New 1350gns Oxford Down record at Worcester The 2021 Worcester Show & Sale saw an excellent trade for all classes of stock. With an improved quality entry forward, there was good demand for females from both new and existing breeders alike, coupled with some very strong bidding for rams. Overall, it was the most successful Oxford Down sale at Worcester for over a decade. Highlight of the day was the creation of a new Oxford Down breed record when the overall and male champi

new Oxford Down breed record was created at the 2021 Worcester Show & Sale when the overall and male champion at the pre-sale show, a shearling ram from Vickie Jones’ Billesdons flock from Leicestershire sold at 1350gns to Andrew Rutherford for his Langrigg flock at Guards Farm, Gretna, Dumfriesshire. The previous record of 1000gns was set at Worcester in 2009. It was a red-letter day for the Billesdons flock which also had the female and reserve overall champion at the show,