BCCS September Newsletter 2022

Carlisle May
Redrum races
to the top at
Carlisle
Judge: Jeremy Price (right)
Judge: Rory Milne (left)
As the Spring sale season draws to
a close, British Charolais once again
returned to Carlisle for their annual
Spring Show & Sale held by Harrison
& Hetherington over the course of
13-14 May 2022. The pre-sale show
saw a wide range of superb animals
on display, judged by Jeremy Price of
the Oakchurch herd in Herefordshire
and his junior judge Rory Milne from
Morayshire. The sale began in earnest
on the 14 th May, with a total of 62
bulls and 5 heifers being sold. Bulls
sold to an average price of £6487.98
with an 81% clearance, whilst females
averaged £1743.
The top price of the day, at 18,000gns,
went to the Junior and Reserve Overall
Champion ELGIN REDRUM from the
herd of R A Milne in Elgin, Morayshire.
Redrum was sired by the ever-popular
14,000gns Westcarse Houdini, and
his dam is Elgin JessieJ, a homebred
daughter of former Royal Highland
Show Reserve Champion Elgin
Highroller. This exceptional 16-monthold
will be journeying over to Hawick,
Roxburghshire, where he will be
introduced to the herd of winning
bidder J Hepburn & Co.
Following closely behind Redrum,
at a final price of 17,000gns, was
Reserve Junior Champion HARESTONE
SUPERIOR from R & N Barclay in Insch,
Aberdeenshire. At only 14 months old,
Superior was amongst the youngest of
the bulls on offer. He was sired by the
25,000gns Inverlochy Ferdie, and his
Top price Elgin Redrum at 18,000gns
dam is Harestone Brigitte – a daughter
of Harestone Ronsard, who took the
title of Supreme Champion at the
Royal Highland Show in 2006. Winning
the bid for this young lad was Kedzlie
Farms Ltd. of Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Reaching the next highest price
of 14,000gns was 18-month-old
HARESTONE ROLEX, also from the
herd of R & N Barclay. Rolex was born
to Alsnow Enchantress, a Blelack
Roger daughter, and he was sired by
Harestone Hercules. This class winner
caught the eye of G & S Gilleard, who
won the bid and will be taking him
home to Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
The day’s Intermediate Champion
HARESTONE RSTURBO was the next
to sell, for a final price of 13,000gns.
Also bred by R & N Barclay, RSTurbo
combines some heavily sought-after
French bloodlines – he was sired
by the popular Major, and his dam
is Bresiliene - a daughter of Pinay.
RSTurbo will be making the trip over
to Northumberland, to the holding of
winning bidder J E Woodman & Son.
Taking the next highest price of
11,000gns was Reserve Senior
Champion MARWOOD ROBOCOP, an
18-month-old from the herd of R A &
J Blyth of Hartlepool, County Durham.
Robocop was sired by Balthayock
Lineup, who sold for 16,000gns
at Stirling in 2017, and his dam is
Marwood Ingo – a homebred daughter
of Marwood Flyer. Taking this strapping
lad home is winning bidder W Milne of
Strathdon, Aberdeenshire.
The hammer came down three times
for the next highest price of 10,000gns,
firstly for the day’s Overall and Senior
Champion, DOOLEY ROCKET from D
Thornley of Diseworth, Leicestershire.
This impressive 19-month-old is a
Wesley Forceful son, and his dam
Dooley Molly goes back to Falleninch
Hamzoraj. Rocket is sure to go on to
perform well for his new owners A & S
J Forbes of Ballindalloch, Banffshire.
Also selling for 10,000gns was
17-month-old ELLERTON RAZZMATAZZ,
bred by A Brown of Selby, North
Yorkshire. This wasn’t Razzmatazz’s
first taste of success; he had previously
won the title of Charolais Champion
at the Driffield Show. Razzmatazz
has quite the profitable lineage
Harestone Superior at 17,000gns
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- No bull works harder for the farmer, the plate and the planet -
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