The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
Zwartbles of Sharp brothers shows the way
● Cracking gimmer takes top honours at 200th anniversary event, while AA bull scoops beef interbreed for Rhinds
It was a memorable Nairn Show for Sharp brothers Liam, 16, and Ryan, 15, from Gorthleck, Inverness, as their Zwartbles was champion of champions on Saturday.
The event, celebrating its 200th anniversary, attracted strong entries of cattle, sheep and horses.
Tapped out by society president Gordon Ferguson’s guest and Nairn provost Laurie Fraser was the gimmer Olbre Firecracker from the brothers’ 14-ewe Paddock flock at the Paddock, Drumtemple Croft, who were exhibiting for just the second time at Nairn.
By Wallacetown Carbon, out of Wallacetown Christine, she was bought as a ewe lamb at Carlisle last November and stood sixth in a strong class of 32 gimmers at the Royal Highland Show and was breed champion at Sutherland Show.
The interbreed beef champion was September 2013-born Aberdeen-Angus bull Oakchurch Equity N141 from the Rhind family, who run 20 pedigree AberdeenAngus and 120 commercial cows at Newton Struthers, Kinloss. Brought out by young Graeme, he is an ET-bred son of Netherallan
Peter Pershore, out of Blelack Eyrie G197, and has his first crop of calves on the ground now.
Reserve to the AberdeenAngus was the Limousin champion from Richard and Kathleen Davidson, and children Richard and Rachael, Corsairtly, Keith.
This was Corsairtly Oswald, a January, 2018born bull by Ronick Inspector, out of Corsairtly Janelle. He won reserve beef at Echt, was breed champion at New Deer, and is destined for Carlisle Bull Sales in October.
Michael Robertson and family of Fodderletter Farms, Tomintoul, had one of their best Nairn Shows when a trio of Limousins by Whiskey Lord stood champion in the groups, ahead of Aberdeen-Angus from Ballindalloch Home Farm.
Scoring a hat-trick win for the Robertsons in the competition at Nairn, son Mark lifted the cross cattle championship, while Sarah Balfour stood champion with her British Blue cow.
The sheep lines attracted a bumper entry of Blackfaces and saw the reserve honours go to a three-shear Bluefaced Leicester stock tup from regular winner Raymond Baynes, Blackford, Croy. Shown by daughter Anna, he was bought two years ago at Kelso Ram Sales from Newbigging Walls and stood interbreed champion at Grantown last year.
In the horse section, 10-year-old Clydesdale mare Galcantray Angel from David and Beverley Walker, Easter Galcantray, Cawdor, Nairn, won the overall title. A previous winner at Nairn, she is by Heatherwick Perfection and out of Ord Jubilee Girl.