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Across the country, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:03 | |
thousands of farming families work tirelessly around the clock. | 0:00:03 | 0:00:07 | |
Argh! Stop arguing, girls, give over. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:11 | |
WHISTLING | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
But there's one day each year | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
where they get to leave the daily routine behind. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
Right, here we come, Dorset! | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
These are show days... | 0:00:22 | 0:00:24 | |
-TANNOY: -A very, very warm welcome to Malpas Show. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:26 | |
..where they come together as a community... | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
..to showcase the fruits of their labour. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:33 | |
I just love showing my girls off. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
And try to win prizes for their breed champions... | 0:00:36 | 0:00:40 | |
-Smashed it. -BLEATING | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
..and award-winning produce. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:43 | |
That's a really nice cheese, that. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
It was very good, darling. | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
There will be highs... | 0:00:49 | 0:00:51 | |
That's what we want to see, red, red is the best. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
..and lows... | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
She's not happy enough to go. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
..for the dedicated farmers who give everything to walk away a champion. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:03 | |
Fingers crossed! | 0:01:03 | 0:01:04 | |
Cattle farming is one of the most | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
traditional forms of farming in the UK. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:17 | |
Today, we're meeting two families | 0:01:19 | 0:01:21 | |
whose lifeblood is connected to their herds. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
Beef cattle farmers Robert and Sandy Tedbury from Sussex | 0:01:28 | 0:01:32 | |
and Hertfordshire-based Bridget Borlase | 0:01:32 | 0:01:34 | |
are busy preparing | 0:01:34 | 0:01:36 | |
for one of the largest cattle championships in the country. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
Come on! Go on, Gem. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:41 | |
Winning awards helps boost the reputation of their livestock | 0:01:41 | 0:01:44 | |
and their business, so there's a lot at stake. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
All year has been leading up to this event | 0:01:50 | 0:01:52 | |
and both families have their eyes on the prize. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:56 | |
Rural Hertfordshire is home to hundreds of farms. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:09 | |
And Bridget's family | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
have been working this farm for five generations. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
Come on, girls. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:19 | |
Always loved the cows. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
When I came back from school, my father said, | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
"That's where your passion is, you know, | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
"get on and you run that side of the business." | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
Having grown up on the farm, | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
Bridget now lives there with her own family. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
Wave to him, Sammy. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:47 | |
And five-year-old son Sam already has farming in his blood. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:03 | |
I'm already five | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
and when I'm six I'll be able to trim my sheep on my own. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:09 | |
-Isn't that right, Mum? -It is, son, yeah. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
The farm has been in the family for 80 years | 0:03:16 | 0:03:20 | |
and breeding cattle has always been close to Bridget's heart. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:24 | |
My passion, right from when I was probably Sam's age, | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
was pedigree livestock. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
Always loved the cows. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
Bridget's grandfather, Bert, | 0:03:35 | 0:03:37 | |
first introduced the Simmental cattle to the farm | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
and now Bridget has grown the much-loved herd to 250. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
I've spent more time reading the herd books | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
of how the cattle were bred than I ever did studying at school. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:52 | |
MOOING | 0:03:52 | 0:03:53 | |
ENGINE REVS | 0:04:03 | 0:04:04 | |
-Excuse my driving! -SHE LAUGHS | 0:04:04 | 0:04:06 | |
To manage a farm this size takes much dedication | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
and Bridget is up at dawn every day, | 0:04:11 | 0:04:13 | |
relying on her farm buggy to get her around. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
It's one thing as a farmer, | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
we spend as much time driving in reverse as we do going forwards! | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
So, it's always really annoying when you meet people on the road, | 0:04:25 | 0:04:29 | |
on a narrow lane, that can't reverse. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
It's always a bit of a standing joke with farmers that | 0:04:31 | 0:04:35 | |
the driving tests should be done in reverse. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
Bridget's spent her life on this farm, | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
but this devoted cattle farmer can't get enough of it. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
I know all the names of the cows, | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
probably more than all my friends' names, but I do. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:57 | |
My other half, James, thinks it's slightly sad, | 0:04:59 | 0:05:02 | |
but he likes cutting them up in the butchery! | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
MOOING | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
The reason James likes cutting up the meat is because he's a butcher. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:15 | |
While Bridget is busy in the field, | 0:05:15 | 0:05:17 | |
James is running the family's two butcher's shops, | 0:05:17 | 0:05:20 | |
selling meat from their own cattle. | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
Orders come into me from any time from nine o'clock at night | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
