Titles galore for Galcantray Clydesdales at World Clydesdale Show 2022
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NAIRNSHIRE horse breeders had an incredible success at a recent world competition.
A team of 10 from the herd at Galcantray Clydesdales, near Cawdor, took home three World Champion titles at their first World Clydesdale Show, as the 2022 edition came to Scotland for the first time.
The event, which usually takes place in Canada or the US, saw the Galcantray team excel among participants from all over the world who gathered at the P&J Arena in Aberdeen.
Galcantray Clydesdales owners, Beverley and David Walker, were incredibly proud of their results.
Mrs Walker said: “It was an amazing experience. This is the first time that there has been a World Clydesdale show in Scotland. The organisation was excellent and it was an extremely well-run event.
“All horses that we had there are our own and it was also the first time that we hitched those eight horses together – it was very nerve-wracking as we didn’t know how it was going to go, but it just went perfectly.
“There is a lot of work at home to get everything ready and compete at than kind of level.
“We are incredibly proud of the whole Galcantray family and words will never be enough to express that gratitude!
Beverley (60) and David Walker (61) bought their first mare in 2003 and they bred their first horse in 2007 and today they have a herd of more than 40 horses. At they event, they were also unexpectedly reunited with Jock, a horse bred at Galcantray that was bought by the police last year and who was on duty behind the Queen’s cortège down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh in September.
Mrs Walker added: “There are no words to express how we feel having been able to get to a competition like this. I have never been so proud.
“From a hobby that we started a few years ago with one mare to now being able to achieve that, it’s just out of this world!”
