Bonny

Another Badlingham family, the first Badligham Bonny was out of Llandinabo Cherry bred by Major F.M. Symonds and sired by Sarn Oykel. Sarn Oykel’s grandsire was Vern Dermot who is described in the Vern dispersal sale catalogue as “a very deep sided and beautiful quality bull with grand hindlegs. He proved himself an outstanding sire.” “Vern Dermot was exported to Shadelands Farm, USA, where he has exerted considerable influence on Herefords in North America”.

Success came quickly to the Bonny family, with Badlingham Bonny being placed 1st at the Royal in 1972. Her daughter Badlingham Bonny 3rd (sired by Penatok Kinsman) improved on her dams achievement by winning 1st, Reserve Senior Female and Reserve Grand Female Champion at the Royal in 1973. Badlingham Bonny 3rd bred Badlingham Boaz (sired by Wenlock Othello), who was placed 1st at the Royal in 1977.

Badlingham Bonny 28th was sold to the Prestone Herd and her daughter, Prestone Bonny B5 bred Mara Bonny D6 who was bought as a six year old cow by Mr R.L. Broad of Badlingham. To our knowledge all the Bonny’s in the Badlingham Herd today descend from this cow. Mara Bonny D6 bred the Badlingham herd’s most successful Bonny Bull, Badlingham Broadmayne. He was Horned Bull of the Year in 1998, having been Junior Champion at Three Counties, Intermediate and Reserve Grand Male Champion at the National Hereford Show, Tenbury and 2nd at The Royal. In the following year he was 2nd placed Bull of the Year for his new owners Wenmar Farms, having been Senior Male and Reserve Grand Male Champion at Royal Highland and Senior Male, Grand Male Champion and Reserve Supreme Champion at The Royal.

The Bonny’s have won numerous prizes, including Badlingham Bonny 54th (sired by SNS Generator 28X) who was Reserve Junior Female Champion at Three Counties and 1st at the National Hereford Show, Tenbury in 1996. She shares the same dam as Badlingham Bonny 75th, who was one of the last Badlingham Bonny’s to be bred that does not descend from the Mara Bonny D6 line.

Our Bonny family

A strong heifer full of breed character, we look forward to seeing what she can produce.

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Previous Bonny females

A lovely cow, very similar to her mother. Bonny 5th was sold to Norman Farming Partnership, Hickling Herefords, Norfolk.

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Mara Bonny 31st was purchased as a maiden heifer from well respected breeders R and M Borwick. Her grand dam Mara Bonny T6 had 10 calves and “was a star at the Mara – never missed producing something special” (Mara Reduction Sale Catalogue 2012). Bonny was dam to Pulham Lancelot.

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A cow with an excellent back end and good length. She has many Blossom crosses in her pedigree as well as the world famous Canadian sires SNS Generator 28X and Standard Lad 93J. We were delighted to purchase her from AG Wright & Sons when she fell out of their calving pattern.

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Every endeavour has been made to write correct family histories using the Hereford Cattle Society Breedplan Database, Hereford Cattle Society Herd Books, Hereford Cattle Society Breed Journal Articles, Results and Herd Adverts and the Vern Dispersal Catalogue 1966.

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