through till midnight, very often beyond, | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
and we start at six o'clock in the morning. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
The couple first opened the butcher's shop ten years ago | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
to try to boost business after the foot-and-mouth outbreak. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
It completely knocked the UK livestock industry for six, really. | 0:05:39 | 0:05:43 | |
Many, many farmers were struggling, | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
particularly the sort of family farms, as we are. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:51 | |
So we were looking for something to diversify into, | 0:05:51 | 0:05:53 | |
had no idea really what we'd be good at, or what we should do. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:59 | |
But, by chance, really, | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
our local council encouraged us to think about selling our own meat. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:06 | |
We hadn't a really got a clue what we were doing | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
but we were guided by an ex-butcher who said he'd help us out. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:14 | |
And it snowballed from there, really. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
We supply in the region of 20, 25 retail outlets, | 0:06:21 | 0:06:25 | |
anything from restaurants right the way through to just little cafes. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:32 | |
Today, we're delivering pork, lamb and beef. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:36 | |
We had one restaurant that rang us up urgently, | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
"Can you supply six sirloin steaks?" | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
We were closed. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:49 | |
So, "Yeah, how soon do you need them?" "We're serving starters now!" | 0:06:49 | 0:06:53 | |
So I had about a 15-minute turnaround from the call | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
to get six sirloin steaks to a restaurant. | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
We did it, got it done, great feedback. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
Morning, guys, how are we? Morning. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
-Morning, Tom, morning, Brad. -How are you? | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
Yeah, fine, thank you. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
There you go. Thank you, my friend. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
-So, this is Tom - the chef/owner. -Hi, there. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
A multi-talented chef. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
He's nearly as good as me, actually! | 0:07:22 | 0:07:24 | |
I've taught him all he knew! Knows. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:27 | |
They think they work as hard as we do, | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
-but I think we can beat them! -HE LAUGHS | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
80 miles away, in Sussex, | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
farmers Robert and Sandy have been up since 6am, | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
tending to their 440-acre farm. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
There's an endless list of daily jobs. | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
Good girl, Iris! Hello, sweetie. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
I think, with farming, definitely they say it's in your blood | 0:08:07 | 0:08:12 | |
and I think that's right because it's not a nine-to-five job. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:16 | |
Unlike Bridget and James, who diversified to boost business, | 0:08:16 | 0:08:21 | |
Robert and Sandy have to rely on the income they make from breeding. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:25 | |
I am seven days a week, 365 days a year. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:30 | |
I cannot afford to employ anybody. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
The income that I can make from what I do | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
will not service another full-time or even part-time person. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:43 | |
I do what we can manage without employing help. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:49 | |
As well as working on the farm, | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
Sandy sometime supplements the family income | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
with a little part-time cleaning. | 0:08:57 | 0:08:59 | |
MOOING | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
That leaves Robert to deal with the day-to-day running of the farm. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
As a modern-day cowboy, | 0:09:08 | 0:09:10 | |
he has the tricky task of rounding up 100 cattle, | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
not on a horse, but in a four-by-four. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:16 | |
Hello, boy. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:18 | |
Pedigree Aberdeen Angus. Eight years old. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:23 | |
Born and bred in Oxfordshire. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
Great Chew Jericho he's called. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:31 | |
He has to move them round between fields | 0:09:31 | 0:09:34 | |
to make sure they graze evenly. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:36 | |
Come on! | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
It's a huge undertaking that he has to perform alone. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
Come on, come on! | 0:09:45 | 0:09:47 | |
I've got to go and protect my Land Rover now | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
because they'll decimate it. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:51 | |
MOOING | 0:09:51 | 0:09:53 | |
Tsk! Go on! | 0:09:53 | 0:09:55 | |
Tsk! Go on! | 0:09:55 | 0:09:56 | |
But with cattle weighing up to 1,000kg, | 0:10:00 | 0:10:04 | |
rounding up a herd can be dangerous work. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:07 | |
In Britain alone, they have been responsible | 0:10:07 | 0:10:09 | |
for over 75 deaths in the last 15 years. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:13 | |
That's what happened to quite a heavy, robust gate, | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
with two bulls, one each side of it, wanting to get to each other. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
They didn't get to each other, but they broke the hinge | 0:10:20 | 0:10:24 | |
and they made the gate look like Bacofoil. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
Good girl. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:34 | |
As well as dealing with his own herd, | 0:10:34 | 0:10:35 | |
Robert also has to look after Sandy's pride and joy, | 0:10:35 | 0:10:38 | |
her Highlands. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:40 | |
