Limousin – Foxhill Livestock

Foxhillfarm Gracie

Foxhill Farm Gracie, a daughter of the noted Wilodge Vantastic, is the first progeny of the herd’s foundation female Bankdale Alice born in the Foxhillfarm herd. Since her arrival, Gracie has been a stand out in the herd and was shown as a baby heifer at the Royal Welsh Show taking second in a strong class and then went on to dominate the winter pedigree calf show circuit before going on to win championships at both regional and National level.

The first of Gracie’s progeny to take to the sale ring was Foxhillfarm Louisvuitton. Having stood champion in the pre-sale show at the Carlisle Sale in February 2017 he went on to sell for 20,000gns when joining commercial producers Messrs Penny of Leeds. He’d previously stood senior male champion at Stars of the Future and reserve overall male champion at the English National Calf Show.

Meanwhile, Foxhillfarm Manhattan took the junior and reserve overall title at Carlisle in May 2017 before selling for 35,000gns. This is yet another Guards Boomer son, making him full brother to Foxhillfarm Louisvuitton. At the same sale Manhattan’s full brother, Foxhillfarm Montreal then went on to sell for 10,000gns.

In the summer of 2017, Gracie’s daughter, Foxhillfarm Looksthepart was part of the interbreed group of four at the Royal Highland, as well as standing reserve female and reserve overall champion to Mammamia. Meanwhile, at the Royal Welsh Show she joined Mammamia to win the Future Females Pairs competition and the interbreed exhibitor bred pairs title with Foxhillfarm Limitededition. As a yearling heifer in 2016 she was reserve junior female at the Royal Welsh.

Meanwhile, at Agrifest South West in November 2017, Foxhillfarm Nakita, an Ampertaine Gigolo daughter, won the Baby Beef championship.

At the 2017 Femme Fatale sale, Gracie’s daughter Foxhillfarm Lookatme sold for 7500gns, while at the same money her full sister Foxhillfarm Mellie. Both these heifers are by Guards Boomer.

In 2018 we offered a Gracie daughter, Foxhillfarm Oriel, at the Red Ladies sale in Carlisle, whereby she was sold for 10,000gns to Chris White for his Frogmore herd, based in Moreton-in-the-Marsh, Glos. Oriel is by Ampertaine Gigolo.

July 2020 saw Foxhillfarm Looksthepart sell for 8500gns, this August 2015 born cow sold scanned in calf to the 30,000gns Goldies Owain, to Chris Johnston, Co.Tyrone.

Foxhillfarm Gracie

Foxhillfarm Louisvuitton

Foxhillfarm Manhattan

Foxhillfarm Looksthepart

Foxhillfarm Oriel

Foxhillfarm Montreal

Foxhillfarm Lookatme

Alice

Elizabeth

Gracie

Illusion

Krystal

Corranhill Krystal

Krystal was imported from Ireland as a new female line for the Foxhill herd. She is by Haltcliffe Dancer and is out of the Vermeil daughter, Rockfort Fiona.

She has been shown once taking the breed and interbreed championship at the Devon County Show in 2017.

She calved successfully in April 2018 to Foxhillfarm LordoftheRing in the form of Foxhillfarm Ourbest. This bull was later sold in Carlisle Oct ’19, after he won his class, for 26,000gns. Krystal’s second calf is Foxhillfarm Pearl, another by Lord of the Ring.

Foxhillfarm Ourbest

Corranhill Krystal

Alice

Elizabeth

Gracie

Illusion

Krystal

Glenrock Illusion

In 2014 a new girl entered the Foxhill record books when we purchased Glenrock Illusion from the Illingworth family in Carlisle for what is believed to be a World Limousin Record of 125,000gns.

By Goldies Comet out of the herd’s most successful breeding female, Glenrock Spangle, Illusion had been shown successfully in late 2013 when she stood junior and reserve interbreed champion at the Stars of the Future Calf Show before taking the junior and reserve junior interbreed championship at the Highland, the junior championship at Great Yorkshire and then the interbreed championship at Cumberland Show in 2014.

Illusion was purchased for her tremendous length and muscling and for the exciting prospect she brought to the herd. Following the sale, we sold a half share in her to Danny Sawrij for his Swalesmoor herd.

Glenrock Illusion

Her first progeny certainly helped to write the headlines with Foxhillfarm Mammamia topping our offering of the Foxhill Femme Fatales sale in Carlisle in May 2017 when she sold for 42,000gns.

By the home bred Foxhillfarm Irishlad, she returned home after the sale for further summer showing when she headed to Scotland to win the breed, interbreed championship at the Royal Highland Show. Then at the Great Yorkshire Show she was reserve breed and junior interbreed champion, as well as being part of the winning Blythewood Pair.

