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Stirling February trade hits 25,000gns high Bull trade peaked at 25,000gns at the Society’s spring sale at Stirling, with roan bull Palmerston of Upsall leading the way for the Hon Gerald Turton.
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his son of Dingo of Upsall goes back to Broughton Park Thunder and sold with figures in the top 1% of the breed, including a terminal index (TI) of +59, a self replacing index (SRI) of +67 and a maternal index (MI) of +32. This one sold to J Scott and Partners, Tain, Rossshire, for their Fearn herd. Next at 22,000gns was Perfection of Skaillhouse, a Chapelton Lionheart son out of Millie Floss 11th of Skaillhouse. Bred by C Macadie and Sons’ Thurso, this one found a new home with James Porter, Lisburn, County Antrim. Two entries then shared a 13,000gns price tag. First to go was the reserve male champion, Podehole Patriot from the Horrell family, Peterborough. This two-year-old roan is by the homebred Podehole Magician and out of a dam
by the Australian sire Royalla Rockstar. He sold to W J and J Green, Fochabers, Morayshire, for their Corskie herd. The second 13,000gns bid was made by Page Farms Partnership, Ripon, North Yorkshire for Meonside Peroni, a bull by the 11,000gns Willingham Kensington from D and T Bradley-Farmer, Parkgate, Dumfriesshire. He’s out of Coldrochie Grace Beauty L7. Cumbrian breeder, Charles Lowther, Penrith, sold Lowther Picasso 8,500gns to Tina Russell, Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire. A 23-month-old roan, he is by Lowther Konan and out of a dam by Blelack Rupert. The same vendor achieved an 8,000gns sale for the male champion from the pre-sale show, Lowther Pegasus. This son of the 8,000gns Castlemount
Palmerston of Upsall, 25,000gns. 160
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