Come on! Come on, girl. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:44 | |
This way. Come on. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
I saw my first Highland | 0:10:47 | 0:10:49 | |
35-plus years, actually more than that, I think. | 0:10:49 | 0:10:54 | |
We were up in Scotland. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
I just thought they were beautiful. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:58 | |
I love the long hair, I love their big horns. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:03 | |
I just fell in love with them, | 0:11:03 | 0:11:04 | |
so I then started collecting China Highlands. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:10 | |
But Robert wanted to take Sandy's collection one step further. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:19 | |
I decided that I'd buy the wife a couple of calves. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:24 | |
I think it was an anniversary present, | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
-it could have been a birthday. -No, it was anniversary. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:29 | |
To actually have the real thing, it was all my Christmases in one! | 0:11:31 | 0:11:37 | |
That is one of their favourite places of being brushed. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:43 | |
I could always sell them if we split up and parted. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
We kept the animals and they were Highlands. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:50 | |
And their numbers have gone from two to 50. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:54 | |
Sandy just can't resist them. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
If a Highland animal at a sale licks her hand, it's in, it's coming home! | 0:11:58 | 0:12:04 | |
Just got to lick her hand, that's all it's got to d. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:07 | |
It could kick her, but as long as it licks her hand, it's coming home. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:11 | |
It's not quite like that. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:13 | |
Back in Hertfordshire, Bridget is nervously waiting for the local vet | 0:12:20 | 0:12:26 | |
who works with over 100 farms in the region. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:29 | |
Hello, how are you? | 0:12:32 | 0:12:34 | |
Hello. All right, thank you. How are you? | 0:12:34 | 0:12:36 | |
She suspects one of her prize-winning cows, | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
who's off to the show, might be pregnant, | 0:12:40 | 0:12:42 | |
something she's been hoping for. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
Getting her bred hasn't been as straightforward as it normally is. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
Every time she's been in season has been when we've been away from home, | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
at a show or something. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
We'll be over the moon if we have a positive result. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
So it's fingers crossed that she's taken. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:06 | |
I'm just scanning with an ultrasound scanner, like humans do. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:11 | |
A calf from a champion mother is worth a lot to the farm | 0:13:11 | 0:13:17 | |
as they can sell for thousands of pounds. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:21 | |
She's pregnant. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:23 | |
That's really good news that she's in calf. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
Thank God for that. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:31 | |
Just checking for twins now, and make sure there's nothing... | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
About 10% of our calvings would be twins. | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
We did have a set of triplets last year but that's exceptionally rare. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:41 | |
So, yep, just the one in there. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
Like I say, heartbeat, so it's a live foetus, | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
-and taken a picture as well. -Thank you. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
It's a great result for the farm, | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
but the prized mum-to-be is already carrying a few extra pounds | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
in preparation for the show, which is not ideal. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:59 | |
They're specially fed to go to shows. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:02 | |
It takes six months really to feed a cow to have it in perfect condition. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:07 | |
You're looking to get a bit more roundness and shape, | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
build it up slowly. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:12 | |
If you try and feed them very hard quite quickly, | 0:14:12 | 0:14:16 | |
all you get is lumps of fat, which isn't what we want. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:20 | |
We like them to be, we say, fit not fat. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:25 | |
-Unfortunately, show condition is on the fat side. -Bordering on fat. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:30 | |
-Yes. She is a little bit chunkier than I would like. -Yes. | 0:14:30 | 0:14:34 | |
She's just gearing up for the big diet. I'm going to join her. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:37 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:14:37 | 0:14:39 | |
MOOING | 0:14:40 | 0:14:41 | |
With the pregnancy confirmed, | 0:14:48 | 0:14:49 | |
Bridget can now focus on the all-important show day. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
Going to do shows is, for the cattle, our shop window. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:57 | |
Bridget spends hours getting them to a certain specification. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:02 | |
It's only 24 hours to go | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
and her cows have to look their best to impress. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:08 | |
First impressions as a judge are very important. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:11 | |
You want an animal to immediately hit you when it comes into the ring. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:14 | |
"Yeah, I like that. I wouldn't mind taking that one home." | 0:15:14 | 0:15:16 | |
If we can win some prizes, it can add value to that animal. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
It can add value to that animal's progeny. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:25 | |
We're are all vying for that silverware. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
They're set with hairspray. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
They smell great on show day! | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
These cows have as much money spent on their haircare | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
