Thanks Sally.
I'm sure there was a huge amount of luck involved, but we have got some nice breeding ewes & we have a cracking ram (one of the lambs we had last year, so again very lucky there, but we have been told by several people that he would probably have won at Anglesey show had we taken him there).
They are Shetland sheep btw. Never entered a show before & only entered Chelford as it cost the same to show & sell as to just sell & we were interested to see what the judge would make of them. Quite a bit it would appear.
We got 1st & 3rd in the ram class, 3 ram lambs taken, the 1st went on to win primitive champion. One of the 4 ewe lambs also won 3rd in the 2011 lamb class (judge said she would have won had she not had a broken baby tooth).
We let the ram lamb down in the champion show ring as everyone else was in white coats with brushes in their hands, placing feet etc. We didn't even have a halter with us as we weren't expecting anything like this!
So, lessons learnt:
I would make sure the catelogue stated breed registration number & colour.
I would at least remove bits of dead plant from their fleeces before getting there!
Halter train & take a halter & white coat.
Go through to auction before your own sheep so you have an idea of what prices are being paid.