Mammamia then went on to win the reserve female championship, Females of the Future pairs title, interbreed junior heifer championship and interbreed team of five at the Royal Welsh Show.

Her full sister, Foxhillfarm Missworld was reserve junior heifer champion at the Royal Highland Show and second to Mammamia at the Great Yorkshire Show, as well as second and reserve junior champion to her at the Royal Welsh Show. .

Also selling at the 2017 sale for 10,000gns was Foxhillfarm Missmoneypenny, a full sister to Mammamia and Missworld.

At the Brecon Spring Sale in 2017 an Illusion son, Foxhillfarm Miami topped trade at 6000gns having taken the championship in the pre-sale show. This one is by Sympa. Then at the Carlisle May sale Foxhillfarm Montpellier sold for 6000gns. This is another by the home bred Foxhillfarm Irishlad.

Foxhillfarm Napoleon, a son of Illusion by Jagger stood first in his class at the Stars of the Future Calf Show in 2017 and reserve champion, while at Agrifest South West in the same month Foxhillfarm Nigella, a Neuf daughter out Illusion, stood first in her class, Limousin champion and reserve interbreed champion in the pedigree calf section of the event.

Napoleon took to the show circuit in 2018 when he stood male champion and junior interbreed at Devon County, was part of the junior interbreed winning pairs at Royal Cornwall, as well as standing reserve male champion at the same show. He was then a class winner at the Great Yorkshire Show and stood second at the Royal Welsh.

During the 2018 winter show season, another of Illusion’s progeny did incredibly well in the form of Foxhillfarm Obama. By our home bred bull Foxhillfarm Jasper, Obama won his class and stood junior male champion at the Stars of the Future Calf Show and then won his class and stood male and breed champion at Agrifest South West before standing reserve Continental interbreed champion, behind our British Blue heifer, Foxhill Nadiya. Obama was sold having stood junior and overall champion in Carlisle and then sold for 8000gns.

Foxhillfarm Limousins certainly kicked off the pedigree sale season, post Cover-19 restrictions, at Borderway Mart, Carlisle on Friday 31st July by selling to a top of 19,000gns for the 13-month old heifer, Foxhillfarm Primadonna.

Primadonna is a daughter of noted sire, Ampertaine Gigolo out of the highly successful show female, Foxhillfarm Mammamia, herself a daughter of the 125,000gns Glenrock Illusion. The dam, Mammamia, stood breed and interbreed champion at the Royal Highland Show. After spirited bidding, the fall of the hammer went to A Renton and HSB Redden Partners for the Meadowrig herd, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland.

Foxhillfarm Royalty was the second highest priced unhaltered calf on the day. This one is full sister to Primadonna, being by Ampertaine Gigolo and out of Foxhillfarm Mammamia.

Foxhillfarm Mammamia

Blythewood Pairs champions, Foxhillfarm Mammamia and Foxhillfarm Lordofthering

Foxhillfarm Napoleon

Foxhillfarm Primadonna

Foxhillfarm Missworld

Foxhillfarm Missmoneypenney

Alice

Elizabeth

Gracie

Illusion

Krystal

Bankdale Elizabeth

Along with the purchase of Alice, we also purchased her October 2009-born daughter by Wilodge Vantastic, Bankdale Elizabeth for 35,000gns.

Elizabeth has been shown as a dry cow on a couple of occasions taking the breed championship at the Royal Cornwall Show in 2016.

She also produced the Carlisle May 2014 reserve junior champion, Foxhillfarm Irishlad. This Guards Boomer son sold for 38,000gns.

At the same sale, his brother, Foxhillfarm Incredibull sold for 11,000gns.

Bankdale Elizabeth

Foxhillfarm Irishlad

Foxhillfarm Incredibull

At the Stars of the Future Calf Show in 2016, a daughter of Elizabeth’s, Foxhillfarm Limited Edition stood senior heifer champion and reserve overall Limousin champion at the Stars of the Future Calf Show. The following summer she took the breed and interbreed championship at the Royal Cornwall Show. This one is by Kype Interrogate.

At the May 2017 Carlisle sale, Foxhillfarm Magregor, a Guards Boomer son sold for 9000gns, while as part of the Femme Fatale sale offering Foxhillfarm Monalisa, a Guards Boomer x Elizabeth daughter sold for 7500gns.

Foxhillfarm Limited Edition

Foxhillfarm Magregor

Foxhillfarm Monalisa

Foxhillfarm Madonna

In November 2017 we showed a daughter of hers, Foxhillfarm Madonna, by Trueman Jagger. She stood first in her class and then went on to be senior female champion and reserve overall senior champion at Stars of the Future Calf Show.

Madonna was shown in 2018 and stood reserve female champion at the Royal Cornwall Show, while at the Royal Welsh Show along with a heifer from Dinmore, she won the Females of the Future Interbreed pairs championship.

