The Royal Norfolk Show 2017: Four in a row for supreme beef champion
Royal Norfolk Show Supreme Beef Champion Burnbank Jenny with Paul Barwood and Anita Padfield. Picture: Ian Burt - Credit: Ian Burt
A Norfolk farm celebrated the fourth victory in a row as their star heifer secured the supreme beef champion title at the Royal Norfolk Show.
Paul Barwood and Anita Padfield, who keep a herd of Limousin cattle at Fleggburgh near Great Yarmouth, won the interbreed breed title with their three-year-old heifer Burnbank Jenny, with calf at foot.
It follows similar successes at the Suffolk, South of England and Lincoln Shows – but Ms Padfield said the victory in their home county was the most special.
'To win your local show is amazing,' she said. 'This is four in a row, but the Norfolk Show is the one we really wanted to win.
'She has got such presence, and she loves showing. She just sparkles'
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Judge Richard Rettie from Alloa in Scotland said the winner was a 'fantastic animal, which paraded very well with a nice calf at foot, and is a great representative of the breed.'
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