in a year as I do. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
Back over in Sussex, show day preparations are also in full swing | 0:15:49 | 0:15:54 | |
with prize-winning cow Gem, the apple of Sandy's eye... | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
Oh, hello, you. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
Oh! You like that. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
..being given a wash and brush-up. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:03 | |
She's my favourite. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
I suppose because I started with her in the very beginning, | 0:16:07 | 0:16:11 | |
so I've done all the training with her. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:13 | |
The best bit about Gem is what we call homebred, | 0:16:15 | 0:16:19 | |
so she's my own breeding. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
If you're lucky enough to win with a homebred, it feels even nicer. | 0:16:21 | 0:16:26 | |
To be a winner at the show, it's all down to what the judges think. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:31 | |
Nothing's guaranteed. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:33 | |
One judge will pick one animal, | 0:16:33 | 0:16:35 | |
another judge will pick a totally different animal. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:39 | |
There may not be very much between them | 0:16:39 | 0:16:41 | |
but the judge is always going to be right on the day, | 0:16:41 | 0:16:44 | |
even when he's wrong. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:45 | |
Right or wrong, | 0:16:45 | 0:16:48 | |
for Sandy, it's all about showing people her beloved Highlands. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:53 | |
I've got to say, of course I'd like to win. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
But, part of it, I love, just love showing my girls off. | 0:16:56 | 0:17:01 | |
They're just beautiful. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
For Robert, coming first is everything. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
We like to win. I don't do it to be there. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:11 | |
All this money and all this time we've spent, | 0:17:11 | 0:17:14 | |
we have to go and do everything to the best of our ability to win. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:20 | |
With the big day tomorrow, | 0:17:28 | 0:17:29 | |
it's finally time to get the show on the road. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
Aye! | 0:17:32 | 0:17:34 | |
But this is a challenge in itself. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:35 | |
Some of these have been to shows and they're seasoned campaigners, | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
and they'll, we hope, load quite easily. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:42 | |
Some haven't been at all before, | 0:17:42 | 0:17:44 | |
so it can sometimes be a little tricky. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
It's Gladiator the bull's first time away from the farm, | 0:17:47 | 0:17:51 | |
so he's a little cautious. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:53 | |
Bridget's son, Sam, is keeping well away. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
It's always a bit tense, loading up. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:08 | |
Making sure that they get on alright. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
We take our own hay because we know where it's come from, | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
it's been made here, | 0:18:16 | 0:18:17 | |
so they'll go to the show and be on exactly same food. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:20 | |
Meanwhile, Bridget's still struggling with Gladiator. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:26 | |
Come on. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:29 | |
Bring the passports down - they're just to the left of my chair. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:35 | |
Paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
Paperwork has to go with the animals. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
Each animal's got a passport. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
The only thing it hasn't got, like yours, is a picture. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
Come on. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
And Gladiator's finally on board. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:54 | |
It's now time for the rest. | 0:18:54 | 0:18:57 | |
All right, you get Fara, Ben. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
Tsk-tsk. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
I will hopefully be going down for a day, | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
which I'm not too bothered about, | 0:19:04 | 0:19:05 | |
although she does get a little touchy over it. | 0:19:05 | 0:19:08 | |
They get up really early, | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
pretending to fluff them and talcum powder them | 0:19:11 | 0:19:13 | |
and make them smell nice. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
And I can just stay up and make sausages, it's easier! | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
Drive steady, you've got valuable property on there. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
Safely onboard, | 0:19:33 | 0:19:35 | |
all Gladiator and the other cattle can do now | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
is to get their beauty sleep, ready for tomorrow's show. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:42 | |
Today, the Edenbridge And Oxted Agricultural Show | 0:19:52 | 0:19:56 | |
will open its doors. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:58 | |
Home to one of the largest cattle championships in the country, | 0:19:58 | 0:20:02 | |
this prestigious event is a highlight of the farming calendar. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:06 | |
Most of those competing have camped at the showground overnight. | 0:20:11 | 0:20:16 | |
But there's no time for a lie-in on show day with so much to do. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:23 | |
You want them to look nice | 0:20:29 | 0:20:32 | |
and to go out with a dirty bottom wouldn't look right, | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
so they've go to have a clean bottom. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:38 | |
Robert and Sandy have been up since 4am | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
making sure their cattle look the part for the show ring. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
I'm apprehensive, I'm nervous | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
because, when you look in the shed, you think, | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
"Oh, is that one better than mine? Is that going to beat me?" | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
So you are nervous that you're going to make | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
the very best job for your animal and for your businesses at home. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
You're going to show your cattle off | 0:21:01 | 0:21:03 | |
to the very best of your ability on the day. | 0:21:03 | 0:21:06 | |
