Goat section results from the 2025 Scottish Smallholder Festival

The Goat competition at the Festival was a lively one, with 42 goats forward for classes. The overall show champion was the coloured adult dairy female from Miss B Fairley & Miss R Fleming. “Ballingall Roxy” was a popular winner and beat all comers to the overall championship. The reserve was also from the same stable with the adult dairy Anglo Nubian, “Ballingall Tanni” taking the prize.

In the RBST watchlist classes, the owners of “Monksfield Pennyblack”, Dr R Hannah and Miss S Agrell continued a winning streak over the last few years to claim the adult female class as well as the overall RBST championship. The reserve RBST exhibit was the Goatling “Kenside Kimi” from Mrs I McCreath, which also won the best goatling in show from “Monksfield Empreselvira” bred by Dr R Hannah and Miss S Agrell.

“Balmedie Margo” a Boer Goat from Mr M and Mrs M Ross won the best kid in show with an Anglo Nubian kid “RockIsland Jaffa” from Miss B Fairley and Miss R Fleming the runner up.

Ms Cheryl Blain from the Drumshade herd had a clean sweep in the Pygmy goat kids class, and the Royal Golden Guernsey “Manorhouse Autumn” from Mrs J Waite could be one to watch in the RBST classes in the future.

All of the show winners and reserves were bred by the exhibitors – a fantastic achievement.

Pictured is Ballingall Roxy the overall Champion shown here by Miss B Fairley