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Southdowns hit 2,000gns at Worcester

It was a record-breaking day at the Southdown Sheep Society’s Premier Sale, Worcester, when Chaileybrook His Nibs 24/02116 topped the sale and set a new breed ram lamb record at 2,000gns

Katie Jones
Editor, Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer
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Ram lamb record holder and sale topper, Chaileybrook His Nibs 24/02116, sold for 2,000gns.
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Ram lamb record holder and sale topper, Chaileybrook His Nibs 24/02116, sold for 2,000gns.

This son of the home-bred sire Chaileybrook 18/00272 from Jonathan Long, Bishops Frome, Herefordshire, is out of a home-bred dam by the imported sire, Dartagnan and had stood male and reserve overall champion...

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