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Gwen makes £19,800 at first Sheep Dog Spectacular sale

The inaugural Sheep Dog Spectacular online sale of dogs was a hit for Harrison and Hetherington when entries met an 80% clearance rate with a top price of £19,800 paid

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Kevin Evans' Gwen, £19,800
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Kevin Evans' Gwen, £19,800

Making top dollar was a 10-month-old fully trained bitch named Gwen, consigned by Kevin Evans, Powys. Sired by Llanfarian Mirk and out of Cefneithin Roxy, it sold to a buyer in Varhaug, Norway.

Mr Evans also consigned the second highest priced entry, a red dog named Beacons Griff which was knocked down to another Norwegian buyer also from Varhaug, for £9,200. The 16-month-old Midderry Frank son is out of Dunelle Gwen.

Hitting £7,600 when sold to a buyer near Croy, Inverness, by Chris Toner, Argyll, was Nap a son of Reiver Gray which has qualified for the 2026 World Trial and is out of Fraser Shennan's Belle.

Also making £7,600 was Dunelle Flame, a rising five-year-old red bitch by Spot and out of Dunelle Nel, from Rachel Wilan, Cumbria. It sold to someone near Fewston, North Yorkshire.

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A total of seven dogs sold for £7,000 or above, including Moss from J. Elkin, Staffordshire. Selling to a buyer near Alderwasley, Derbyshire, it was another red Midderry Frank son.

Two hit £7,000, first of which when sold to a purchaser near Wigton, Carlisle, was Del Marg, a daughter of Roy from Cessenock Sheepdogs, Ayrshire.

Also at £7,000, this time selling to a buyer from Llanbrynmair, Wales, was Bec by McHugh Jack from Messrs Carnegie, Perthshire.ÌýÌý

Leading the part-trained section at £3,500 was Preseli Eira, a Kinloch Carlos daughter from Llion Harries, Pembrokeshire.

Kevin Evans also topped the pup entries when his Liz, a Valley View Dan daughter, sold for £2,300.

Averages – Fully-trained dogs, £6,050; part-trained dogs, £2,360; pups, £1,350.

Auctioneers: Harrison and Hetherington.

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