15/05/2025
Drumlegagh Tami did us proud! ๐๐ช
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๐ฅ BALMORAL 2025
Official ๐ธ and report to follow
As the Salers Cattle Society of the UK celebrates its 40th year since the formation of the Society, it was the Chair Malcolm Pye who had the prestigious task of presiding over the judging in the Salers ring at Balmoral Show on Wednesday 14th May 2025. Malcolm together with his wife Gill run the 1300-acre Rednock Estate with cattle breeding and forestry the two largest enterprises. They have been breeding Salers cattle for 35 years having first seen Salers cows with Charolais X calves at foot on a visit to France in 1989. Today the Rednock herd runs 155 cows with 105 running with 3 Salers bulls and 50 running with 2 Charolais bulls. The herd is spring calving, with the pedigree herd producing breeding bulls sold ex farm or at the major bull sales and breeding heifers sold to other pedigree breeders and suckler farmers at the Stirling and Castle Douglas suckler replacement sales. The commercial Charolais crosses are sold as stores at 9 months.
It was the imported bull Sidney from P J Maginn & Sons, Co. Down, that stole the show and claimed the one-off 40th Anniversary celebratory plaque. This August-2020 born bull from Galante, sired by Intouchabl, which was imported from France in 2022 was crowned Overall Supreme Champion of the 2025 Balmoral Show and won the Highways Hotel Cup. This stylish bull has form on the show scene with previous titles at Balmoral including reserve overall champion and male champion in 2024. This yearโs win is the second consecutive Balmoral supreme championship title in a row for the Maginn family and in particular husband and wife team Stephen and Hannah Maginn who also brought out the 2024 overall champion, homebred Lisnamaul Princess.
The family team of J & E A Elliott, Drumlegagh Salers who have been prominent exhibitors of show winners for many years were again at the fore this time with Drumlegagh Tami who claimed the Secretaryโs Salver and tri-coloured rosette for the female championship before claiming the Highways Hotel Cup and the Reserve Overall Championship sash. Tami a daughter from their French imported stock bull Rocky was previously crowned Senior Salers Champion at the Four Breed Calf Show in 2024.
The reserve male champion was the imported bull Urbain from Kelly Farms owned by the two young enthusiastic brothers Ryan & Russell Kelly, Londonderry. This December-2022 born bull is sired by Nevers and out of Mesange and stood second to the overall champion in the senior bull class.
The reserve female champion again came from the home of P J Maginn & Sons, this time it was the homebred Nemo-sired Lisnamaul Shakira with her calf at foot that scooped the reserve rosette following a win in the junior cow class.
Ballykeel Unreal a previous Four Breed Calf Show Junior Champion continued to add to her already successful show career by collecting the junior female championship prize and the Francis Connon Cup for the Overall Junior Champion. Sired by the French imported bull Mathieu she is out of a homebred jocker daughter Ballykeel Oonagh, owned by Seamus and Christine Connell, Rathfriland.
Almost unstoppable was the Reserve Junior Champion from Kelly Farms, he lifted the Area 4 Cup after claiming second prize in the bull up to two years of age class, and the junior male champion accolade. Ashcroft Unstoppable, a Forez son out of the imported Nelly, was born in April-2024.
The winners of the bull up to two years of age was Drumlegagh Troy from J & E A Elliott, a Rocky son out of homebred Drumleagh Princess and the Elliott family were awarded the red ticket in the senior heifer class with Drumlegagh Toffee again by rocky but this time bred from Drumlegagh Odessa.
B & P OโKaneโs Lower Bolie TikTok a Bacardi Herbie daughter from Lower Bolie Peggy-Sue was close behind claiming the blue ticket and winning the coveted Salers Cattle Society trophy for the best turned out animal.
Finishing what can only be described as a fabulous day for the breed and a perfect day for showing, it was Ryan Kelly who was awarded the Stockmanโs Shield.
JUNIOR COW CLASS
1 Lisnamaul Shakira, Lisnamaul Salers
2 Drumlegagh Savannah, J & E A Elliott
SENIOR HEIFER CLASS
1 Drumlegagh Toffee, J & E A Elliott
2 Lower Bolie TikTok
INTERMEDIATE HEIFER CLASS
1 Drumlegagh Tami, J & E A Elliott
JUNIOR HEIFER CLASS
1 Ballykeel Unreal, S & C Connell
2 Drumlegagh Ursinia, J & E A Elliott
3 Ballykeel Unice, S & C Connell
BULL, up to 2 years old on day of Show
1 Drumlegagh Troy, J & E A Elliott
2 Ashcroft Unstoppable, Kelly Farms
BULL, over 2 years old on day of Show.
1 Sidney, Lisnamaul Salers
2 Urbain, Kelly Farms
PAIR OF ANIMALS, bona fide the property of one exhibitor
1 Lisnamaul Salers, P J Maginn & Sons
2 Drumlegagh, J & E A Elliott
3 Ballykeel, S & C Connell
Junior Female Champion
Ballykeel Unreal, S & C Connell
Junior Male Champion
Ashcroft Unstoppable, Kelly Farms
Overall Junior Champion (Francis Connon Cup)
Ballykeel Unreal, S & C Connell
Reserve Overall Junior Champion (Area 4 Cup)
Ashcroft Unstoppable, Kelly Farms
Female Champion (Secretaryโs Salver)
Drumlegagh Tami, J & E A Elliott
Reserve Female Champion
Lisnamaul Shakira, P J Maginn & Sons
Male Champion
Sidney, P J Maginn & Sons
Reserve Male Champion
Urbain, Kelly Farms
Overall Champion (Highways Hotel Cup)
Sidney, P J Maginn & Sons
Reserve Overall Champion (Highways Hotel Cup)
Drumlegagh Tami, J & E A Elliott
Champion Pairs (Salers Cattle Society Cup)
Lisnamaul, P J Maginn & Sons
Best Turned Out (Salers Cattle Society Cup)
Lower Bolie TikTok, B & P OโKane
Stockmanโs Shield
Ryan Kelly
