Scottish flavour to sale’s top lots

BELTEX: Breeders from north of border make presence felt

Breeders from south of the border led the trade at the Beltex Sheep Society’s Premier Show and Sale at Harrison and Hetherington’s Borderway Mart in Carlisle, but Scottish breeders made their presence felt in several top-priced lots.

Consigned from the north-east and marking an unforgettable tup selling debut for Gordon and Lynsey Carroll was their shearling ram, Edendiack Darius ET.

He sold for 10,000gn to Jeff and Sue Wilkinson, who will take him to work in their Langlands flock near Richmond, North Yorkshire.

The husband and wife team from Gartly, Huntly, have only recently started breeding pedigree Beltex.

Their leader from their 30-ewe flock is out of one of the foundation females, Airyolland Betty Boo, which was bought for 7,000gn at the Beltex Beauties sale in 2017, while his sire is the noted Padkin Sugar Daddy. Also selling well from the north-east was Swffryd Dakota ET, an entry from Stuart Wood’s son, Murray, from Skene, Westhill.

Bred by and bought from Aled Groucott as a lamb, Dakota is sired by the 60,000gn Topflite Al Pacino and out of Hackney Treacle, making him a full brother to Aled’s successful show gimmer. He sold for 8,000gn to Belgian breeders Messrs Sprangers, Messian and Sprangers.

It was, however, the Buckles family – Kevin with sons Jack and Tom – from Kirkby Stephen, who had the most to celebrate.

They received the top price of 30,000gn for their shearling ram, Buckles Dark Dawn ET, by the 8,000gn

Picture: Wayne Hutchinson. Buckles Dark Dawn gave the Buckles family, from Kirkby Stephen, 30,000 reasons to celebrate at the Beltex national sale.