Winning its fifth championship of the year at a sunny Kinross Show, last weekend, was John Tough’s Texel shearling, Aultmore Punk Rocker, which went on to be crowned supreme sheep by judge George Milne, development officer for NSA Scotland.

Bought at the Scottish Club show and sale at Lanark last year, the Millar’s Outstanding son has already won at Stonehouse, Biggar, Carnwath and Perth. He beat the Border Leicester into reserve supreme place, which was Sandy and Alex Watson’s home-bred gimmer by Eildon Eager.

In the cattle lines, the dairy contest was won by the Holstein which stood champion at the Highland Show in June, Brain Weatherup’s Parkend Jacob Betsy, a VG89 first calver, by Bilsrow Jacob. Reserve dairy animal was the Ayrshire cow, Cuthill Towers Swan, a third calver from Arthur and Susan Lawrie.

Best in the beef was Holmeere Millicent, a seven-year-old Beef Shorthorn cow from Gordon Brooke, Linton Wold, near Malton, and brought out by Richard and Carol Rettie in Alloa. She has had a highly successful show season, winning at Stirling, Ayr, Doune and Dunblane and Central and West Fife, plus taking the reserve title at the Royal Welsh.

Inter-breed judge Drew Adam, Newhouse of Glamis, Forfar, selected the two-year-old Limousin heifer, Craigallion Debutante, from John Thomson, Hilton of Beath, Kelty, as reserve overall.

In the dairy groups of three, the Weatherups’ Holsteins led over the Ayrshire team from Cuthill Towers, before winning the overall cattle group ahead of a Limousin team from Hilton of Beath.

See full results in this week’s issue, out August 21.