Royal Highland Show 2023

ROYAL HIGHLAND SHOW RESULTS 2023

Archie and John MacGregor, Allanfauld, Kilsyth, secured the breed championship at this year’s Royal Highland, winning the title for the fourth time, with a home-bred one-crop ewe, sired by a £30,000 McCurdy tup. Shown by David Kinloch and Robert Flett, she is out of a ewe by a £32,000 Midlock, one of 1200 Blackface ewes in the family’s flock. 

Finishing reserve was the male champion from the Wight family, Midlock, Crawford, a two-shear ram bought for £19,000 from Tullykeeran and shared with the Dalchirla and Nunnerie flocks. He is sired by a £16,000 Elmscleugh and out of a ewe by £160,000 Elmscleugh.

Reserve male went to Malcolm Coubrough, Hartside, Lamington, with the £48,000 Allanfauld tup, bought as a lamb last year. Sired by £30,000 Nunnerie, he is shared with the Harestone and Allanfauld flocks, as the MacGregors retained a third share of him.

Reserve female was a gimmer on her first outing, from the Midlock team. A daughter of £30,000 Nunnerie, she is out of a ewe by £24,000 Connachan. Midlock went on to win the Overshiels Trophy for the exhibitor gaining the most points.

Judge, John MacPherson, Balliemeanoch, Dalmally, said he thoroughly enjoyed judging a ‘top class show of stock’, adding ‘the champion is as good a sheep as I’ve seen at the Highland, she is very bonny and a tremendous all-round ewe’.

Class results

Ram – three shear and over

1st Firm of Shawhead Farm, 2nd Norman Mitchell

Ram – two shear

1st J Wight & Son, 2nd W Ramsay & Son, 3rd Finlay Robertson, 4th Malcolm Coubrough, 5th K, A & R Campbell, 6th DC & JJ Marshall.

Shearling Ram

1st Hartside Farms, 2nd J Wight & Sons, 3rd J R MacGregor ( Dyke) Ltd, 4th Matthew Hamilton, 5th DC & JJ Marshall, 6th J B Pate & Son.

Ram Lamb

1st J B Pate & Son, 2nd A & A Provan, 3rd Colin C MacArthur & Co, 4th Gavin Donald, 5th Matthew Hamilton, 6th Maol Fold A & L Prentice

Ewe

1st A MacGregor (Allanfauld) Ltd, 2nd J Wight & Sons, 3rd & 4th W Ramsay & Sons, 5th S McClymont & Son 6th Matthew Hamilton

Ewe (Unshorn)

1st Colin MacArthur & Co, 2nd A MacGregor (Allanfauld) Ltd, 3rd Maol Fold A&L Prentice, 4th J R MacGregor (Dyke) Ltd

Gimmer

1st & 2nd J Wight & Sons, 3rd W Ramsay & Sons, 4th Culdoach Farm, 5th Gavin Donald, 6th Hartside Farms

Ewe Lamb

1st Gavin Donald– winning the Angus McTaggart Perpetual Trophy, 2nd J Wight & Sons, 3rd A MacGregor (Allanfauld), 4th Aitkenhead Farm, 5th Firm of Shawhead, 6th A & A Provan