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SOCIETY SALES - April Sale Tullamore 2023
Bighill Plato ET €12,200
Bighill Plato ET sets a new
Simmental Breed Society record
at Tullamore selling for €12,200
he final Simmental
Sale of the season
took place at
Tullamore Mart on
Friday evening April
28th 2023 and the trade for
quality bulls was very brisk
with a new record price of
€12200 being set at this venue
for a Society Sale.
T
The Overall Champion Bighill
Plato ET was tapped forward
by the judge Mark Neenan
from the Limehill Herd in Co.
Galway from a strong line up
of class winners. Exhibited by
Fergal Doherty from Carrigart,
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal this
February 2022 born bull is
sired by Curaheen Warrior
and is out of a Delfur Decider
Clonagh Prince Explorer €7,200
sired dam Bighill Honey Pie.
Securing this bull at €12200
was a joint partnership of the Springfield and Newbiemains herds in Scotland.
Standing at Reserve Champion was Clonagh Prince Explorer for Garrett Behan, Ballyfin, Portlaoise.
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