You don't really know whether you've done that until it's finished. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
Bridget has also been up bright and early. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:19 | |
I left the children with my parents in the caravan | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
at five this morning. I managed to creep out | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
and come down here to give the cattle their breakfast. | 0:21:24 | 0:21:26 | |
It's the lull before the storm. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
Always nervous on show morning. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
You've got butterflies in your tummy, | 0:21:33 | 0:21:35 | |
you're kind of anxious as to how you're going to get on. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:38 | |
The competition's looking fairly strong this morning. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
Fingers crossed that we're going to do OK, but you never know. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:45 | |
As competition time approaches, | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
spectators are starting to fill the showground. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:55 | |
Around 40,000 people are expected at the show | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
to experience the very best of Surrey's country life. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:05 | |
-TANNOY: -Everybody's going very nicely out there. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:07 | |
With judging starting in less than an hour, | 0:22:16 | 0:22:19 | |
Robert is giving the last-minute touches to their Highland hopefuls. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:23 | |
Get the parting down through the middle, | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
get it straight and get it tidy. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:27 | |
Shining up the horns, it's just baby oil. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:32 | |
Horns are an important part of the Highland animal. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
Sweeping up for girls, sweeping around for the boys. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
It's just finishing off the finer detail, that's all it is, really. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:44 | |
So, last-minute spray and a combing and brushing | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
and then, going out, you will see that we will do their feet. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:53 | |
That's the very last thing we do. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
And then up to the show ring, and fingers crossed. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:00 | |
Over in the other pen, Bridget's also doing some final sprucing up. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:07 | |
We've got about six different shades of soap | 0:23:07 | 0:23:09 | |
and we try and match it as best as possible | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
with the actually animal's natural hair colour. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
Quite nervous now - it always is. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
It's always a bit of a rush, just the hour before judging. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
We won't be talking to you in the last half-an-hour. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
You can look and see, and that's it. | 0:23:24 | 0:23:26 | |
Morning, Bridget. | 0:23:40 | 0:23:41 | |
Ah, morning, you're here. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:43 | |
At last. Which hopefully means I've missed all the hard work. | 0:23:43 | 0:23:47 | |
-No, it doesn't. You can help me soap this one up. -Ah, joy(!) | 0:23:47 | 0:23:51 | |
Farmers have been showing their prized animals | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
at the show since the middle of the 19th century. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:02 | |
This show's been running for well over 175 years now. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:06 | |
Edenbridge has a fantastic reputation | 0:24:06 | 0:24:08 | |
for really high-quality livestock entries and to win classes here | 0:24:08 | 0:24:12 | |
is something that many of our exhibitors aspire to | 0:24:12 | 0:24:15 | |
every year, to win awards that help them go on to improve | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
the saleability of their stock. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:20 | |
But it's not just about the livestock. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
We've got a superb display of vintage cars, tractors. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
We've got our fairground, | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
food hall where people can try different local produce, | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
all the sort of things you might associate with the countryside. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
It's 9am and this year's cattle competition is about to begin. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:55 | |
Both families have done everything they can. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
-Hold her there, say, "Stop". -Stop. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:02 | |
My tummy's going, I'm feeling sick. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:06 | |
The fear, I suppose, of letting my animal down. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
I think that's why, I don't know, | 0:25:09 | 0:25:11 | |
I just wish I never had nerves, but I do. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
Months of planning, | 0:25:13 | 0:25:15 | |
feeding and grooming have all come down to this moment. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:19 | |
-How are you getting on then, Bridget? -Yeah, nearly ready to go. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:24 | |
Just final titivating. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
Semis have started, so we're pretty much ready to rock. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
While Bridget waits for her moment, | 0:25:29 | 0:25:32 | |
in the Highland ring, it's showtime for Sandy. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
She's taking in her pride and joy - Gem. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:38 | |
Wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait! | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
Can I come out? | 0:25:46 | 0:25:47 | |
Wait, wait, no, no, no, no! Ooh. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
No. Good girl. Good girl! | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
Good girl, good girl. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
Good girl. Good girl. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
There's just time for a quick pep talk before she goes in the ring. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:04 | |
It's me and you. It's me and you. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:08 | |
Is it me and you? | 0:26:08 | 0:26:09 | |
And into the ring they go. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
