Slideshow: Elite Ayrshire cow rules supreme at Ballymena Show

In the cattle show rings, Ayrshire breeders John and Michael Hunter had a day-out to remember.

The father and son team, who hail from Crumlin, won the Inter Breed Dairy Championship with the fourth calver Ardmore Janet. For good measure, the animal went on to secure the Cattle Supreme Championship, beating the Beef Inter Breed Champion, exhibited by the Williamson family, from Benburb in Co Armagh.

The Supreme Championship was judged jointly by Gilmour Lawrie and Bob Adams, both from Scotland. Earlier in the day, they had judged the Dairy and beef Inter Breed Championships respectively.

“The Ayrshire is a perfect example of her breed,” said Adams.

“She has a great udder and the fact that she has already given birth to four calves points to her tremendous longevity.

“I do not have a dairying background at all. But the winning cow stood out above all the other cattle shown at Ballymena this year.”