BCCS September Newsletter 2022

Royal Welsh - Judge John Christie
Summer paradise at the
Royal Welsh Show
Judge: John Christie
After a 2-year hiatus, the Royal Welsh
Show finally returned in full swing over
the course of Monday 18 to Thursday
21 July. The scorching weather did not
dissuade the exhibitors, who came
prepared with plenty of fans and water
to keep the cattle cool. A total of 15
Charolais animals went before the
judge, John Christie of the Nethercarse
herd in Stirling, in an excellent display
of some truly impressive beasts.
Taking the sought-after title of Overall
Champion was the day’s Female
Champion DOOLEY PARADISE,
exhibited by C Boden of Middlewich,
Cheshire. Paradise was originally
bred by D Thornley of Diseworth,
Leicestershire, and comes from quite
the successful lineage. Paradise was
sired by the 70,000gns Barnsford
Ferny, who won Supreme Champion
at the Royal Welsh Show back in
2013. Her dam Harviestoun Harriet
also boasts some prize-winning
blood, being a daughter of former
Carlisle Supreme Champion Burradon
Talisman.
In reserve to Paradise for both the
Overall and Female Championships
was TEME POSHTOTTY, bred and
exhibited by the Corbett family of
Knighton, Powys. This 2-year-old
caught many an eye with her charming
3-month-old heifer calf Teme Tuttifrutti
at foot. Poshtotty is a half-sister to
Paradise, having also been sired by the
70,000gns Barnsford Ferny. Meanwhile
her dam, Teme Ivory, is a daughter of
the easy-calving Blelack Digger.
Racking up an incredible string of titles
for the Corbett family was 18-monthold
heifer TEME SNOWWHITE.
Snowwhite not only secured the
titles of Junior Champion and Junior
Female Champion; she also went on
to win the Junior Female Interbreed
Championship and formed one half of
the Females of the Future Beef Pairs
Champions alongside her half-sister
TEME STARDUST. Both of these heifers
were sired by Barnsford Ferny, with
Snowwhite being out of Teme Opaque
(a Goldstar Gentleman daughter) and
Stardust being out of Teme Magnolia
Overall champion and female champion Dooley Paradise
(a Shraden Osram daughter).
Standing in reserve to Snowwhite for
the title of Junior Female Champion
was TEME SELFIE, also bred &
exhibited by the Corbett family.
This beautiful young 15-month-old
was sired by former Stirling Reserve
Champion Chunal Dougie, and her dam
Teme Nude goes back to Teme Lunar,
who was the Reserve Male Champion
in 2015’s Winter Fair.
Finishing off the string of rosettes won
by the Corbett family was 13-monthold
TEME SAM, the day’s Reserve
Junior Champion, Male Champion,
Reserve overall champion and female champion Teme Poshtotty
and Junior Male Champion. Sam is a
full brother to Females of the Future
Champion Teme Stardust, also being
sired by Barnsford Ferny and out of
Teme Magnolia.
Finally, in reserve to Sam for the Male
and Junior Male Championships was
14-month-old TREFALDWYN SLADE,
bred and exhibited by R A Owen of
Welshpool, Powys. Slade was sired
by Oakchurch Maximus, a trait leader
in 200-day weight EBV, and his dam
Trefaldwyn Mojo goes back to the wellknown
Goldies Eddy.
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