THE WORLD record-breaking Limousin bull, the 140,000gns Trueman Jagger, made his show debut since being sold a memorable one for both his breeders and his new owners at last weekend’s National Limousin Show, in Carlisle.

Jagger, brought out for the show by Michael and Melanie Alford, from Cullumpton, Devon – who share him with the Dinmore, Whinfellpark and Swalesmoor herds – swept all before him and proved why he was a record breaker in front of a packed ringside at the show, which is held only every five years.

Sold at Carlisle in October, 2015, Jagger followed the success of Trueman Euphonium which won the last National Show in 2011, giving a double triumph for breeders, Henry Savage and sons, Henry jnr, Phelim, Benedict, and Dermot, from Northern Ireland.

Bruce Goldie, of Townfoot, Mouswald, Dumfries, was the man in the middle and he wasted little time in sorting through his classes and eventual championships. He was impressed by his champion: “He was an easy winner from an outstanding show,” he said after his six-hour judging stint placing 28 classes. “He has tremendous size and depth, and along with that, his locomotion is very good. Jagger is an outstanding specimen of the breed and has grown on well since he was sold last year.”

The runner-up award went to Allan Jenkinsons’ senior cow, Whinfellpark Glittered, from Whinfellpark, near Penrith. By Wilodge Cerberus and out of Grange Orleans, she had a Foxhill Jaguar heifer calf at foot and is in calf to Trueman Jagger. She was champion at this year’s Highland.

More celebrations were due in the Alfords’ camp, when their Foxhillfarm Lordofthering took the junior bull title and was reserve male overall. He is a May, 2015-born bull by Guards Boomer, out of Bankdale Alice and had previously taken the male championship and the reserve junior inter-breed titles at the Royal Highland this year.

Taking reserve spot in the junior males and then going on to top, at 40,000gns, the new, after-show sale, was Grahams Lorenzo, from Robert and Jean Graham, Airthrey Kerse, Bridge of Allan, which was sold to the Wilodge herd. This one has also been a star at the summer shows for the Grahams. He is by Claragh Franco and out of Grahams Coffee. His full ET sisters also featured high up in the prize list, with the first prize Grahams Lizzie going on to make 16,500gns to Johnathon Watson, Bowsden Moor, Berwick-upon-Tweed, buying for his Tweeddale herd.

The reserve overall female was Brockhurst Heavenly, which stood second to Glittered in her class. Shown fresh from winning the inter-breed beef title at the Great Yorkshire Show, she was from Doug Mash’s Brockhurst herd, based in Buckinghamshire.

(Full report and pictures in this week's issue, out Friday, August 5).