STRATHENDRICK Agricultural Society's celebrated its 200th Anniversary year in great style, with its annual show at Drymen judged by lady judges, being blessed with a good dry day and increased spectators and exhibitors as a result.

With glorious weather forecast, the event which was celebrating its 188th annual show, also attracted a huge number of late entries on the day, resulting in a cracking display of pedigree and commercial breeds in the cattle, sheep and horse sections.

It was nevertheless the judging of the supreme champion of champions, that proved the biggest draw, with Mrs Susan Johnston, Ballindalloch, selecting the overall beef champion, an Aberdeen-Angus heifer from Donald Rankin, Skye, as her supreme overall.

This was the two-year-old in-calf heifer, Hillfoots Tidy Bee P288, bred by Jamie Rettie. She is by the first progeny born by the Rettie's stockbull, Rettie's JFK.

Mrs Johnston, had to select a supreme overall from the event's top five which included the overall beef and dairy champions, supreme sheep and the champion Clydesdale and Highland pony.

Mr Rankin's supreme beef champion stood ahead of Raymond Irvine's massive Charolais, Kilbline Instigator, a two-and-a-half-year-old Irish-bred bull all the way from Inverlochy, Tomintoul.

Young Jamie Pirie's Blairnavaid flock from Drymen, again topped the Bluefaced Leicester section for an eighth consecutive year. This year, however, he went one better, winning the tri-colour in both the Blue and the Scotch Mule sections, under judge Sheila Kay from Hartside. And, even more impressive is the fact that these two sheep then scooped the supreme and reserve inter-breed trophies, when selected by all the sheep judges on a points system.

Back amongst the cattle, Aberdeen-Angus from Robbie Galloway's Cardona herd from Doune, secured the inter-breed pairs, with the blue and white sash presented to Limousins from the Dick family's Ronick herd at Stirling.