Kirrie Show 2014
Posted: Monday 21 July, 2014
Well, Saturday turned out to be a wee bit damp for the show, but at least there was no danger of the livestock overheating :-)
We packed the car with most stuff the night before and we were up early but somehow, we were still rushing to get away at just before 8am. How does that happen?
Thankfully, Annie and Rosie loaded like a dream - even though Rosie hadn't been on the trailer before.
The "Other Native Breed" section had a small entry - actually, just us. It's a real shame. The organisers work so hard - since we started the Festival, I have so much sympathy for, and empathy with, them.
On the plus side, you can only beat the opposition that's there on the day - Dan reckoned that folk were feart to go up against us, but that would be in his dreams - so both Annie and Rosie won their respective classes; Annie picked up the ONB Champion and Rosie, the Reserve. Needless to say, we didn't place in the Interbreed :-) The ONB judge did comment on the great quality of Annie's udder which was nice although it was a bit disheartening when he asked me what breed she was - shouldn't he have known this beforehand and maybe even looked at the breed standard?
Winning the section meant that we were included in the Main Ring Parade - this is good, because, in theory, it lets lots of folk see the cattle. However, this year, it was pouring rain and the main ring crowd was a bit depleted.
We were allowed to leave after the parade, so were home 4pm time; Annie and Rosie were reunited with the rest of the herd, to their fairly obvious delight :-)
Since we didn't get any photos on the day, we're hoping to get Annie haltered today and take some photos with her rosettes and sash.
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