Judging the Highland cattle today will be Archie MacArthur. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:21 | |
Well, a Highland cow, | 0:26:21 | 0:26:22 | |
you know pretty quickly an animal has got personality or not. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:26 | |
Stand, stand. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
Archie is looking for a beefy body and a good coat of hair. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:34 | |
You want a Highland cow to be good on its legs, lift its legs up. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:40 | |
You want a set of horns that are going to come out symmetrically | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
in the top of her head, make her look graceful. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:45 | |
Gem is up against three others. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:58 | |
MOOING | 0:27:03 | 0:27:05 | |
Good girl, good girl. Good girl. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
Good girl. Steady, steady. Is that OK? | 0:27:08 | 0:27:12 | |
But it's not looking good. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:14 | |
It's OK. | 0:27:14 | 0:27:15 | |
We're not being very good. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
-No, we're not. -No. -Oh, well, don't worry. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
-There, lass. -Good. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:24 | |
Coming into new surroundings and different people | 0:27:24 | 0:27:27 | |
is all quite strange to them, | 0:27:27 | 0:27:28 | |
so you have to take that into account | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
when you're looking at them and give them as much help as you can. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:34 | |
Good girl, walk on. Come on, come on. | 0:27:34 | 0:27:37 | |
Good girl. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:41 | |
Finally, Archie's picked his winner | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
and it's Gem who takes first prize. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:54 | |
But Sandy is distracted and doesn't realise. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
Hello. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
Oh! | 0:28:00 | 0:28:01 | |
SHE GIGGLES | 0:28:01 | 0:28:02 | |
And now she's on my stick! It's all going wrong. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
Get up. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
-Oh, God. -How embarrassing. | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
-How embarrassing. -THEY LAUGH | 0:28:09 | 0:28:11 | |
We've won as well. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:12 | |
I thought that she was a good animal. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:14 | |
well-balanced for her age | 0:28:14 | 0:28:16 | |
and I thought, "Uh-oh, this one might do." | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
And sure enough, as the show went on, she did do. | 0:28:18 | 0:28:22 | |
Sandy couldn't be happier with her beloved Gem. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:27 | |
Yes! | 0:28:27 | 0:28:28 | |
Yes, I won. | 0:28:30 | 0:28:32 | |
We done things wrong, but anyway we still got a red one. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:36 | |
So, excellent year. Good girl. Mwah. Right. Thank you. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:41 | |
And there's more good news, | 0:28:41 | 0:28:42 | |
as Gem's sister Cara has also come top of her class. | 0:28:42 | 0:28:47 | |
MOOING | 0:28:47 | 0:28:48 | |
Well done. | 0:28:55 | 0:28:56 | |
I love my cows, but I do love my husband. | 0:28:56 | 0:29:00 | |
Without him, none of this would be happening, | 0:29:00 | 0:29:04 | |
so I need... Yes, he's number one. | 0:29:04 | 0:29:08 | |
Now the spotlight is on Bridget. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:19 | |
Her judge today is fellow farmer Andy Ryder. | 0:29:21 | 0:29:25 | |
As soon as they come in the ring, I'm going to be looking at | 0:29:26 | 0:29:28 | |
something that stands out, you know, | 0:29:28 | 0:29:30 | |
and says, "Look at me", really. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:32 | |
And then you go for more of the finer points after that. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:35 | |
From its head back right down to its tail head, | 0:29:35 | 0:29:37 | |
you want a good width down its top line | 0:29:37 | 0:29:39 | |
and then, when you get to the rear end of it, you want a good shape, | 0:29:39 | 0:29:42 | |
especially on the bulls. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:43 | |
You want something with meat, really. | 0:29:43 | 0:29:47 | |
Bridget's also been a judge herself and knows what they want. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:52 | |
Now she just has to see if her cow Fara will tick all the boxes. | 0:29:52 | 0:29:56 | |
MOOING | 0:29:59 | 0:30:01 | |
Yeah, she's keen and eager to go, so off we go. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:06 | |
Though they have stiff competition, | 0:30:06 | 0:30:08 | |
as they're up against a former national champion. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:11 | |
All right, Jim? | 0:30:12 | 0:30:13 | |
'Jimmy McMillan, a bit of a legend in the beef-showing world.' | 0:30:13 | 0:30:18 | |
Jimmy and I are great friends, we have been for years, | 0:30:18 | 0:30:20 | |
but we're always vying to sort of | 0:30:20 | 0:30:22 | |
just try and sneak one on the other one. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:24 | |
Jimmy aside, Bridget has another | 0:30:26 | 0:30:29 | |
four competitors to try and beat today. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:32 | |
Good morning. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:38 | |
-She's June-born. -June-born. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:39 | |
-Is she in calf? -April-calving. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:42 | |
Sudden noises can spook the animals at the big shows, | 0:30:46 | 0:30:49 | |
so the farmers all use a stick to tickle the animals' tummies | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 | |
and keep them happy. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:54 | |
Tsk-tsk. | 0:30:54 | 0:30:56 | |
Bridget is desperately hoping her pregnant show cow Fara | 0:30:57 | 0:31:01 | |
will beat her main rival. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:03 | |
But it's not to be, as Jimmy does it again | 0:31:11 | 0:31:15 | |
and Bridget takes second place. | 0:31:15 | 0:31:18 | |
Bridget's heifer was tremendous, but just not the power of the first one, | 0:31:23 | 0:31:27 | |
but still full of the characteristics | 0:31:27 | 0:31:29 | |
of the Simmental breed. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:31 | |
As Jimmy's winner takes its lap of victory... | 0:31:32 | 0:31:36 | |
Fair play to Jimmy, it's a really lovely heifer. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:38 | |
..it's back to the pen for Bridget. | 0:31:38 | 0:31:40 | |
Fara is six months younger than the one that won, | 0:31:42 | 0:31:45 | |
that makes a big difference in terms of their size and development, | 0:31:45 | 0:31:49 | |
so she's really held her own and I'm really chuffed to bits with her. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:53 | |
