Rex

We purchased our first Rex at a NCC Auction in 1993, a trio from Lexey Hollingdrake.  Once the boar had sired some litters he was ready for the show bench. Pickersleigh Alpha as he was named won our first BIS at Bristol in April 1994. Over the next few years we purchased further stock from Lexey, our stud of Rex having now grown to about 100 pigs. During this time we had our most successful Rex - Pickersleigh Jester. All our current stock can be traced back to this boar. He was a Quintuple Rex Champion and won 5 All-breed BIS.

2008

Bradford Rex Stock Show  P. Calypso  Best in Show   Judge Hugh Pashley

Warwick Cavy Club  P. Calypso  Reserve Best in Show  Judge Simon Neesham

Birmingham Cavy Club  P. Calypso  3rd Best in Show  Judges Dave Marshall & Rex & Nikki Matthews

Self Black

At the end of 2003 we obtained our foundation stock of Self Blacks, and have been selectively breeding to produce showable cavies. The breeding results have so far been very good, with average litter sizes of 3/4 and only 2 lots of stillborn young, from 15 litters. Show results have been very pleasing, with our pigs usually in the first 3. We won our first Best Self just before Christmas, and our first best in Show in May 05. We won 3 more B I S in 2005 and finished second in the ESCC Black points Competition. In 2006 we won the ESCC Black Points Competition and also had 4 more BIS wins. 2007 was a quiet year for showing as Linda had to take a few months off recovering from an operation.

2008

Our Black Show team for 2008 will consist of the following Adults.

Birmingham 13/10/07  Best Self  Judge Helen McCormick

Warwick  7/6/08  BIS  Judges David Oulton/Melanie Mayoh

Midland YSS  25/11/07   BIS  Judges Peter Nunn/Steve Wright

Warwick  1/3/08  Best Self   Judge  Simon Neesham

Midland Champ Show  9/12/07   BIS   Judges  Hugh Pashley/Brian Millin

Birmingham  15/3/08   BIS   Judges  David Marshall/Rex & Nikki Matthews