SHOW SEASON OVER - OPEN DAY PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY

So the showing season is over for the year which is a bit of relief as we have done so much travelling and had many early mornings however I think we have been succesful in spreading the word about Lowlines. The main point was always to get the breed known about and seen by as many people as possible which I think we have accomplished along with the bonus of a nice collection of rosettes and a few pieces of silverware!!

We are very pleased with how Lowlines have been received, we have been up against many different breeds - an "any other breed" class is always very difficult as you cant compare like for like. We have been in with Murray Greys, Speckled Park, Longhorns, Galloways, welsh black, south devons and even modern day angus and commercial cattle at some of the shows and most of the judges havent seen Lowlines before so the fact that we have had so much success  really shows what great cattle they are.

We have received an awful lot of interest and are now busy making plans for our open day on the 14th October. The advert has been in the Small Holding magazine alongside our article and also in the Farmers Guardian and these again are prompting lots of enquiries.

Fingers crossed we have a dry clear day for it , please come along and see the cattle, find out more and there may even be a tea or coffee thrown in !!

Westmorland Show results

After the long long drive we managed to take home a first for the bull, second for the cow and reserve champion also went  to our bull. Class's again being any other beef breed.

No photos from Westmorland Im afraid as I was busy in the ring !

Westmorland show tomorrow !

A long old drive from Dorset to Cumbria for Westmorland show- the biggest one day show in the country

Frome Show

A wothwhile trip to Frome today - winning 5 first places, 2 seconds and a third and then our bull taking the overall championship !!
First with Bull
First and Second with Junior bulls
First & third with heifers
First with Calf
First with pairs
Second with cow

Frome is the first show to actually put specific Lowline class's on so hopefully more will follow suit and we can get more people out andabout showing Lowlines !

Heifer Class

Pairs

cow & calf class

winning calf class

 

the winning heifer

junior bulls

 

More show success

A great start to Dorset show this morning with Conker the bull taking first prize in the bull class  we then got a second with a cow and calf  and fourth in the pairs class. Also lots of interest and people enquiring about the breed

Tomorrow we have groups and young handler class's

Also today we got a copy of the country smallholding magazine in which you will find a great article telling you about our Lowline project - grab a copy and have a read !!