It’s no secret that Michael has a huge passion for the Aberdeen-Angus breed and ever since his grandfather sold the Staplegrove herd he’s wanted to get back into the breed, so in October 2015 the breed made their return to Foxhill Farm when we bought a brace of foundation females.
Weeton Diamond Mist M351 was purchased for 13,000gns at John Loftus ‘Weeton’ total herd sale in Stirling in 2015. On the same day we were also fortunate to secure her full sister, the 2013-born Weeton Diamond Mist N383 for 7000gns.
Both females are sired by GH Coverboy Eric 110R and out of Big Sky Diamond Mist 350, an Aberan DMM Decision 26H daughter.
We returned to the Stirling Bull Sales in October 2020, this time with our own bulls to sell, taking the second highest price on the day of 9000gns for Foxhill Dominator V185, while at 6400gns was Foxhill Dictator V186.
Then in February 2021 we had two bulls in Stirling, our first was Foxhill Domino V197 selling for 6000gns. This one is a full brother to our 9000gns Foxhill Dominator V185 so he’s by Gretnahouse Blacksmith L500 and out of the 13,000gns Weeton Diamond Mist M351. Next up selling at 5000gns was the same way bred Foxhill Duncan V198.
A daughter of Diamond Mist M351, Foxhill Delmonte Y163, was shown successfully at the winter calf shows in 2022 and was native and overall pedigree calf champion at Agri-Fest South West.
In the winter season of 2023, Foxhill Diamond Mist Z253 was junior female champion at the Winter National Show at Agri Expo and carried on her winning streak at Stars of the Future, when she stood native interbreed junior champion.
She stood first in her class and went on to become heifer calf champion at the Black Beauty Bonanza in Aberdeen. She is by Linton Gilbertines President out of the 13,000gns Weeton Diamond Mist M351.
At the February 2024 Stirling Bull Sales, Foxhill Diamond Mist Z255 was sold to Borewell Angus for 6800gns having stood female champion.
Meanwhile, in early 2025, we won both the female and reserve female championship at the Aberdeen-Angus Stirling Sales. Our champion was Foxhill Diamond Mist Z253, a daughter of the original Diamond Mist M351. She sold for 8000gns to an undisclosed buyer and heads to Orkney.
Adding another proven cow family Blelack Princess Carina U902 is the foundation female for this family and was purchased at the Massie family’s dispersal in Stirling. Sired by ONeills Black Bardolier (AI) (IMP), a bull noted for producing daughters with powerful performance traits, her dam Blelack Princess Carina R508 is a true bull breeder, with three sons currently working in pedigree herds.
Princess Carina U902 was purchased for 32,000gns having been served by the 14,000gns bull Kilmaluag Eriskay. We also purchased her May 2021-born daughter, Blelack Princess Carina X125 for 30,000gns, again sired by Eriskay.
Carina made her show debut as a yearling heifer in 2022 by winning the interbreed championship at North Somerset Show and also the Aberdeen-Angus championship at Royal Cornwall Show before being breed and reserve interbreed at the Royal Highland Show the following year.
At the February 2024 Stirling Bull Sales, Foxhill Princess Carina Y168 was sold to the Balavil Estate for 8000gns having stood reserve female champion.
At the 2024 Summer National Show, held at Kelso, Princess Carina Z178 become overall calf champion.
At the Winter National Show in 2024, Foxhill Princess Carina Z178 stood reserve junior female champion to our own Gretnahouse Eva’s Honey Z499. She is by Weeton Evolution R447. Later that season she took the female and overall senior championship at Stars of the Future Calf Show and went on to be senior native interbreed champion.
She also launched the 2025 show season with a breed championship and interbreed win at Devon County Show.
The Princess Caroline family has been at the forefront for Blelack for some years, so we were delighted to secure Blelack Princess Caroline T867 at the dispersal sale. By Weeton Evolution R447 whose progeny have achieved multiple top prices and show ring successes, we secured her for 28,000gns.
Her daughter, Foxhill Caroline Y167 was shown successfully at the Winter National Show at Borderway Agri Expo and was heifer calf and overall champion.
In 2024 a daughter of Blelack Princess Caroline T867, Foxhill Princess Caroline A265, who is sired by the noted Kilmaluag Eriskay, stood overall champion native calf and reserve pedigree overall calf champion to our Charolais heifer at AgriFest SW. Meanwhile in her class at the Winter National Show in Carlisle, she stood junior female champion and reserve junior champion and at Stars of the Future in the same year she was placed junior female champion and then overall junior champion, before being tapped out as native junior interbreed champion.
At the Royal Cornwall Show in the same year, Foxhill Princess Caroline Y167 took the reserve interbreed championship and later at the Royal Welsh Show she took the reserve breed championship having stood overall interbreed female junior champion the year before a the Welsh.
In 2025, Foxhill Princess Caroline Z184 stood reserve champion behind Foxhill Diamond Mist Z253 at the Stirling Bull Sales. This heifer sold for 6000gns to J T Fleming and Son of Falnash Farm, Hawick.
Adding another proven cow family to the Foxhill Angus herd, we purchased a stand-out yearling heifer Blelack Evora W014 for 16,000gns. Another Eriskay daughter, her dam is Blelack Evora T854, a female considered one of the best cows in the Blelack herd by the Massive family.
Shadwell Lady Heather X250 was purchased in 2022 at the Shadwell dispersal sale in Skipton for 22,000gns. By the highly successful Shadwell Evolution T003, she’s out of the Te Mania Berkley daughter, Shadwell Lady Heather P738 who sold on the day with her current calf at foot for 28,000gns and goes back to a foundation female for the herd, Blelack Lady Heather D977.
In the summer of 2023, she stood female and breed champion at the Royal Welsh.
Gretnahouse Eva’s Honey Z499 was purchased at the Gretnahouse dispersal sale for 8000gns. By Rodmead Primero R746, she is out of the Deveron Leggat P469 daughter, Gretnahouse Eva’s Honey U052.
Her summer show season in 2024 included a reserve female championship at the Royal Highland Show, and breed championships at the Great Yorkshire Show Royal Welsh and a junior female and overall junior champion at the Summer National Show in Kelso.
Gretnahouse Evas Honey Z499 continued her success from the summer at the Winter National Show at Carlisle, winning her class and standing reserve female champion and yearling female champion, this heifer who is sired by Rodmead Primero she was purchased from the Gretnahouse dispersal back in October.
