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Charollais

The Charollais flock was established in 2006 mainly due to the breed’s ability to produce early finishing quality carcass lambs off grass with great length, easy fleshing and fantastic eating quality.

Early foundation females were purchased from the Foulrice, Wraycastle, Loweyre and Southam flocks where we looked to purchase correct, well muscled and fleshed, clean females with strong family lines.

Although we didn’t start by showing the Charollais at a high level, we’ve had various success on the summer show circuit and in the sale ring with our first major sale coming in 2007 with Foxhillfarm Gemini XWY6013 selling at the Worcester Premier Sale of 3200gns. In the same year we took the reserve breed championship at Devon County.

Then in 2009 we sold Foxhillfarm Jake XWY9005 for 2000gns and in the same year we took the top price at the NSA Multibreed sale, selling a lamb for 750gns.

New additions joined the flock in 2009 with the purchase of two females from Messrs Lionel Organ’s dispersal for 1600gns and 1100gns. Joining them was Carthorpe Grand Duke YVY6032 for 4050gns.

In 2010 we were back in action at the Worcester Premier Sale, this time securing top place in the January ram lamb class before selling for 1000gns.

The following year saw a greater push in the show ring with our three ewe lambs entered at the Devon County Show coming first to third with the class winner, XWY110032 going on to be reserve female and reserve breed champion.

In 2012 we took the overall breed championship at the Devon County Show with an aged ewe, XWY9022. She then joined up with our aged ram Brachymbyd Kracker YMH0062 to take the interbreed pairs championship. Int he same year we took the breed and interbreed championship with the same ewe, while at the Three Counties Show she stood reserve breed champion.

2016 proved to be yet another successful year for the Charollais flock as we took our stock tup, Logie Durno Olympian 14ZNN09818, who was purchased at the Worcester Premier Sale having stood reserve shearling male champion for 7000gns, to Royal Cornwall when he was part of the interbreed pairs champions, while at Devon County he stood breed and interbreed champion, as well as reserve interbreed pairs.

At both the Royal Cornwall and Devon County Shows, a home bred lamb of Kracker out of a dam by Carthorpe Grand Duke YVY6032 took the reserve male championship, as well as interbreed ram lamb at Devon County. A ewe lamb, again by Kracker was reserve female champion at both shows. The same ram lamb was then second out of 42 lambs at the Royal Welsh Show.

Having concentrated on the Limousin cattle for a few years, Michael returned to the Charollais show ring in 2017 winning the aged ewe, shearling ewe and ewe lamb classes at the Royal Cornwall Show before going on to take the breed championship with an aged ewe. That same aged ewe was also breed champion at the Devon County Show in the same year.

In 2018 we took a few females out on the show circuit to relatively local shows with our aged ewe standing female and reserve breed champion at Devon County and then female and breed champion at Royal Cornwall Show. We also had a class winner with our dimmer at Devon County.

Meanwhile, 2019 saw a breed and interbreed championship at Royal Cornwall for a home bred aged ewe by Logie Durno Olympian. 

We currently run 20 ewes with the stock tups now being Crogham Regal 16AB01065 and Logie Durno Olympian 14ZNN09818. The 2018 crop of lambs are by him and semen is available from both tups.

In July 2020 Foxhillfarm Va Va Voom topped the Worcester Premier sale at 16,000gns., selling to the Logie Durno and Loanhead flocks. Next best at 2500gns our second best ram lamb selling to J.Price, Oakchurch & E.Evans.

2021 proved to be a hugely successful year for the flock, with shearling ram Foxhill Charollais Vermin taking the breed and interbreed championships at both Devon County and the Great Yorkshire Show.

The flock enjoyed further success in the sale ring too, topping the Charollais Premier Sale, Worcester, at 17,000gns with Foxhill Charollais Walkabout.

This was one of the first sons to be offered by the 4600gns Thackwood U Corker out of a homebred daughter of Carthorpe Grand Duke who has already bred a lamb to 2500gns sold to Oakchurch. This one joins the Logie Durno and Loanhead flocks of the Ingram family and will run alongside our sale leader from last year, Va Va Voom.

Next best for us in our ram lamb pen was Foxhill Charollais William, a Rockvilla Ferrari son selling for 3100gns. Our shearling rams on the day sold to a top of 2400gns for Foxhill Charollais Viagra, a Loanhead Triathlon son out of a Crogham Hannibal daughter.

In a first for Foxhill we offered two shearling ewes for sale and Foxhill Charollais Venom topped the female ring on the day at 2700gns. Again by Triathlon, this one is out of a Logie Durno Olympian daughter. Our other, Foxhill Charollais Vita sold for 950gns.

Later in the season the flock also offered females at the Saucy Sale, leading the ewe lamb section of the day at 3500gns with Foxhill Wild Rose, a Rockville Ferrari daughter out of a Logie Olympian daughter. 

Prior to that at the Builth Main Sale Michael had the honour of judging and backed his judgement by purchasing the overall champion, Maerdy 20WLS02551 from Esmor Evans. By Boyo Uncle Tom, this boy then went on to have a fantastic show career in 2022, winning his class at the Royal Bath and West, the breed championship at Royal Cornwall, the male championship at Royal highland and male and reserve championship at Great Yorkshire Show. 

Also included in the show team for 2022 was our stunner of a shearling ewe, Foxhill 21XWY00619, a Rockvilla Ferrari daughter who was breed champion and Continental interbreed at Royal Bath and West.