Let's hope it gets a little better, | 0:31:55 | 0:31:57 | |
but it's a really good start to the day. | 0:31:57 | 0:31:59 | |
Show days attract the farming community | 0:32:04 | 0:32:07 | |
and those who have never stepped foot on a field in their lives. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:11 | |
However, for the farmers, it's not just about winning prizes. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:17 | |
They work all hours | 0:32:17 | 0:32:19 | |
and this is a chance to spend some quality time together, as a family. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:22 | |
-We had some of those. -Which is our favourite one there, Samuel? | 0:32:23 | 0:32:26 | |
When I was your age, we had a 135 and a 165. | 0:32:26 | 0:32:29 | |
They're about 60 years old, Sam. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:32 | |
Taking a well-earned break from the judging, Bridget, James and son Sam | 0:32:32 | 0:32:37 | |
have headed straight for the tractor display. | 0:32:37 | 0:32:40 | |
OK, so which one's this one, Sam? | 0:32:43 | 0:32:45 | |
That's a new one. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:47 | |
And right over there, there's a really, really old one. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:50 | |
Look at that. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:51 | |
-How old's that, Jerry? -It's a 1908 | 0:32:51 | 0:32:54 | |
and that's one of the first tractors after the horse. | 0:32:54 | 0:32:57 | |
We're here at the show today to show people | 0:32:57 | 0:32:59 | |
how farming was done back in the day. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:03 | |
Look, you used to sit on there. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:05 | |
-Sit down there. -Yeah. | 0:33:05 | 0:33:07 | |
And look at that. You needed big muscles for that. | 0:33:07 | 0:33:10 | |
It's important that children and adults, to a certain extent, | 0:33:10 | 0:33:13 | |
understand where their food comes from and how it gets produced. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:17 | |
That's your old combine harvester. | 0:33:20 | 0:33:22 | |
-That's a combine, Mummy. -Yeah, that's right. | 0:33:23 | 0:33:26 | |
Machines like these would go on to revolutionise the farming industry. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:33 | |
87-year-old tractor enthusiast Tony remembers only too well | 0:33:33 | 0:33:37 | |
how different farming used to be. | 0:33:37 | 0:33:40 | |
Times have changed. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:42 | |
We used to do everything with horses in those days. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:45 | |
We used to get by. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:48 | |
It was a slower pace of life, but we got the job done. | 0:33:48 | 0:33:53 | |
In 1939, I was ten years old. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:59 | |
My grandfather was on his deathbed | 0:33:59 | 0:34:02 | |
and he said to me, he said, "Tony, in your time, | 0:34:02 | 0:34:07 | |
"you're going to see some marvellous things." | 0:34:07 | 0:34:10 | |
He said, "In my time, I've seen some marvellous things, | 0:34:10 | 0:34:13 | |
"but nothing like you're going to see in your time". | 0:34:13 | 0:34:16 | |
And it's happened. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:18 | |
And I say to my grandchildren, "In your lifetime, | 0:34:18 | 0:34:21 | |
"you're going to see marvellous things, the same as I have." | 0:34:21 | 0:34:25 | |
What do you think, Sammy, is it like our tractor? | 0:34:25 | 0:34:27 | |
No? Is it different? | 0:34:27 | 0:34:30 | |
Well, in little Sam's eyes, these modern-day tractors | 0:34:30 | 0:34:33 | |
are certainly marvellous. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:35 | |
So much so, he tries to strike a deal to take one home. | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
-Sam... -Swap you for all of our cows and we'll take the tractor. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:42 | |
Do you want the keys now? | 0:34:42 | 0:34:44 | |
-Yeah. -Yeah? There you go. -OK, then. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:46 | |
That's the best deal we've had, actually! Ha-ha! | 0:34:46 | 0:34:49 | |
-That was a good deal, wasn't it, Sam? -Yeah, taking the cows. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:53 | |
Let's go and see the rabbits now. | 0:34:53 | 0:34:55 | |
-I hope he hasn't locked the case. -No, I don't think he will. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:57 | |
Break's over and judging is back in full swing. | 0:34:57 | 0:35:00 | |
In the Highland show ring, | 0:35:01 | 0:35:03 | |
it's the final showdown for husband and wife Robert and Sandy. | 0:35:03 | 0:35:07 | |
They're going head-to-head with their prize-winning cows, | 0:35:08 | 0:35:11 | |
Gem and sister Cara, for the prestigious Best Of Breed title. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:15 | |
And the pressure is on. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:22 | |
We would love to achieve Champion Highland Animal. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:30 | |
If we come away with that, we'll have a drink on it in the evening. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:35 | |
SHE GIGGLES | 0:35:35 | 0:35:37 | |
A champion title is one of the most sought-after prizes | 0:35:37 | 0:35:40 | |
at a show like this. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:42 | |
You need an animal with just a little bit of attitude, | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
because they show themselves off better | 0:35:47 | 0:35:49 | |
when they're out with the public. | 0:35:49 | 0:35:50 | |
The first Highland to get a pat on the rear will be the champion. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:58 | |
Stand up, come on. | 0:35:58 | 0:36:00 | |
Stand up. Stand up. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:05 | |
And Sandy's done it, | 0:36:05 | 0:36:07 | |
beating her husband to first place with her blue-eyed girl Gem. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:11 | |
-TANNOY: -There we are, the ladies win again. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:14 | |
And Robert comes second. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:18 | |
Congratulations. All is well in the Tedbury household this evening. | 0:36:18 | 0:36:23 | |
Thank you very much to the... | 0:36:23 | 0:36:24 | |
-We didn't expect it, but we hoped for it. -Yeah. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:27 | |
We go out to win. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:29 | |
I've said it before, we're competitive, we come here to win. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:33 | |
-If somebody else beats us, that's showing. -Fine. Yeah. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:36 | |
And the first was first and the second second, how about that? | 0:36:43 | 0:36:47 | |
No, no, the wife was first and the old man was second. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:50 | |
Your wife was first, yes. What a wise man you are, Mr Tedbury. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:54 | |
All the exhibitors that I've seen before me today | 0:36:56 | 0:36:59 | |
have been a real credit to our industry. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:01 | |
