GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW: Hampshire boar takes top spot

THE supreme pig championship went to Stuart Roberts and Jodie Fairclough, Bedale, with their July 2021-born Hampshire boar, Raisinhall First Turn 2.

Angela Calvert
Head of Livestock, Shows and Sales
clock • 2 min read
GREAT YORKSHIRE SHOW: Hampshire boar takes top spot

THE supreme pig championship went to Stuart Roberts and Jodie Fairclough, Bedale, with their July 2021-born Hampshire boar, Raisinhall First Turn 2. The home-bred boar had already been champion modern...

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