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Southdown Tops South Island Ram Fair

Posted by Christina On January - 14 - 2012

While the 2012 South Island Ram Fair held in Christchurch on 12th January was not the best sale in recent memory, a Southdown ram from Chris Medlicott’s Clifton Downs Stud topped the sale overall selling for $8500 to Ian & Christina Jordan’s Willowhaugh Stud in combination with Andrew Sellars-Jones’ Chandpara Stud from Victoria, Australia.

Purchasers Ian Jordan, Christina Jordan & Andrew Sellars-Jones along with vendor Chris Medlicott.

Below you can see the the full results for the Southdown breeders.

South Island Ram Fair Results - click to view

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