Pansy

Our Pansy family came from the renowned Clipston herd. The Pansy family was established at Clipston in the 1970’s from the Davies family’s Westwood Herd. Upon seeing the Pansy females at Clipston we knew we wanted to introduce this family into our herd.

Our Pansy family

Left orphaned as a young calf, Pulham Pansy 23rd, made remarkable progress. It being too late to put her on the bottle, “Pansy” made her way by scrounging from other cows. After a tough start in life, the natural easy fleshing of her maternal line has shone through and she soon caught up with her group and has developed into a fine cow. Her first calf, Pulham Woburn, was Male Champion and Reserve Breed Champion at South Suffolk Show and Reserve Male Champion at Hadleigh Show in 2023. He was sold as a breeding bull soon after.

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A young cow with plenty of potential. Her full sister, Pulham Pansy 26th, was shown by her new owners James and Ellen Lake and won Reserve Supreme, Grand Female and Intermediate Female Champion at the National Hereford Show, Tenbury in 2022.

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This is one special cow! Known in the herd as “Laura’s Pansy”. One of the most eye catching cows in the herd, not only could you look at her all day, her pedigree and performance is standout as well. The story of this cow goes back a long way, to when Laura first saw her dam at Clipston and fell in love! Unfortunately her dam was not for sale, no matter how much arm twisting Laura tried, but when a daughter Clipston Pansy R2 became available we snapped her up. We were then absolutely thrilled to add this second daughter to the herd, especially as she is sired by Moyclare Malcom, the sire of another of our favourite Pansy females Pulham Pansy 15th. “Pansy B3” was Female Champion in the National Hereford Virtual Show 2021, repeating Pulham Pansy 15th’s performance in the same competition the year before. “B3’s” first daughter was Breed Champion at Hadleigh Show and second at the National Hereford Show in 2022. Her second daughter will be retained in the herd and her third one is showing promise.

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We were delighted to purchase Clipston Pansy R2, in calf to Moyclare Malcom, from Rodney and Rose Westaway and even more thrilled when she calved down a heifer – Pulham Pansy 15th. She may not be the biggest cow in the world but she is full of breed character, is correct, is probably the easiest fleshing female on the farm, has plenty of milk and produces cracking calves. Pulham Pansy 15th was shown as a heifer and was First, Junior Female Champion and Res. Grand Female Champion at the National Hereford Show, Tenbury in 2018. In 2020 she was the Female Champion in the National Hereford Club Virtual Show. Her second calf, Pulham Wedding Crasher, who was literally named, was a belter. He was Reserve Junior Male Champion at the National Hereford Show and judged Best Bull Calf in the Midlands and East Anglia Hereford Breeders Association Herd competition in 2022.

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Previous Pansy females

This girl stood out as soon as we saw her and we were thrilled when she joined our herd. We reluctantly sold her, with her Pulham Powerhouse  daughter  Pulham Pansy 26th at foot, retaining her daughter, also sired by Pulham Powerhouse, Pulham Pansy 22nd in the herd. Pulham Pansy 26th has been shown by her new owners James and Ellen Lake and we were delighted for them when she won Reserve Supreme, Grand Female and Intermediate Female Champion at the National Hereford Show, Tenbury in 2022.

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What this cow lacks in size she makes up for in quality, we love her! Her first daughter, Pulham Pansy 8th, was second at the National Hereford Show in 2016, it was our intention to keep her in the herd and we were so disappointed when we lost her due to a lightening strike. Dam to, Pulham Providence, who came first at the Newark Calf Show in 2017 and had a great 2018 show season before being sold to Nancy Herefords, Northern Ireland. Her next calf, Pulham Ringleader, was exported to Lisgoagh Herefords, Ireland. All three were sired by Haven Hotspur, a great combination! Clipston Pansy J562 had two further daughters, which were both sold into pedigree herds.

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A great breeding cow who is now part of Owen & Finley’s Gedwydd herd.

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Having sold Sarabande Huggy Bear to Rodney and Rose Westaway we were delighted to buy back one of his daughters. She came with a strong bull calf at foot who has now been sold as a breeding bull. Her daughter, Pulham Pansy 15th was Junior Female and Reserve Overall Female Champion at the National Hereford Show in 2018.

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This cow has such a wide top you could eat your dinner off her! Pansy 2nd was successfully shown as a yearling heifer, winning a large class at Royal Norfolk and coming second, in another large class, at the National Hereford Show.

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We are real fans of Rodney and Rose Westaway’s Pansy family and Clipston Pansy L10 was purchased as a maiden heifer, to introduce this family into the Pulham herd. She has plenty of milk, width and volume. She is dam to Pulham Pansy 2nd.

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A large framed, voluminous cow. Her dam Clipston Pansy P18 was first and Res. Junior Female at the National Hereford Show in 1997 and first and Female Champion at the Three Counties Show in 1999.

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