Lawrie & Symington Ltd held their Inaugural Show & Sale of Hampshire Down Sheep on behalf of the Scottish Club.

An excellent entry of sheep saw a tremendous clearance with the best sheep easily sold with plenty of keen bidding. A great success and will surely be able to be built upon.

The topped at 1,800gns was the Ram Lamb from the Graylen flock. Missing the Pre-Sale Show due to judging himself, this lamb from Graham and Judith Galbraith is sired by their homebred ram, Graylen Quartermaster. This lamb was out of a 2019-born dam sired by Benniworth Rupert. Taking home the top price was Findlay Crocker, Speediehill, Perth.

At 1,350gns and topping the Gimmer Section was the Powblack flock from Bruce & Irene Steel based in Stirling. Sired by Powblack Gaelic Prince, and out of a Eastfortune Furlough 2022-born daughter. She also heads to Speediehill with Messrs Crocker.

Matching the price and again from Powblack was their third catalogued gimmer. The time sister to their opening entry and also heads home with Messrs Crocker.

The Reserve Male Champion was the Ram Lamb at 1,100gns from David Taylor, Bridgehaugh, based in Earlston. A son of Bridgehaugh Quinn, he is out of a homebred 2021-born daughter by  Lumb Laird. He heads to Raindale Head Farm in Pickering with Messrs I & S Clough.

Back in the limelight with gimmers, was the Powblack flock from the Steel family with their last entry in their run of Gimmers who stood 2^nd in the Pre-Sale Show. Sired by Eastfortune Furlough, this one is out of a homebred 2019-born ewe and sired by Isleofbute Oberon. She now joins the Caerlaverock flock with Liz and Steven Brown, Dumfries for 1,000gns.

David Taylor also received 1,000gns for his third gimmer entry. Sired by 4,600gns Graylen Officer, she is out of a Raburn ewe sired by Normanby Quartermaster. She heads home with Ian and Annette Dixon, Cantsfield in Carnforth.

Other Leading Prices:

Shearling Rams:

600gns – Glen Etive from Eilidh & Innes MacKinnon, Thornton Park Farm Cottages to Firm of MP Jamieson & Son, Whitesteens

600gns – Bridgehaugh from D Taylor, Bridgehaugh Mill to K & K Knowles, Roadinghead

Ram Lambs:

700gns – Graylen from G & J Galbraith, Endmoor Farm to T Marshall, Pitgair

500gns – Bridgehaugh from D Taylor, Bridgehaugh Mill to D J Scott, Burnside

Gimmers:

700gns – Maranatha from D & A Henderson, Maranatha to to M Weir, Monthaw

700gns – Lecropt from R & J MacFarlane and L Rennie to M Weir, Monthaw

700gns – Lecropt from R & J MacFarlane and L Rennie to F Crocker, Speediehill House

600gns – Bridgehaugh from D Taylor, Bridgehaugh Mill to C Warden, Peggyslea Farm

500gns – Powblack from Messrs Steel, Powblack to C Warden, Peggyslea Farm

400gns – Barnhill from Messrs Dalgleish, Barnhill Mews to S & L Brown, Caerlaverock

400gns – Whitesteens from Firm of MP Jamieson & Son to R & J Milroy, Cairn Whin Farm

Ewe Lambs:

500gns – Bridgehaugh from D Taylor, Bridgehaugh Mill to I &S Clough, Raindale Head Farm

450gns – Bridgehaugh from D Taylor, Bridgehaugh Mill to C Warden, Peggyslea Farm

400gns – Monthaw from M Weir, Springbank Farm to J Bruce, Balmacaan Road

400gns – Monthaw from M Weir, Springbank Farm to J Robinson, Vicaridge Close (twice)

400gns – Maranatha from D & A Henderson to J Bruce, Balmacaan Road

400gns – Powblack from Messrs Steel to W H Atkinson-Clark, Ashintully Castle

Averages:

32 Overall averaged £638.88 (50 forward)

2 Shearling Rams averaged £630.00 (3 forward)

5 Ram Lambs averaged £924.00 (11 forward)

14 Gimmers averaged £721.50 (21 forward)

11 Ewe Lambs averaged £402.82 (15 forward)

59% clearance rate

A big thank you to sponsors: Hamilton Ross Group and Galloway & MacLeod Ltd

Judge: Mr Graham Galbraith, Graylen flock