REDNOCK RUM FAVOURITE TIPPLE AT STIRLING

Rum was Andrew Sleigh’s favourite tipple at the May-2023 Stirling Bull Sales in the form of Rednock Rum Poll from Rednock Estate who was awarded the overall championship title. Andrew who farms around 620 acres in Ellon – is a firm supporter of Salers cattle, running around 150 pure Salers and Salers cross Charolais cows at Newseat of Tolquhon, based at Tarves. His champion was a homozygous polled son of Cumbrian Royal, out of Gill and Malcolm Pye’s Rednock Calypso, born in March-2021 and sold to 5,800gns to Liam Muir, Orkney for the second highest price of the day.

Rednock Estate also topped the Salers trade at 6,000gns with a full brother to the 2022 Royal Highland Show junior female champion, Rednock Ralph a Drumaglea Kes son out of Rednock Diaz, who stood second in his class earlier in the day and was purchased by Glenkiln Farms for their mixed livestock unit consisting of circa 800 suckler cows in Dumfries.

The reserve overall champion was Alister MacKenzie’s, Whitebog Russell, a Whitebog Lascar son out of Whitebog Ginny born in July-2021 who sold to pedigree breeder D. Murray Lyle for his Strathallan herd based in Dunblane, Perthshire for 4,000gns.

D. Thow, Balquidder, Perthshire purchased Rigel Pedigree’s outcross French bred bull Rigel Pudsey Poll, a September-2020 born Marceau P son out of Orgie P for 3,500gns.

6 Salers bulls sold to a top price of 6,000gns with an average of £4428.

SHOW RESULTS

Overall Champion – Rednock Rum Poll, Rednock Estate
Reserve Overall Champion – Whitebog Russell, Mr A MacKenzie

Senior bull section – bulls born on or between 16 September 2020 and 16 April 2021

1^st – Rednock Rum Poll, Rednock Estate
2^nd– Rigel Rockstar, Rigel Pedigree
3^rd – Darnford Rocky, David Watson
4^th – Corrichie Rudi, John C McIntyre & Son
5^th – Rigel Pudsey Poll, Rigel Pedigree

Intermediate bull section – bulls born after 17 April 2021
1^st– Whitebog Russell, Alister MacKenzie
2^nd– Rednock Ralph, Rednock Estate
3^rd – Darnford Roger, David Watson
4^th – Strathallan Rennie, D. Murray Lyle
5^th – Whitebog Rasputin, Alister MacKenzie
6^th – Strathallan Robbie, D. Murray Lyle