June 2011 Queenshead Altea son tops €6,000

Limousin Premier in Roscrea

Topping the trade at €6,000 was the first bull into the ring. Baileys Edison exhibited by Thomas Bailey, Batterstown, Co Meath. Having stood second in his class in the pre sale show, Edison is by Tom's high profile herd sire, Queenshead Altea.

To date progeny from Altea has topped three sales including Baileys Elderado - a bull that sold at the October premier sale for €17,000. Altea is by the top Brittish sire Greensons Gigolo and out of the Ronick Iceman daughter, Ryedale Parfait. With five stars for weanling export and calving difficulty, Edison was eventually bought by Frank Harrington, Kilkelly, Co May.

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Sept 2010 Solway & Tyne Texel Breeders Club show and sale Carlisle

In the ring from Procters Farm, Woodhouse Lane, Slaidburn a consignment sold for STG7,000gns for Procters Ronaldhino. Brought out by stockman Jeff Aiken, he is by Deveronvale Private, a tup bought privately with Cairness last year.

The dam, a Forkins Nijinsky daughter was brought from the BAILEYS FLOCKhaving stood first at Balmoral Show as a gimmer.

Final bidder was Drayton Farm Partnership, Draton, Meon Petersfield.

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Sept 2010 Scottish National Show & Sale at Lanark

Juimmy Douglas, Woodhead of Cairness, Fraserburgh, sold a son of the world record priced STG220,000gns Deveronvale Perfection, bought from Graham Morrison last year for STG30,000gns to Jon Sinnet, Stockton Court, Worcester. The mother is by BAILEYS MONEY MAKER.

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Sept 2010 Welsh National Show & Sale, Welshpool

Sale leader was Glenside Ripvanwinkle, a Python son out of a ewe by BAILEYS MEGA E. purchased by FI Lewis, Cwmnant Eion , Carmanthenshire.

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June 2010 Central & West Fife Show

Champion and supreme sheep won by RH Black with a home bred two crop ewe by Glenho Mr Tom - a tup bought at Kelso as a lamb out of a ewe by Colessie Cut Above.

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July 2010 Dunblane Show - The Royal Welsh Show

Baileys bred female 3rd Royal Reserve 2010

Tom Baileys bred female brought privately from Tom Bailey is by Rhaeadr Rossi and out of a Colessie Cut Above bred ewe.

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Royal Highland Show July 2010

Myfer Evans who runs the Rhaeadr flock wins at Royal Highland Show with the STG8000gns Baileys BMW A Shearling ram bought last year from Ingliston from Tom Bailey produced the best ever result for Mr Evans.

Baileys BMW was a son of Cairness New Approach out of a ewe by the STG60,000gns Rhaedr Rossi. He is the sire of one of the best lambs entered for this years breed sale at Ingliston.

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Bailey Texel wins biggest section at All-Ireland show

One of the biggest sheep shows in Southern Ireland saw property
developer Tom Bailey, Culcommon, County Meath, scoop two of the top awards, including the supreme in the largest breed section, the Texel.

The All-Ireland Sheep Championships, held recently in Athenry, Co Galway, comprised four different breeds and attractedan entry of 200 Texels, 140 Charollais, 80 Suffolks and 80 Vendeen. Top Texel was the winner from a massive ewe lamb class which featured no fewer than 82 head.

This was a daughter of the 28,000gns Forkins Nijinski, a ram bought by Mr Bailey at Dungannon, last year, out of a Glenside ewe bred in Scotland, by John Forsyth, Maybole, by the 120,000gns Loosebeare Imp. She is a half sister to the €18,000gns, Bailey Moneymaker, from the Bailey family’s 50 ewe flock managed by Pat Greaney, who also
attends to their 120 Suffolk ewes.

The Texel judge, Henry Gamble, found his reserve champion in the shape of a gimmer from John Greene, Uldaff, Co Donegal. The Suffolk section, judged by Cairns Whitherow, Donegal, was led by a home-bred two-crop ewe from the Lynch brothers, Con and Pat, who own the Mondarragh flock, in Co Longford.Their breed leader was a ewe by
the Scottish-bred ram Conveth Cuhclunnan out of a ewe by Glenho Remus.

