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3rd Best Herd in the UK! |
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Flame lights up January Sale! |
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The NIHBA Premier Sale proved to be a memorable one for Solpoll Herefords. Champion and Reserve came from the youngest bull class with Solpoll 1 Flame the first son of Dynamite being 1st and Champion and Solpoll 1 Eager our last son of Panmure 1 Alexander being 2nd and Reserve Champion. The winner of the Senior class was Solpoll 1 Eric, the first bull offered out of Solpoll 1 Cantona with Solitude 1 Exciting another Cantona son owned by Andrew winning the intermediate class. The Female Championship went to Solpoll 1 Pansy E11 with Solpoll 1 Starlet E19 finishing Reserve. Therefore all our six cattle won first or second prizes claiming all the Championship awards!
Flame then went on to top the Sale selling for 3000gns. While Starlet E19 returned home with us from the sale we sold her later that evening to leave us with an average of £2100 for six cattle to conclude a solid days trading.
More details on the Sales Page. |
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Genus buy Ferrari! |
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Solpoll 1 Ferrari has been sold to Genus ABS which is believed to be the first time a Northern Ireland bred Hereford has been sold to an AI company in Great Britain. More details on the Sales Page. |
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Solpoll sired Champion! |
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The Champion at the Hereford April Sale was Panmure 1 Fred sired by Solpoll 1 Brigadier who is by Solpoll 1 Ultimate. Aged 22 months and having travelled over 400 miles he weighed in at an impressive 978kgs before going on to sell for one of the top prices at 4000gns. This followed on from Fred being Calf Champion at the National Calf Show in 2009. Also selling well in the sale at 3800gns was 17 month old Bosa 1 Flintoff who weighed in at 898kgs. Flintoff was sired by Solpoll 1 Boomerang. The days top price of 5500gns was paid for Fisher 1 Ensign who is full bother to the dam of our stock bull Fisher 1 Charlie. The second top price of 5000gns was paid for Dendor 1 Flinder by Yalgoo Boulder Z250, sire of Solpoll 1 Favourite, our Junior stock bull. |
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Royal Ulster Success! |
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Solpoll 1 Dynamite collected the Supreme Championship at the Royal Ulster Show for the second year in a row, but went further this year collecting the Reserve Interbreed Championship (click here for picture). Solpoll 1 Starlet E16 was Female Champion after winning the Senior Heifer class while Starlet E21 was third in a strong class of fifteen heifers. Our other entry at the show was calved heifer Starlet D6 who was second in the cow class with her strong February born calf Goldstar who is sired by Dynamite. (see Show Success page) |
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Five Firsts at National Show! |
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The N.I. National was a huge success with all five Solpoll entries present winning their class. Dynamite continued his unbeaten show season collecting his second National Championship and finishing third in the Interbreed. He also sired the calf champion and first placed pair who were also part of the winning group. Stardust F19 was Junior Female Champion on her first show outing. Full details on show success page |
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Sixth Successive Victory! |
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The Solpoll herd has been judged the best herd in Northern Ireland for the sixth year in a row, the herd will now represent the province in the Overall UK herd’s competition and try to improve on the second place gained in the previous competition. Solpoll 1 Dynamite was awarded the title of Best Stock Bull with his son Grand-Slam claiming the award for the Best Autumn born bull calf. This year’s judge was George Thorne who praised the quality of the herd and in particular the strength of the stock bulls, whilst reserving a special mention for this website! |
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Summer Shows Complete! |
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The Native Breed Championships took place in Portadown on 18th September with Dynamite rounding of the year with another Championship to make it 8 Supreme Championships from 8 shows. Also at the Native Breed Championships his calf Starlet G8 won her class despite giving away eight months age to some of the other heifers in the class. |
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Calf Show Champions! |
