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2024 Mid-American Shetland Sheep Show

2024 Mid-American Shetland Sheep Show

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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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