserve overall champion – RS Pitcairn, Eiger Nijinsky. Miniature two or threeyear-old filly, colt or gelding – G McIntosh, Magnolia’s Mouse. Miniature yearling filly, colt or gelding – E Crawford, Plumtree Jolle. Miniature colt or filly foal – R MacLeod, Oxgang Eloquence. Young handler – R MacLeod. and is by colt

Top: Jean Ralston with her champion Highland pony, Moss-Side Blaeberry, and John Dykes with his reserve, Marksman of Mendick. Above left: Lisa Wilson’s Shetland champion, Birchmoor Delight, and right, Reece MacLeod of Dornoch, who won both the Shetland and the Clydesdale young handler classes, receives his award from Clydesdale judge Peter Keron.