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The NIHBA Calf show took place on Saturday 9th October at Dungannon with Dynamite progeny having considerable success. Solpoll 1 Starlet G8 collected the Heifer Calf Championship following on from collecting the calf Championship at the N.I. National show. Solpoll 1 Grand-Slam collected the Bull Calf Championship. Four other Dynamite calves also performed well. See Show Success page. |
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Semen from Solpoll 1 Dynamite is now available to all breeders throughout the UK and Ireland. Everything there is to know about Dynamite can be found on this website! Semen will be distributed to breeders in Great Britain through Genus ABS, through Progressive Genetics in the Republic of Ireland and through AI Services in Northern Ireland. All orders must be made by contacting us directly and we will arrange delivery to the desired location. |
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Dynamite semen available in GB! |
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The Solpoll herd was placed third in the National UK Hereford Herd’s competition when the results were announced at the Annual dinner held in in Hereford in October. The judge was David Carroll of Udel Herefords from the Republic of Ireland. The herd finished second in the previous competition. |
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Dynamite sons in demand! |
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Two Dynamite sons have recently been exported from the herd. Gladiator was sold at ten months old to join the Hallwood herd of Robert and Ian Shaw, Cheshire, England and Firecracker at 16 months old was exported to Spain to join an AI stud! (Full details on Sales page) |
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Premier Sale Success! |
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Solpoll 1 Grand-Slam sold for 4200gns at the NIHBA Premier Sale at Dungannon. Sired by Dynamite he was the second youngest bull in the sale. Another Dynamite son Solitude 1 Gold Bar sold for 3000gns and was the youngest bull in the sale aged 13 months. More details on Sales Page.
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Dynamite does it again! |
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Solpoll 1 Dynamite was Supreme Champion at the Royal Ulster Show in May 2011 for the third successive year. He was also the top placed N.I. animal in the Interbreed Championship. His progeny also did well with ‘Geronimo’ being Junior Male Champion after winning a strong class of ten bulls in which another Dynamite son ‘Goldstar’ finished third. Two of his daughters ‘Starlet G6’ and ‘Starlet G8’ finished first and second respectively in the intermediate heifer class before they combined to win the pairs competition with eight pairs competing. The two young bulls then teamed up with ‘G6’ to finish second in the group of three to conclude a very successful show for the herd.
by ‘Ultimate’ was second in the intermediate bull class while ‘Pansy E9’ an October heifer by Costhorpe 1 Granite was second in the intermediate heifer class.
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Geronimo! |
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Solpoll 1 Geronimo was Supreme Champion at the N.I. National Show 2011 securing the title of N.I. Bull of the Year 2011. Starlet H2 won the Autumn born heifer calf class and was Reserve Overall Female Champion. Pansy C4 was the winner of the cow class with a strong 7 week old bull calf at foot by Favourite. Starlet G6 was 2nd in the Intermediate class and Handsome was 3rd in the Autumn born bull calf class. |
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Dynamite is doing the job! |
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Progeny of Solpoll 1 Dynamite dominated the Hereford Autumn Sale topping all three sections. Solpoll 1 Geronimo was Male Champion and sold for the top price of 6200gns. Starlet G6 was Female Champion and topped the Female prices selling at 4400gns. In the For Sale Only female section Dynamite daughters Nan G5 & Starlet G12 sold for the top price of 2200gns with Pansy G10 by Dynamite selling for 2100gns, the 2nd top price. The 425 mile journey was made with cattle for the first time and proved a huge success for the herd. |
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Handsome deal for NCBC! |
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Solpoll 1 Handsome sold for the top price of 3800gns at the NIHBA sale held in Dungannon on 20th January 2012. Handsome, our first son of Fisher 1 Charlie, will be heading to the National Cattle Breeding Centre AI Stud in the Republic of Ireland. Dynamite son Solpoll 1 General was Reserve Champion in the pre sale show and sold for 2700gns. Two other Dynamite sons sold in the sale at 2600gns and 2000gns. More details available on the sales page. |