women showing bulls

clacko · Post by **clacko** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:22 am

IM hoping to show a couple of bulls this year of our own, Is it fround upon for a women to show a bull as i havent seen many being shown by a women ,

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:12 pm

The only thing that springs to mind is that - I think 2 people are supposed to show a bull.

Stephanie

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:51 pm

The champion bull of the Sussex Society is owned by a woman who shows her bulls all over the south east and at last years Royal. She always goes into the ring on her own. Another large herd has a female manager and she also shows at least two bulls one for her and one for the herdsman. I don't see it being an issue, especially in these times of equal rights.

Post by **Mark Bowles** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:07 pm

Its not a problem as far as the DCS is concerned, many ladies have shown dexter bulls in the past, the last one i saw was Newbury last year. You would need to be over 18 and a competant stockperson, and i would suggest a second person would be required just in case. There are show rules applying to each individual show in each schedule so check them out.

Buryhill Dexters · Post by **Buryhill Dexters** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:18 pm

natmadaboutdexters · Post by **natmadaboutdexters** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:52 pm

I always lead our bull who is 3 years old. Most shows state that you should have two of you in the ring with the bull, although I usually take my daughter who is 13 in with me. She generally holds the show stick and walks behind the bull while I do all the handling. She has led the bull at home since he was a small calf and he is very docile.

Natasha

Louisa Gidney · Post by **Louisa Gidney** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:57 am

Valerie Roberts had a super photo of herself leading Vycanny Peachblossom's Foursquare Conkson, probably at the 1956 Royal Show. The bull was double haltered with Valerie leading on one side and another handler on the other side.