Elizabeth progeny were also to the fore in the sale ring in 2018 when Foxhillfarm Masterbull took the championship at the Newark Spring Show and Sale and sold for 5000gns and Foxhillfarm Notachance, a son of Ampertaine Gigolo, sold for 5000gns at Brecon in May. Meanwhile, a Trueman Jagger daughter of Elizabeth’s, Foxhillfarm Nancy, was the second top priced heifer in our Carlisle May string, selling for 8000gns.

Foxhillfarm Nancy

Alice

Elizabeth

Gracie

Illusion

Krystal

Bankdale Alice

Alice was purchased at Gordon Wilson’s dispersal sale for 15,000gns. She is by the noted Sympa and is out of the Nickel daughter, Princesse. She had already produced the 38,000gns Carlisle May 2011 champion, Bankdale Exfactor and the 65,000gns Bankdale Erin, as well as the 35,000gns Elizabeth, who we also purchased as a foundation cow for the Foxhillfarm herd.

Her first calf, Foxhillfarm Gracie, was inside her when we bought her. She started her showing career as a calf at the Royal Welsh Show in 2012 when she stood second in a strong class and then went on to win six breed championships, a Continental interbreed title, a reserve interbreed and two interbreed titles at both regional and national level.

Bankdale Alice

Foxhillfarm Gracie

As a result of various successful flushing programmes a number of full siblings to Gracie are now in the herd with many bulls selling for high figure prices at the Carlisle sales.

Foxhillfarm Izzy has proved to be one of the most successful of the ET-bred full sisters to Gracie. She was Limousin champion at the Cornwall Calf Show, reserve Limousin champion at the Scottish Winter Fair, Limousin and reserve interbreed champion at Smithfield all in 2013. Then in 2014 she stood reserve female and reserve overall champion at Devon County Show, reserve breed champion at the Royal Three Counties and first in her class at the Royal Welsh Show.

Izzy’s first progeny to hit the sale ring include Foxhillfarm Naughtybutnice, a Neuf daughter who sold at the 2017 Red Ladies weaned calf sale and a full brother, Foxhillfarm Nottonight, who sold for 5200gns in Brecon 2018.

Foxhillfarm Izzy

Foxhillfarm Ivy stood second to her sister on her first outing at the Cornwall Calf Show and the Scottish Winter Fair and then second again in 2014 at Devon County Show. Together Izzy and Ivy have proved a formidable force winning various pairs championships.

Then in 2015 she was reserve female champion at Devon County, reserve champion to her brother Foxhillfarm Jasper at Royal Bath and West, reserve breed champion and winner of the coveted Burke Trophy at Royal Cornwall, again with Jasper.

She also stood female and reserve breed champion at the Royal Highland Show, champion at Great Yorkshire Show and a member of the interbreed pairs and interbreed group of three team at the Royal Welsh Show.

Ivy was then shown in 2018 when she was a cow and calf winner at both the Devon County and Royal Cornwall Shows, as well as interbreed cow and calf at Royal Cornwall.

Foxhillfarm Ivy

The March 2013-born full sister, Foxhillfarm Isla, won her class at the Cornwall Calf Show, stood third at the Stars of the Future Calf Show and was part of the winning Duke of Norfolk Trophy group at Smithfield, alongside Izzy.

Isla’s first successful daughter, Foxhillfarm Naomi, a Trueman Jagger daughter won her class at the Stars of the Future Calf Show in November 2017 and went on to take the reserve junior female championship in the Limousin section. In 2018 Naomi won Devon County Show as a yearling heifer and then came out with a bang in 2019 winning seven breed championships, including the Royal Welsh and she also claimed six interbreed titles. By winning the Welsh, Yorkshire and Highland, she secured the coveted Triple Crown title.

The May 2018 Carlisle sale saw us offer a number of Isla daughters by Trueman Jagger, firstly Foxhillfarm Natalie who sold for 9000gns; Nicola sold for 7000gns; Nellie at 7000gns, Nannymcphee at 5500gns and Noleen at 4500gns.

In 2018, Naomi took to the summer show circuit and started in style winning the female and overall championship at Devon County, as well as the local interbreed championship. She was also a class winner at the Royal Highland and Great Yorkshire, where she also stood reserve junior champion and female and junior champion at the Royal Welsh Show.

Foxhillfarm Naomi

Foxhillfarm Isla

Foxhillfarm Natalie

Foxhillfarm Nicola

Meanwhile, Foxhillfarm Iola stood second to Isla at the Cornwall Calf Show and third at Stars of the Future.

Iola’s daughter, Foxhillfarm Natasha, who is a Trueman Jagger daughter, was part of the 2018 show team and was a class winner at the Great Yorkshire Show and stood junior female and junior overall champion.

