The champion from the pre-sale show led the trade at the Southdown Premier Sale, Worcester, on Saturday 7th August, with bidders following judge Nick Page’s selections throughout the sale.
Chaileybrook 20/00669 topped both the pre-sale show and the prices, selling for 1250gns.
Leading the way was shearling ram Chaileybrook 20/00669 from Jonathan Long and family, Herefordshire. This one is a son of the homebred Chaileybrook 18/00278 and is out of a Sarkozy-sired dam which was breed champion at Royal Three Counties Show in 2017.
He goes back the noted Percheron on his sire’s side and was subject to a strong bidding war before being knocked down at a new centre record for a Southdown male at 1250gns when bought by Tom Chester, Staffordshire, for his Chapel House flock.
Second best of the day was a brace of 1000gns calls, again for shearling rams. First at this money was Chaileybrook 20/00672 again from the Long family. This son of French import Dartagnan is out of a Percheron daughter from the same family as the 2500gns breed female record holder. He found a new home in Scotland with James W Brown & Others, Isle of Arran.
Sophie Long’s Littlebrook 20/00657 sold for 1000gns
The other at 1000gns was one from young breeder Sophie Long’s Littlebrook flock in the form of Littlebrook 20/00657. Sired by French import Breton, this triplet-born shearling is out of an Ibanez daughter and heads to North Yorkshire with Brian and Anthony Glaves for the Brompton flock.
Heading to the same buyers was the next best priced male, Maria Cork’s ram lamb, Yeaside 21/00024. This son of Brant 18/00528, himself an Ibanez son, is out of a Brant ewe by Sarkozy.
Following him came three at 850gns, with the first being another Chaileybrook shearling, Chaileybrook 20/00696. A Dartagnan son, he is out of a Tadpole daughter, going back to the historic French sire the Frog. This was another to find a new home with James Brown & Others, Isle of Arran.
Second at this money was Chaileybrook 21/01022 an ET-bred ram lamb by Percheron and out of a Sarkozy daughter. This one had been first in his class and reserve overall champion in the pre-sale show and was taken by Ray Edwards, Chumleigh, Devon.
And the final 850gns call came for his full ET brother, Chaileybrook 21/01023. This one had stood second in the pre-sale show and was the pick of A & J James, Shaftesbury, Dorset.
Young Sophie Long then wrapped up the leading male prices when taking 800gns for her third prize winning shearling from the pre-sale show, Littlebrook 20/00653. Sired by Breton this one is out of a former show gimmer by Percheron and was bought by Freddy Bethley, Newtown, Suffolk, for his High Green flock.
Females
A steady demand for females saw prices peak at 750gns for the first prize shearling ewe, Chaileybrook 20/00685 from Jonathan Long. Sired by the homebred Zidane, himself a former Premier Sale topper, she is out of an imported French dam and sold to Emily Yates for her growing Fulfen flock, Staffordshire.
Second best here was a 480gns call for the first prize ewe lamb, again from Chaileybrook. This was Chaileybrook 21/01027, a Breton daughter out of a dam by Ibanez and from the same family as the 2500gns breed female record holder. Buying her was David Cranston, Aberdeenshire.
Next up at 460gns was the second prize gimmer Glandore 20/00220 from Buckinghamshire-based Basil Cooper. Sired by Ridings Acrobat she is out of a dam by Ridings 11/00701 and sold to previous buyer Tom Chester, Staffordshire.
A gimmer from Goodwood Estate under the management of Nick Page followed then at 420gns, with this being Goodwood 20/15785, a daughter of Ridings 15/03130 and out of a dam by East Dean 11/00419. Buying this one were Sue and George Anstie, Newbury, Berkshire.
Heading the same way was Goodwood 20/15701 at 380gns, with this being a Southern Cross 15/00649 daughter out of a dam by New Zealand sire Southern Pastures 104/83.
And making 360gns was Beiliau 20/10598 from the Trumper family, Abergavenny. She’s by East Dean 18/3644 and out of a homebred dam by Southern Cross 12/00353 and stood third in the pre-sale show. This one was knocked down to Ray Edwards, Devon.
Averages; six shearling rams £906.50, five ram lambs £701.40, 18 shearling ewes £308.58, three ewe lambs £308 (McCartneys).
