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BALMORAL SHOW 2024: Suffolk crowned champion of sheep rings

Shortwool and longwool champions went head-to-head in the sheep classes to compete for the overall sheep inter-breed title

Katie Fallon
Livestock Specialist
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Sheep inter-breed and shortwool champion, Limestone J-Lo, a Suffolk shearling ewe from Mark Priestley, Downpatrick, Co. Down.
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Sheep inter-breed and shortwool champion, Limestone J-Lo, a Suffolk shearling ewe from Mark Priestley, Downpatrick, Co. Down.

It was the shortwool champion which took the supreme sash, Limestone J-Lo, a home-bred Suffolk shearling ewe from Mark Priestley, Downpatrick, County Down. The embryo transfer lamb is by the 33,000gns...

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