Top Price and Overall Champion Ram Lamb from Limestone sold for 7,800gns
Date: 30th July 2019
Sponsor: Danske Bank
Auctioneers: J A McClelland & Sons
Judge: Martin Doherty, Malinhead Flock
Leading County Down breeder Mark Priestley took top honours at the recent Northern Ireland Branch
Premier Show and Sale held in Ballymena Mart when his Strathbogie Stradivarius sired lamb clinched
the Supreme Champion title before going on to sell for 7,800gns to Gary Owen of the Morris Flock,
Anglesey. This follows on from the Limestone flock owner’s recent successes at both the Shrewsbury
and Stirling sales. Click here to view pedigree.
Southern Ireland breeders were largely represented with John Oakman, Co. Westmeath paying
1,000gns for the Reserve Champion Lomondview Legacy sired ram from the Oakbridge flock of Philip
Gurney. Limestone flock owner Mark Priestley continued his success selling his Limestone Aston
Martin sired ram to joint purchasers Judge Martin Doherty, Co. Donegal and Sean and Jane McCloskey
of the Glenroe flock for 2,700gns. A total of 11 lambs were sold to Southern breeders.
Meanwhile the Islandmore flock of S&P O’Connor, Co. Kerry paid 1700gns to secure an impressive
Birness Buckshot bred ram from the Braeburn flock of Adam Porter. Rodney Blair, Co. Antrim paid
1500gns for a Ballynacannon Taylor Made ram from the Crewelands pen of Stephen Sufferin. Alastair
Barkley, Blackbrae flock and Jack Smyth, Bessiebell flock both sold to 1,200gns to Edward Jeffery, Co.
Cork and Trevor Burke, Co. Galway respectively. Martin and Eoin Butler, Castlewood sold to 1,000gns
to fellow breeder Tyrone Lindon, Co. Armagh.
Elsewhere in the show ring Co. Down breeder Brian Dickson took the winning rosette in the Shearling
ram class and Alastair Barkley took first in the Commercial Gigot Class going on to sell to 850gns to
Michael Murphy, Co. Galway. David Ford took the Novice Cup with his Strathbogie Im Invincible sired
lamb selling to 480gns to L Aiken, Co. Down.
The pen of three honours went to the Oakbridge flock of Philip Gurney, Lesley and Mervyn Liggett, and
Dennis Taylor were runners up.
Thank you to Sponsors Danske Bank for their continued support of the NI Branch of the Suffolk Sheep
Society.
Champion
Lot 96 Mark J W Priestley
KPC:19:01177 by Strathbogie Stradivarius
Click here to view pedigree
Reserve Champion
Lot 125 Philip Gurney
FSC:19:00291 by Lomondview Legacy
Class 1 Shearling Ram
1st Lot 4 Brian Dickson
PJF:18:00423 by Lakeview Armani
2nd Lot 6 Adam Porter
SXC:18:00076 by Malinhead Malibu
3rd Lot 2 David Duncan
TDT:18:00219 by Cairness Sir William
Class 2 Commercial Gigot Ram Lamb
1st Lot 40 Robert A S Barkley
E35:19:00635 by Drimmie Blackisle
2nd Lot 31 Patrick Donnelly
LRT:19:01420 by Errigal Hard Rock
3rd Lot 121 David and Andrew McNeilly
HDY:19:00504 by Burnview Aristotle
Class 3 Novice Cup Ram Lamb
1st Lot 22 David Ford
UJX:19:00075 by Strathbogie I’m Invincible
2nd Lot 17 Mr and Mrs Ivan and Jean Porter
BCS:19:00432 by Muirton One Direction
3rd Lot 150 Michael and Caolan McNally
STC:19:00435 by Ballynacannon Taylor Made
Class 4 Ram Lamb
1st Lot 96 Mark J W Priestley
KPC:19:01177 by Strathbogie Stradivarius
2nd Lot 129 Sean and Jane McCloskey
WFF:19:00531 by Rookery Ace Of Hearts
3rd Lot 41 Robert A S Barkley
E35:19:00632 by Drimmie Blackisle
Class 5 Pen of Three Lambs
1st Lots 122, 124 and 125 Philip Gurney
FSC:19:00306, FSC:19:00307 and FSC:19:00291
2nd Lots 56, 57 and 59 L and M Liggett
DBB:19:00934, DBB:19:00945 and DBB:19:00948
3rd Lots 74, 78 and 79 Dennis Taylor
KKW:19:01168, KKW:19:01185 and KKW:19:01178
Lot 97 KPC:19:01182 by Limestone Aston Martin from Mark Priestley sold for 2,700gns 
Lot 153 SXC:19:00107 by Birness Buckshot from Adam Porter sold for 1,700gns 
Overall Champion Lot 96 KPC:19:01177 from Mark Priestley Highest Price Ram Lamb sold for 7,800gns
