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SEMENSTORE BULLS TO THE FORE AT THE 2009 ‘ROYAL’ SHOWS
27/07/2009
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The 2009 summer season of ‘Royal’ Shows once again showcased
some fantastic Limousin breeding stock with bulls available on the Semenstore
featuring strongly.
Wilodge
Vantastic has been a consistent best seller on the Semenstore
and this 2004 born bull, sired by Wilodge
Tonka and out of Ravanelle,
was the sire of some of the show season’s outstanding Limousin
prizewinners.
At the Royal Welsh Show, dominated by a high quality Limousin entry,
the Reserve Supreme Overall, Junior Limousin Champion, Reserve Overall
Female & Junior Heifer Champion was the much admired Wilodge Diamante
from Christine Williams, Lodge Hill Farm, Park Lane, Shifnal, Shrops.
This May 2008 born heifer is by the 42,000gns Wilodge
Vantastic, and
is out of Wilodge Amethyst who shares maternal blood lines with the 50,000gns
Wilodge
Cerberus.
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This young heifer came to the Royal Welsh Show on the
back of having previously stood Reserve Junior Female Champion at this
year’s Royal Show, Reserve Female at the Great Yorkshire Show as
well as having taken the Pedigree and Continental Championships at Beef
Expo in May. Royal Welsh Show Limousin judge, William Smith, Milbrook,
Oldcastle, Co Meath, was full of praise for this animal saying: “Diamante
is an outstanding young heifer, very feminine with lots of style, meat
in all the right places and sure to make a top cow.”
The Overall Male Champion at the Royal Welsh Show was another young bull from Christine Williams, this time in the shape of Wilodge Dallaglio, who really caught the judge and the ringsides eye. July 2008 born, Wilodge Dallaglio came out of the youngest bull class and as well as the Overall Male Championship he secured the Junior Male Championship, the Reserve Overall Junior title and rounded it off with the Interbreed Elite Beefbreeder title. William Smith was again highly impressed with this bull who was full of shape and muscle and commented:
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“This is an outstanding
Wilodge
Vantastic son, very well balanced, with great length and a tremendous
shape for the Limousin of tomorrow.” Wilodge Dallaglio is full
of breeding being out of the dam Sarkley Bellola, a Cloughhead Lord
daughter, that was purchased for 24,000gns in 2007 at Carlisle. Sure to
be much anticipated, Wilodge Dallaglio is now destined for Carlisle.
Wilodge Diamante and Wilodge Dallaglio teamed up to make a cracking
pair, both Wilodge
Vantastic sired, that secured the Limousin Pairs title.
The individual titles were cemented by Wilodge Diamante being part
of the winning Team of Five.
Dinmore Daffodil from Mr P Dawes, Kipperknowle Farm, Dinmore Manor,
Herefordshire secured the Resreve Junior Female title at the Royal Welsh
Show. February 2008 born, Dinmore Daffodil is again by Wilodge
Vantastic and is out of Croftlimousin Primrose. The previous heifer class had also
seen a first prize ticket for another Dinmore female, Dinmore Caprice.
September 2007 born, Dinmore Caprice is also by Wilodge
Vantastic and
is out of the Oxygene sired Wilodge Viceless. These two heifers then teamed
up with the Nenuphar sired Dinmore Countess, April 2007 born, to form
a strong and winning Limousin Group of Three.
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At the Royal Ulster Show, Raymond Crawford, Rathkeeland, Maguiresbridge,
Co Fermanagh exhibited the Overall Junior Champion & Junior Female
Champion, Sylvandene Duchess from the youngest heifer class. Bred by
Mr J Baird, Sylvandene Duchess is another classy young heifer sired
by Wilodge
Vantastic and out of Sylvandene Velvet.
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A team sired by Grahams Unbeatable won the Group of Three title at the Royal Show held at Stoneleigh for the Rosecroft herd of South West breeder Mr DK Wheeler, Kentisbeare, Nr Cullompton, Devon. Grahams Unbeatable was purchased for 35,000gns at the ILC World Limousin Congress Sale held in 2004. His sons have subsequently sold up to 10,500gns whilst his first daughter sold at auction for 6,600gns.
See full reports for all the 2009 ‘Royals’ at www.limousin.co.uk