April 19, 2024 MAXWORTHY REACHED FOR THE SKY IN SHOW & SALE TOPGUN CAME FROM PENHARGARD
The Overall Champion at the Southwest Charolais Club spring show and sale at Exeter kindly hosted by Kivells was D P Daniel’s Maxworthy Thomas, a September-2022 born son by Rosebrough Napoleon out of Maxworthy Pink, this single F94L carrier was tapped out as overall champion by judge Mr David Vickery and sold for 4,300gns to Clarke and Parfitt Farming, Exeter, Devon.
Judge David Vickery farms 750 acres in the centre of Bodmin moor, Cornwall, with a herd of 145 suckler cows, which he runs with the pedigree Charolais under the prefix Tomco. He sells 60% of his suckler calves through the local market and finishes the rest at home, before taking them to the local abattoir.
David’s female champion also came from the same stable, she was the myostatin free Maxworthy Skyblue born in November-2021 and AI’d to Balthayock Muskateer by the same sire as the Overall Champion, she went home with P A & L Webber, Crediton, Devon for the top female price of 2,900gns. The second highest price female came for the youngest female Polgoda Ugene a March-2023 born heifer by Dooley Rascal out of Polgoda Pip, she was purchased for 2,000gns by S P Gubbin & Son, Launceston, Cornwall and travels alongside February-2023 born Polgoda Unicorn for 1,500gns.
Female trade saw a 67% clearance, to a top price of 2,900gns and an average of £2152.50, up £630 on 2023. Bull trade was on par with 2023 with a 100% clearance for a larger entry of bulls, top price was 4,500gns.
In the first class of bulls Trenestall Topman took top spot and went on to secure the reserve overall championship. A May-2022 Balbithan Nairn sired son out of Penfound Happiness also commanded 4,300gns and went home as new stock bull for A R & P D Crane, Barnstaple, Devon. Second in this class was homozygous polled Penhargard Trojan (P) a July-2022 born bull out of homebred Penhargard Raspberry by the AI bull Pharmer AV Askome, he took the eye of K H May & Partners, Exeter, Devon. Standing second in Class 2, behind the overall champion was Moynton Torino from Mr P C Old, the Thrunton Ideal son who realised 2,400gns paid by A & J M Hembrow, Lostwithiel, Cornwall.
The oldest bull in the sale commanded the top sale price at 4,500gns, homozygous Penhargard Topgun (P) by Simontorp Marabour AV and born in February-2022, out of Cockerington Mable (P) was purchased by C P & A Heard, Okehampton, Devon.
SHOW RESULTS
Overall Champion
LOT 9 – MAXWORTHY THOMAS – MR D P DANIEL
Reserve Overall Champion
LOT 5 – TRENESTRALL TOPMAN – W F PALMER & SON
Female Champion
LOT 11 – MAXWORTHY SKYBLUE – MR D P DANIEL
Class 1 born on or between 18 June 2022 and 11 July 2022
1st – LOT 5 – TRENESTRALL TOPMAN
2nd – LOT 6 – PENHARGARD TROJAN (P)
Class 2 born on or between 7 August 2022 and 16 September 2022
1st – LOT 9 – MAXWORTHY THOMAS
2nd – LOT 7 – MOYNTON TORINO
SALE RESULTS
| Lot | Animal Name | Price (£) | Surname | Address |
| 1 | PENHARGARD TOPGUN (P) | 4725 | C P & A HEARD | OKEHAMPTON,DEVON |
| 2 | MOYNTON TOBIAS | 4500 | A & J M HEMBROW | LOSTWITHIEL,CORNWALL |
| 5 | TRENESTRALL TOPMAN | 4515 | A R & P D CRANE | BARNSTAPLE,DEVON |
| 6 | PENHARGARD TROJAN (P) | 4515 | K H MAY & PARTNERS | EXETER,DEVON |
| 7 | MOYNTON TORINO | 2520 | A & J M HEMBROW | LOSTWITHIEL,CORNWALL |
| 8 | PENHARGARD TRIGGER (P) | 4000 | EVERARD PARTNERS | DULVERTON SOMERSET |
| 9 | MAXWORTHY THOMAS | 4515 | CLARKE AND PARFITT FARMIN | EXETER DEVON |
| 10 | TRENESTRALL TEN | 3500 | J ROBSON | BODMIN, CORNWALL |
| 11 | MAXWORTHY SKYBLUE | 3045 | P A & L WEBBER | CREDITON,DEVON |
| 13 | POLGODA TARA | 1890 | J ROBSON | BODMIN, CORNWALL |
| 17 | POLGODA UNICORN | 1575 | S P GUBBIN & SON | LAUNCESTON,CORNWALL |
| 18 | POLGODA UGENE | 2100 | S P GUBBIN & SON | LAUNCESTON,CORNWALL |