Scottish bloodlines were also behind the mother of Tom and Jeff Bailey’s reserve Suffolk, a gimmer by the 70,000gns Rhaedr Rossi out of a ewe by the 45,000gns Boreland Buddah. Meanwhile, the male champion, from Susan and Arthur O’Keefe, was a shearling ram by Cairness Save The Day. Leading a strong line-up of Charollais
was a senior ewe from local breeders, Michael and Rose Finnerty, Headford, with the reserve selected by Kenny Malcolmson, Northern Ireland, going to a ram lamb from Michael and Mitch Power, Askeaton.

The national Vendeen championships was led by the male champion, a senior ram from Tom Duffy, Co Mayo. Peter Gallagher, Ballyhaunis, found his reserve champ in the female leader, a ewe from Conor and Cheryl O’ Brien.

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Annual Suffolk Show, Roscrea

Tom & Jeff Bailey sold a January born lamb at the Annual Suffolk Show in Roscrea for a record price of 40,000gns. The buyer was Welsh breeder, MA Evans.
The lamb was sired by Rhaedhr Rossi which was bought by Tom Bailey for 70,000gns.

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Royal Ulster Show 2007
Suffolks took two interbreed titles - The Pairs title was won by Gary Beacom with his shearling ewe, and Tom Bailey with his Shearling Ram. The same two sheep plus a ewe lamb owned by J H Stewart won the new championship class which was introduced this year, an interbreed group of three sheep.

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Baileys Aubergine wins Reserve Overall Limousin Champion at Balmoral Show

The damp weather conditions failed to dampen the atmosphere at the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society Show in Balmoral on Wednesday (16th May) 2007 when in the early afternoon Limousin judge Chris Pennie of the Sarkley herd in Wales tapped Baileys Aubergine as his Reserve Overall Limousin Champion.
It was a remarkable achievement for the Baileys herd and in particular Baileys Aubergine who was earlier in the day placed second in a very strong senior heifer class to the eventual Overall Limousin Champion Carmorn Vonex. In the Limousin section Carmorn Vonex was followed all the way from her class in the Senior Female Championship, Female Championship & Overall Limousin Championship by Baileys Aubergine. The accolades collected by Aubergine on the day also included best exhibitor bred Limousin in the show collecting the Jim Scott Perpetual Challenge Cup. This was the first time in ten years that Southern Ireland cattle participated at the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society Show at Balmoral which is the highlight of the show calendar in Ulster The Limousin Champion Carmorn Vonex came from Peter Smyth, Blackhill, Coleraine, Co. Derry. It was a remarkable day for Peter winning the Overall Limousin Championship for the second time in sucession with the same heifer but also going one step better in 2007 winning the Overall Interbreed Beef Champion of the show. Peter now plans to take his heifer to the Highland Show in June.

Baileys Aubergine is owned by Tom Bailey, Batterstown, Co. Meath who has established a top class pedigree herd under the guidance of farm manager Pat Greaney. She is a homebred January 2005 born heifer sired by the well known Grahams Samson and the dam is Pelletstown Perfume, a Genereux daughter purchased at a Pelletstown Production Sale as a maiden heifer. Aubergine is the first calf born from Pelletstown Perfume. The plan for Aubergine is to be shown at the National Livestock Show in Tullamore and the National Limousin Show at the Ploughing Championships. This was Aubergines finest hour in the showring with other wins came previously in the form of a first and second prize at the 2005 & 2006 National Limousin shows respectively

A delighted owner Tom Bailey commented ‘We’re pleasantly surprised and delighted as this is new terrority for us. The achievement of Reserve Overall Limousin by our heifer to the Overall Interbreed Champion is fantastic. We’re delighted with the reception we have received from the personnel in Balmoral Show who made every effort to accommodate us. A special thanks also to the Northern Ireland Limousin Club for their welcome and hospitality’

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