Ice Queen reigns supreme in Cheshire's sheep rings

Exhibitors returned to the livestock rings of the two-day Royal Cheshire Show, with a strong turnout on display. Katie Jones and Katie Fallon report

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
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Inter-breed sheep and Dutch Spotted champion, Back Tor Ice Queen, from Jack Simpson, Hope Valley, Derbyshire.
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Inter-breed sheep and Dutch Spotted champion, Back Tor Ice Queen, from Jack Simpson, Hope Valley, Derbyshire.

Champion in the sheep rings at the Royal Cheshire Show was a Dutch Spotted shearling gimmer from Jack Simpson, Hope Valley, Derbyshire. The gimmer, Back Tor Ice Queen, is by a home-bred tup and out...

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