A cracking entry of Galloways to include blacks, Whites, Belties and Riggits, entered for the breed's 11th World Congress, saw the champion winner from the strongest section, fittingly go on to lift the inter-breed beef championship, at Dumfries.
The event saw the massive home-bred black bull, Blackcraig Sid, from John and Ann Finlay and son Iain, take the supreme beef honours, with champion British Blue having to settle with the blue and white sash.
Taking all the plaudits was a six-year-old bull that stood champion at the Highland this year on his sole previous outing. He is by Blackcraig Nimrod, a bull retained for breeding for the 120-cow herd from Corsock.
Last year's British Blue champion, Blackstane J'Adore, from Kelly Blackwood and Duncan Davidson's herd from Abington, went one better to lift the runner up trophy, to follow on from several big wins in 2015.
A busy day in the sheep lines, which had no fewer than 17 sections, was topped by the Charollais champion with the North Country Cheviot coming a close second.
Standing top of the tree was a previously unshown gimmer from regular winners Herbie and Alan Kennedy's Parkgate flock. Their show stopper is by Ballyhibben Moby Dick.
Just pipped at the post, was Linburn Anna, shown by Jennifer Cowan, for her brother, Martin Taylor, Peebles. No stranger to the top awards, this stylish Northie gimmer by Ericstane The Real McCoy, was champion at Dalkeith.
Well-known show winners were also to the fore for the inter-breed dairy, with the overall champion of champions from the Livestock Event, Horseclose Joanna, a red and white Ayrshire, which first won the any other breed section, crowned supreme for Daniel McGarva and his father, James, Horseclose, Annan.
Runner-up was the Holstein best, Brian and Michael Yates' Logan Sid Edie, an Ex92 classified third calver that bagged the honourable mention award at the Highland. 

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