The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Stars shine at glorious show
The sun shone down on a glorious Doune and Dunblane Show field on Saturday, with visitors and exhibitors enjoying a cracking day as the event made a spectacular return after three years.
There was no shortage of quality stock among the cattle and sheep lines, with the star of the show deriving from the dairy section with W Hamilton and Sons, Meldrum, Blairdrummond, producing the supreme.
Taking both the overall cattle championship title, as well as the show championship, was the Holstein Friesian cow Hawkland Gillespy Carol.
On her fourth calving and giving 65kg per day, this girl is sired by De-su Gillespy and out of Hawkland Jeeves Carol.
She also stood champion at this year’s Drymen Show, held in May.
Beef champion came in the form of the 22-monthold British Blue cross Limousin heifer A’va Butt, from Wilson Peters, Cuilt Farmhouse, Monzie, Crieff.
Purchased at Carlisle in March 2021, from Newton of Logierait, Pitlochry, she went on to stand commercial champion and reserve inter-breed beef at the Royal Highland Showcase last year, as well as Fife, West Fife and Angus shows last month.
Among the sheep, it was a day of celebrations for Andy Beattie and Lauren Kennedy, from Gargunnock, who lifted the inter-breed sheep title following a win in the any other breed section.
Their victor was the aged Dutch Spotted ram Tiptop Diablo which was purchased at Carlisle in 2020 for 4,000gn.
Shared with the Myreside flock from Selkirk, this boy is by Tiptop Charlie and out of Tiptop Hannah.
Taking the red, blue and white rosette in the Clydesdale ring was Alana Johnston, Kirkton, with her filly Roughlands Snowflake.
A daughter of Arradoul Balvenie and out of the home-bred Roughlands Rhianniss, this girl has already made a name for herself, having stood champion at the West of Scotland Foal Show last year.