In the pens, ready to be judged.
Ted Williams with his ewe entry.
Julia Patterson with her ram.
Judge Matthew Evans checking the turn of a ram’s horns.
The Adult Ram class.
E.O. Williams with his ram.
A couple of nice older rams.
A very nice boy with wide-spread horns.
Checking the shoulders.
Checking the back and loin area. This is the shearling ram class.
Ram lamb class.
Judging Will Workman’s ram lamb.
More ram lambs.
From right to left: Chris Garn, Patricia Laws, Will Workman, E.O. Williams, and then I’m not sure. I got mostly pictures of the sheep, not the people.
The top three – the first-place winners of each class. From front to back: Julia Patterson with her winning adult ram, Patricia Laws with her shearling ram winner, and E.O. Williams with his ram lamb winner.
The breed champion, Patricia Laws, and her ram, Hounsley Joker, sired by Abbotstone Colin. He sold for 440 guineas.
Reserve winner is E.O. Williams, with his ram lamb Wenallt Kenchester, sired by Wenallt Endeavour. Sold for 390 guineas.
A pen of ewes before the auction.
Rams before the auction.
A pen of ewes is being sold in the auction.
The auction ring.
Will Workman’s ewes he bought at the auction. I had to find the best head out of this batch as part of my judges’ training.
Driving with Melinda Baker and her husband to Somerset, where I was staying for the next few days.
A white house on rolling hills.
The view into Melinda’s ram pasture, out the window of my room.