Foxhillfarm Iola

Foxhillfarm Natasha, Iola daughter by Jagger

Of the bulls in the full sibling flush, the first to hit the headlines for us was Foxhillfarm Impeccabull. He started his show career by taking the Limousin and interbreed championship at the Cornwall Calf Show in 2013 and the junior male championship at the Stars of the Future Calf Show. In May 2014 he took the junior and overall championship at the Carlisle Bull Sale and sold for 14,000gns. At the same sale his full ET-bred brother, Foxhillfarm Inthegold sold for 12,500gns.

Foxhillfarm Impeccabull

Foxhillfarm Inthegold

May 2015 saw us return to Carlisle and secure yet another junior and overall championship, this time with another Loosebeare Fantastic x Alice son, Foxhillfarm Jasper, making it a breed first for Alice having produced three Carlisle champions. Jasper sold the following day for 35,000gns, but returned to Foxhill for summer showing, where he notched up a significant prize haul including Limousin and interbreed champion at Devon County, Limousin, interbreed bull and interbreed junior champion at Bath and West, Limousin and interbreed title as well as the Burke Trophy alongside his sister Ivy at the Royal Cornwall, Limousin champion at the Royal Highland, male champion at the Great Yorkshire Show and reserve male champion at the Royal Welsh Show, as well as interbreed pairs and group of three champion alongside his sisters Ivy and Izzy.

At the same Carlisle sale we secured the reserve junior champion with yet another Alice son, this time by Loosebeare Fantastic in the form of Foxhillfarm Jupiter. He went on to sell for 29,000gns, while his full brother, Foxhillfarm Jackflash, stood second in his class and sold for 19,000gns.

Foxhillfarm Jasper

Foxhillfarm Jupiter

Foxhillfarm Jackflash

Having been shown as a calf when he secured the Limousin championship and interbreed championship at the National Limousin Calf Show at the English Winter Fair and champion at the East of England Smithfield Festival, Foxhillfarm Justhtejob, sold at the same sale for 14,000gns to the Knock herd. This one is full brother to Jupiter and Jackflash. A further sister to these, Foxhillfarm Joslyn, has also been shown successfully taking interbreed group of three at the Royal Welsh in 2015.

Foxhillfarm Justthejob

Foxhillfarm Joslyn

In the back end of 2015, another Alice son, Foxhillfarm Lionking, by Ionesco, stood calf champion and reserve male champion at Frome Show.

Another huge success story for Alice progeny is the Guards Boomer son, Foxhillfarm Lordofthering who in 2016 stood breed and interbreed champion at Devon County and male champion and reserve interbreed champion at the Royal Highland Show.

In the same year he was also reserve male champion at the 45th Limousin Anniversary Show in Carlisle, behind the herd’s main stock sire Trueman Jagger.

He was sold in Carlisle, October 2016, having stood supreme champion, for 35,000gns and returned home for the 2017 show season.

His successes included taking the male championship at the Royal Cornwall Show, the male championship at the Royal Highland, breed and reserve interbreed champion at the Great Yorkshire Show as well as the Blythewood Pairs championship at Great Yorkshire and interbreed group of four and junior male championship at the Royal Welsh, as well as being an exhibitor bred group of three winner.

At the Femme Fatale sale in Carlisle in May 2017, Foxhillfarm Liberty sold for 19,000gns. This June-15 born Alice daughter is by the noted sire Broadmeadows Cannon. Then making 15,000gns was Foxhillfarm Mary. This one is by Vantastic making her a full sister to Gracie.

In May 2018 we offered a daughter of Alice, Foxhillfarm Nextmillion, by Trueman Jagger, at Carlisle and were delighted when she sold for 7000gns to Gordon and Helen Wilson, breeders of Alice. At the same sale we sold her full sister, Foxhillfarm Narnia for 4500gns.

The summer of 2018 saw an Alice grand daughter take to the show circuit and bring home numerous awards. Foxhillfarm Minesagin is a Jagger daughter out of Foxhillfarm Justtheone, herself a Loosebeare Fantastic daughter.

She started her career by clinching the reserve female championship behind Foxhillfarm Naomi at the Devon County Show and also took the reserve Burke Trophy award. She was also breed and reserve interbreed champion at the Royal Cornwall , reserve female and reserve breed champion at the Royal Highland Show, as well as reserve in the interbreed group of three. She was then a class winner at the Great Yorkshire and then stood reserve female and reserve breed champion at the Royal Welsh, as well as part of the interbreed group of five.

In July 2020 Foxhill Rebecca a Haltcliffe Dancer daughter sold for 14,000gns, her dam being Foxhillfarm Isla, a Wilodge Vantastic daughter out of the foundation female Alice. She found a new home with Gareth Corrie of the Drumhilla herd, Newtownards.