Inverurie-based Charollais breeders Willie and Carole Ingram, their sons, Gregor and Bruce and daughter, Amy, enjoyed a clean sweep within their breed on day one of the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh.
The team secured the top four awards in the Charollais sheep section, ensuring their best result in more than 25 years exhibiting at the event.
Top of the board, taking the overall championship was their two-crop ewe, while their gimmer finished reserve overall.
Both home-bred, from the family’s 80-ewe flock, the gimmer was sired by Rhaeadr Orlando, which was breed champion last year and took the male championship this year.
Securing his first Suffolk championship, was Jim Innes, Dunscroft, Huntly, who runs 10 Suffolk ewes, alongside his pedigree Texel flock. Best here was a January-born ewe lamb by Strathbogie A Kind of Magic, on his first show outing and brought out by shepherd Michael Leggat.
Late in the day, young Adam Christie, Birchfield, Glass, Huntly, was awarded the reserve breed title in the Jacobs, with a ewe lamb from his 18-ewe flock.
This was Adam’s second time showing at the Highland, having established the flock six years ago.
Entries were at a ten-year high in the sheep section, at a total of 2,031 head, including new classes for Blue Texels.