A CLYDESDALE mare was crowned champion of champions at Braco Show on Saturday, going one better than the supreme heavy horse title she's claimed for the past three years on the trot.

That was Kevin Wilson's Westbank Ruby Tuesday, a 10-year-old Doura Above All daughter that has had a great season so far, standing champion at Gargunnock as well as reserve overall at Doune and Dunblane. She was the pick of local judge, Tom Gray, who also had in front of him the winners from the beef, sheep and goat sections.

Heading up the beef inter-breed was another with a cracking 2017 show season - Wilson Peters' commercial heifer, Miss Tees. This was seventh championship the 18-month-old British Blue cross has picked up this year, and matched her ticket at Kirriemuir the previous week.

She was tapped out by Roddy Kennedy, of Borlick, Aberfeldy, who chose the Limousin leader as his reserve beef champion. That was Doug, Lynda, John and James Graham's Burnbank Jojo, a three-year-old Wilodge Fastrac daughter that was adding to her tri-colour tickets from Gargunnock and Doune and Dunblane shows.

Limousins from the Dick family's Ronick herd ruled in the inter-breed group competitions, where a trio of commercials from Wilson was reserve group and Highlanders from Donald and Bryon McNaughton were reserve in the pairs.

Over in the sheep lines there was further success for the Graham family when John and James' Bluefaced Leicester ewe was the pick of Walter Wyllie, Tulliemet, Pitlochry, for the overall sheep honours. The one-crop ewe, which stood champion at Stirling last year as well as second at the Yorkshire earlier in the month, is by a £3600 Pheasant Hill.

The Blackface champion from Tay and Torridon, brought out by Billy Brady, was reserve sheep, matching the same ticket at Kirriemuir on her only other outing. This gimmer is by a £10,000 Aitknehead and was one-third of the winning inter-breed group of three.

Standing reserve to Ruby Tuesday in the heavy horse championship was the Shetland leader, Donna Lochtie's Hawkdale Dixie, an 11-year-old standard mare, while Kim Falconer ruled in the goat section to win the top two titles, taking the top ticket with an Anglo Nubian goatling named Molfoll Sunlight.

See the July 29 issue of The Scottish Farmer for the full report, pictures and leading awards.