Thank you very much for giving them your support. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:05 | |
-Give me a kiss. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:37:05 | 0:37:07 | |
As a married man, | 0:37:13 | 0:37:15 | |
it makes me even more happy that I came second because | 0:37:15 | 0:37:19 | |
it saves all the, "How did you come to beat me?" | 0:37:19 | 0:37:24 | |
You won it, my dear, so you're first, I'm second. I know my place. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:28 | |
Saved a divorce as well, letting the wife win, that worked very well! | 0:37:28 | 0:37:33 | |
And the... Whoops! I've got to go. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:35 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:37:35 | 0:37:37 | |
The day's competitions are almost over | 0:37:43 | 0:37:46 | |
and Bridget has gone on to win a first-place rosette | 0:37:46 | 0:37:50 | |
with her youngest show cow - Georgina. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:52 | |
-Well done. -Thank you very much. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:54 | |
Great result, very happy with that. | 0:37:54 | 0:37:57 | |
Makes the job worthwhile. | 0:37:57 | 0:37:58 | |
And she made sure she shared the glory with the family. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:02 | |
It's the next generation, | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
working out what a rosette is and what to do with it. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:09 | |
I'm a proud mum and a proud grandmother. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:13 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:38:13 | 0:38:14 | |
To celebrate her mum's win, daughter Scarlet also gets in on the act. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:20 | |
-Want the rope? -Scarlet, here you go. | 0:38:20 | 0:38:23 | |
Pull it, Scarlet. There we go. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
Look, here we go, Scarlet's very first cow. | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
Come on. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:29 | |
The competitions are now almost over, | 0:38:34 | 0:38:38 | |
but there's just enough time for Gladiator | 0:38:38 | 0:38:40 | |
to make his debut appearance at the final judging. | 0:38:40 | 0:38:44 | |
It's his first show, he's never been off the farm before, | 0:38:44 | 0:38:46 | |
he's never seen any of this. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
He will be taken into the ring by Bridget's helper, Andrew. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:53 | |
I'll be watching nervously from the sides. | 0:38:53 | 0:38:55 | |
It's actually more nerve-racking | 0:38:55 | 0:38:56 | |
watching your animals being shown than it is on the halter of them. | 0:38:56 | 0:39:00 | |
So far, so good. | 0:39:06 | 0:39:08 | |
At least they've managed to get Gladiator into the ring. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:12 | |
-How old is he? -April. | 0:39:12 | 0:39:15 | |
Gladiator's got in the ring first, hasn't he? | 0:39:15 | 0:39:18 | |
But the nerves are starting to kick in. | 0:39:18 | 0:39:21 | |
MOOING | 0:39:21 | 0:39:23 | |
Bridget can only hope that her young bull will hold his own | 0:39:24 | 0:39:27 | |
against the other experienced competitor. | 0:39:27 | 0:39:30 | |
And Bridget's Gladiator takes first prize. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:50 | |
Well done. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:56 | |
Well done. | 0:39:56 | 0:39:57 | |
That's his first time in a show ring. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:01 | |
He behaved pretty well, considering. | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
Just looked a little bit nervous, a little bit apprehensive, | 0:40:03 | 0:40:06 | |
but that will really settle him down and put him on a good path. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:10 | |
Good one. | 0:40:11 | 0:40:13 | |
It must be my caring, loving touch with him... He's alright! | 0:40:13 | 0:40:17 | |
The Edenbridge And Oxted Show is almost over for another year | 0:40:24 | 0:40:29 | |
and, with judging finished, the families can finally relax. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:33 | |
Our farmers have prepared for this day all year. | 0:40:36 | 0:40:40 | |
With some of their hopes and dreams realised, | 0:40:42 | 0:40:45 | |
they are all walking away winners. | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
Big smiles when you get a first prize, isn't it? | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
Dancing, yeah. We'll be celebrating tonight, Scarlet. | 0:40:51 | 0:40:55 | |
I'm a very happy girl at the moment. | 0:40:55 | 0:40:57 | |
Wonderful, absolutely wonderful. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:02 | |
I'm so chuffed! | 0:41:02 | 0:41:03 | |
For Bridget, the prizes won today | 0:41:07 | 0:41:10 | |
will help secure the legacy of her fifth-generation farm. | 0:41:10 | 0:41:14 | |
Something she hopes to hand on to her children, Sam and Scarlet. | 0:41:15 | 0:41:21 | |
I've really enjoyed today, I always do. | 0:41:21 | 0:41:24 | |
This is what I'm absolutely passionate about. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
The kids are having a whale of a time | 0:41:26 | 0:41:28 | |
and James has even enjoyed himself today. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
-That one. -Dwarf lop, Samuel. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:34 | |
A nice day out, isn't it? | 0:41:34 | 0:41:36 | |
-Yes, it's a nice family day out. -It's lovely. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:38 | |
And, for overjoyed Sandy and Robert, | 0:41:38 | 0:41:40 | |
winning will help sell their much-loved homebred cattle | 0:41:40 | 0:41:44 | |
and provide a boost to their farm. | 0:41:44 | 0:41:47 | |
We've got to be proud about it, | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
take them right to the top of their class. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:52 | |
-That today is a very proud moment. -Yeah. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:56 | |
The best moment for us today was Scarlet leading the cow | 0:41:56 | 0:41:58 | |
for the first time. | 0:41:58 | 0:41:59 | |
Look, here we go, Scarlet's very first cow. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:02 | |
Come on. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:04 | |
It's a real proud parent moment. | 0:42:04 | 0:42:06 | |
It comes naturally to her | 0:42:06 | 0:42:08 | |
and it won't be many years before she's really going to want | 0:42:08 | 0:42:11 | |
a calf in that show ring herself. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:13 | |
Wow, Scarlet, would you like a cow for your birthday? | 0:42:13 | 0:42:16 | |
Yes, please! | 0:42:16 | 0:42:19 | |
I feel 20 feet tall. | 0:42:19 | 0:42:21 | |
And hungry. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:23 | |
I can eat now. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:25 | |
Tonight will be a little bit of a party night. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:28 | |
-Time for a pint. -Definitely time for more than one pint. | 0:42:28 | 0:42:32 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:42:32 | 0:42:33 | |
SHE GIGGLES | 0:42:35 | 0:42:36 | |
That's a first - on camera! | 0:42:36 | 0:42:38 | |
MOOING | 0:42:38 | 0:42:39 |