A fourth successive cattle interbreed win by the Greens, of Corskie at Garmouth, was dedicated to their staff yesterday.
Corskie Rolande was the easy choice for Black Isle Show supreme judge Jim McMillan, of Craigmore, Farnell, Brechin.
She was following up her success at Turriff on Monday where she was champion of champions for father and son, Jimmy and Iain Green.
The pair have in the last fortnight also been interbreed at Nairn and Banchory with Corskie Valiant 2nd, a bull from their pedigree Simmental herd of 140 cows.
Iain Green was in doubt about who deserved the credit for the latest win, adding: “It's all down to the staff. It's a great credit to them as they are the ones who do all the hard work."
Mr Green singled out grieve John Morrison as well as stockman John Hughes and his wife, Sheri, and their children – Nikki, 18, Danny, 15, and Stephen, 13.
It was Nikki who again yesterday brought out Rolande, a rising five-year-old by Burghbridge Lane and out of Corskie Wren. Mr Hughes was able to celebrate later himself as he was named stockman of the show and winner of the Poldenvale Trophy.
Reserve supreme came from a Caithness breeder with one of the smallest Charolais herds in the country.
Ronald Mackay, of Clyth Mains, of Occumster, Lybster, has just two cows and a heifer that run alongside a commercial herd of 50 sucklers.
His winner was the 23-month-old heifer, Clyth Champagne, by Doonally New and out of Clyth Vanilla. She has been champion at Latheron and reserve at Caithness.
Bute-born Mr McMillan, 75, has had a lifetime in the cattle industry. He was twice been reserve and once champion at the Royal Smithfield Show with fatstock beasts from Damside of Dun, Montrose, and won a string of awards with Charolais. He now regularly helps Aberdeen-Angus breeder Tom Rennie, of Mosston Muir, Forfar.
Mr McMillan was full of praise for the Black Isle, saying it was a tremendous show of cattle. “The interbreed was just a great cow of her breed with a tremendous top line, a good head and good locomotion. She strode out. The Charolais too had bags of style and a touch of class. She will definitely be one to be reckoned with in the future.
“I have to say I have judged in a lot of places, but nothing can be compared to this. The entry is outstanding."
Mr Mackay was overjoyed. His last big win at the Black Isle was in 1987 with a Limousin cross bullock – the first-ever at that point to have won the show's supreme.
In the Larry Graham pairs competition for male and female champions the top award went to the Simmentals. Reserve were the Charolais. The Highland Galvanizers interherd award for three beef animals was won by John Irvine, of Inverlochy, Tomintoul, with his Charolais team. Andrew Anderson, of Smallburn Farms, Elgin, was reserve with his commercial group.
The Greens won the Dingwall and Highland Marts' pairs contest, while the Limousins from Stephen and Denise Irvine and their sons, David, Martin, Adam and Darren, were reserve.
Donnie Dalgetty, of Kirkhill, Cabrich, Kirkhill, Inverness, clocked up an impressive 17th championship in the crofters' cattle.
The retired security manager with Securicor and the Co-op has been showing at the Black Isle for more than 40 years.
Best from Ross in the beef cattle was Kinnahaird Bimbo, a Limousin heifer from John P. Clark, of Kinnahaird, Contin. Strathpeffer. Reserve was the three-year-old Highland heifer, Chloe of Achterneed, from Andrew Macphee, of Highfield, Achterneed, Strathpeffer. The best native was Wendy Willox, of Hawthorn Brae, St Katherines, near Fyvie, with an Aberdeen-Angus.