Valais Blacknose Beauties
The third annual Valais Blacknose Sheep show and sale took place over the weekend at Borderway Mart, Carlise. The 191 sheep entered were graded by the Oberwalliser Schwarznasen Schafzuchverband judges, Josef Eyer and Stefan Schnidrig on Friday before being shown on Saturday with only some of the top graded sheep available for sale after the show.
Taking the overall supreme championship were Raymond Irvine and Jenni McAllister, with Highland Eric, a year-old tup. In reserve was the female champion Sue and Tim Dunne’s two-year-old ewe, Westmorland Dilly.
As well as winning the show, Raymond and Jenni had the three top priced lots in the sale. Their topper was Highland Egbert a year-old tup, selling for 10,000gns to Valais Blacknose Breeders NZ Ltd.
Below are photographs of some of the days highlights, plenty more pictures can be viewed in the gallery in our photo sales section.
Highland Eric, Overall Supreme Champion from Raymond Irvine and Jenni McAllister
Reserve Champion Westmorland Dilly from Tim Dunne
Reserve Female Champion, Highland Ebony from Raymond Irvine and Jenni McAllister
Reserve Male Champion was Sue and Tim Dunne’s Westmorland Frankie
Sale topper Highland Eric from Raymond Irvine and Jenni McAllister, sold for 10,000gns to Valais Blacknose Breeders NZ Ltd
Highland Diamond sold for 5000gns, to the same home in New Zealand
Also off to New Zealand, Highland Deedee sold for 4000gns
To view the full gallery of photographs from the day please head to our photo sales section