Champions of the Decade

There might not be a Royal Highland Show this summer, but we have sponsored an Ayrshire class in the Scottish Farmers Champions of the Decade show.

In the run up to when the Highland would have been taking place, they are showcasing some of the best-known breeds from the catalogue in an on-line poll for a Champion of the Decade. The way it works is, they will publish the past 10 champions from a selection of breeds and you get to pick your champion of the decade for each breed. It’s a ‘game’ the whole family can play, as long as you each have separate e-mail addresses. All that is provided is the year the animal won, to keep favouritism down to a minimum – you’re picking the beast, remember!

You only vote for one animal each and at the end of it, they will tally the votes up to produce a top three after which a specially selected judge will place them 1, 2, and 3. Each breed’s voting page will stay open for two weeks.

After each breed has been judged, they will then move on to the inter-breeds where, again, specially chosen judges will make the difficult choice of picking an overall winner of the beef, dairy, sheep and heavy horse sections.

It’s not the real thing, we know … but it should spark some kitchen table discussions, so get voting! Only on-line voting is accepted because of the Covid-19 restrictions.

https://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/champions-of-the-decade/