Fine Fleece Shetland Sheep Association

2024 Mid-American Shetland Sheep Show
2024 Mid-American Shetland Sheep Show





We are excited to have our first Shetland judge from the islands! Brian will be judging our Shetlands ‘on the hoof’ (sheep judge) for our 2024 Mid America Shetland Sheep show at Jefferson Wisconsin!
I am Brian Ridland, I was born in Shetland and brought up at Westerskeld. I have been involved in crofting / farming from a very young. I was always with my dad working with sheep as long as I can remember.
I have done a lot of showing Shetland sheep at shows in Shetland. I have judged Shetland sheep at all the Shetland shows except our local Walls Show also the main Shetland flock book ram sales. On mainland Scotland I have judged the Black isle show and recently the Royal Highland show .
I have very much enjoyed meeting all the various people involved in the Shetland sheep breed over the years and having met Jim Chastain from the USA in 1996.
It is mostly white Shetland sheep in our flock at the moment and a small number of grey sheep.
In 2008 I moved with my family to the island of Orkney when we got the chance to buy a farm there. We run Shetland cross cheviot ewes which are very successfully put to Texel and Suffolk rams. We breed pure Texel sheep also. The cattle on our farm comprises of a herd of pedigree Luing cows which we have bred since 2002 our commercial cows are Simmental cross Luings which go to Charolais bulls.
I have included photo of our champion ram at the Walls show 2023 and myself and my dad Jack and son Campbell with the champion ram and also winning all the white ram classes at the Walls show 2016 also a photo of a Luing sale bull at Castle Douglas Luing sale 2022 Catmoget ewes and lambs 2001
I am very pleased to be asked to judge at your show in September 2024 and we look forward to meeting you all there
Regards Brian , Fiona & Campbell
Meet our fleece judge for 2024: Miss Lisa Williams, Somerset UK.
Having owned Shetland sheep for just shy of 18 years, Lisa (and her young family) have worked hard to establish a small, quality flock of very fine fleeced, gray katmoget Shetland sheep in the South West of England and has had her fingers in a number of Shetland Sheep Society related pies over the last decade or so. She has sat on the SSS Committe twice and, as part of that, took the role of Judges and Inspectors Panel "buddy" prior to being a fully-fledged J&IP member in her own right once her second Committee term had ended. In addition, she was a member of the Committee's Risk Assessment Group and an active member of the SSS Marketing Group with which she wrote a number of articles for the Shetland Breed newsletter.
Lisa successfully shows her sheep, her fleeces and her wool-on-the-hoof entries annually and has a number of Best in Show and Champion fleeces under her belt.
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2024 Mid-American Shetland Sheep Show Results
A special thank you goes out to our Sheep Show Judge, Brian Ridland.
Senior Ram
1st Corinne Stewart - Namekagon
2nd Kelly Bartels - Nemesis
3rd Garrett Ramsay - Jubba
4th Kearson Strong - OK Acres Ryder
5th Danny Hansen - Linden Lane Stout
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Yearling Ram
1st Amy Rappuhn - Thunderegg
2nd Amy Rappuhn - Midas
3rd Rachel Harding - Scotch Croft Macallan
4th Isabella Zastrow - Wallace
5th Kelly Bartels - Ravalli
Ram Lamb
1st Garrett Ramsay - Xed
2nd Audra Otto - Emerson
3rd Garrett Ramsay - Jedburgh
4th Ruth Musolf - Comfrey
5th Isabella Zastrow - Gabbro
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Pair of Ram Lambs
1st Garrett Ramsay - WhitePine
2nd Rachel Harding - Fleece & Feather Farm
3rd Mia Spaid - Second Eden Farm
4th Isabella Zastrow - Maxfield's Rocky View Farm
5th Audra Otto - Blackberry Blossom Farm
Champion Ram
Amy Rappuhn - Thunderegg
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Reserve Champion Ram
Amy Rappuhn - Midas
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Senior Ewe
1st Rachel Harding - Scotch Croft Kennedy
2nd Garrett Ramsay - Edith
3rd Therese Stoebner - Alma
4th Kelly Bartels - Derby
5th Amy Rappuhn - Moxi
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Yearling Ewe
1st Joanne Andrew - Penny
2nd Isabella Zastrow - Missoula
3rd Rachel Harding - Scotch Croft Clova
4th Rachel Harding - Scotch Croft Bea
5th Mia Spaid - Nissa
Ewe Lamb
1st Sarah Otto - Helen
2nd Therese Stoebner - Athena
3rd Joanne Andrew - Kenna
4th Garrett Ramsay - Ladyberg
5th Rose Otto - Alice
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Pair of Ewe Lambs
1st Rose Otto - Blackberry Blossom Farm
2nd Garrett Ramsay - WhitePine
3rd Therese Stoebner - Ravenrock Farm
4th Sheridan Strong - 3 Peaks Farm
5th Mia Spaid - Second Eden Farm
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Dam & Daughter
1st Therese Stoebner - Ravenrock Farm
2nd Rose Otto - Blackberry Blossom Farm
3rd Rachel Harding - Fleece & Feather Farm
4th Kelly Bartels - OK Acres Shetlands
5th Sheridan Strong - 3 Peaks Farm
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Champion Ewe
Rachel Harding - Scotch Croft Kennedy​
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Reserve Champion Ewe
Garrett Ramsay - Edith
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Andrew & Ellen Bain Award: Best Small Flock
1st Garrett Ramsay - WhitePine
2nd Rachel Harding - Fleece & Feather Farm
3rd Amy Rappuhn - Linden Lane
4th Isabella Zastrow - Maxfield's Rocky View Farm
5th Sheridan Strong - 3 Peaks Farm
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Best Fleece on Hoof
1st Kelly Bartels - OK Acres Shetlands
2nd Amy Rappuhn - Linden Lane
3rd Garrett Ramsay - WhitePine
4th Rose Otto - Blackberry Blossom Farm
5th Isabella Zastrow - Maxfield's Rocky View Farm
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Sue Russo Award: Best Colored, Spotted or Modified
1st Kelly Bartels - OK Acres Shetlands
2nd Rachel Harding - Fleece & Feather Farm
3rd Isabella Zastrow - Maxfield's Rocky View Farm
4th Joanne Andrew - Kenna
5th Mia Spaid - Second Eden Farm
Supreme Champion​
Rachel Harding - Scotch Croft Kennedy​
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Reserve Supreme Champion
Garrett Ramsay - Edith
2024 Mid-American Shetland Sheep Fleece Show Results
A special thank you goes out to our Fleece Show Judge, Lisa Williams.
White
1st Donna Spencer-Riehle
2nd Donna Spencer-Riehle
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Black
N/A
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Moorit
1st Kelly Bartels
2nd Kate Cox
3rd Kate Cox
4th Kate Cox
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Grey
1st Kelly Bartels
2nd Donna Spencer-Riehle
3rd Garrett Ramsay
4th Amy Rappuhn
5th Donna Spencer-Riehle
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Any Other Color
1st Amy Rappuhn
2nd Kelly Bartels
3rd Amy Rappuhn
4th Donna Spencer-Riehle
5th Kelly Bartels
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Rooed
1st Kelly Bartels
2nd Kelly Bartels
3rd Kelly Bartels
4th Kelly Bartels
5th Kelly Bartels
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Grand Champion
Amy Rappuhn
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Reserve Champion
​Kelly Bartels
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Judges Choice
Kelly Bartels
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