Placings

We regularly show sheep and fleeces at a premier a premier East Coast show, Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival (Howard County, Maryland), fleeces at the New York Sheep & Wool Festival.

SOME PLACINGS:

2023 Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival
    Supreme Fleece (Silver Yearling Ram)
    Champion White Fine Ram, Ewe
    Best White Fine Fleece
    Best Natural Colored Fine Fleece
    Fleece Show: 2nd place Natural Colored Fine, 2nd place Merino, 4th place White Fine

2022 New York Sheep & Wool Festival Fleece Show
    Supreme Fleece
    1st and 2nd places, Natural Colored Fine
    2nd place White Fine

2022 Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival
    Champion Natural Colored Fine Ram, Ewe
    Reserve Champion Natural Colored Fine Ram, Ewe
    Best Natural Colored Fine Fleece
    Champion White Fine Ram
    Reserve Champion White Fine Ewe
    Best White Fine Fleece
    Fleece Show: 1st, 2nd, and 4th place Natural Colored Fine; 3rd and 4th White Fine

2017 New York Sheep & Wool Festival
    2nd Place White Fine Wool Fleece

2017 Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival:
    Champion Natural Colored Fine Wool Ram
    Best Fleece, Natural Colored Fine Wool Show
    1st Place Natural Colored Fine Wool Senior Ram Lamb
    1st Place Natural Colored Fine Wool Pair of Ram Lambs
    1st Place Natural Colored Fine Wool Pair of Ewe Lambs

2015 Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival:
    Natural Colored Champion Fleece
    Jane Hyland Award (Natural  Colored) Best natural colored fleece from two divisions
    3rd place White Fine Fleece
    2nd Place Fall Ram Lamb White Fine

2014 Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival:
    2nd place White Fine Fleece
    2nd and 3rd place Natural Colored Fine Fleece
    2nd place Pair of Ram Lambs White Fine
    Reserve Champion Ram, Natural Colored Fine
    2nd place, Pair of Ram Lambs Natural Colored Fine

2013 Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival:
    2nd place White Fine Fleece
    3rd place Natural Colored Fine Fleece
    2nd place Yearling Ram, White Fine Wool
    3rd place Senior Ram Lamb, White Fine Wool
    2nd place Senior Ram Lamb, Natural Colored
    2nd place Pair of Ram Lambs, Natural Colored
    2nd place Ewe Lamb, Natural Colored
    1st place Pair of Ewe Lambs, Natural Colored

2012 Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival:
    1st place Natural Colored Fine Fleece (Celia, ewe born and bred at Black Sheep Farm, on farm for     12 months of fleece growth, owned by Celia Kope–but she’s back here as one of our breeding ewes).     This fleece also was awarded the Jane Hyland Award for best hand spinning fleece.
    1st place Senior Ram Lamb, fine white wool
    2nd place Pair of Ram Lambs, fine white wool
    3rd place Pair of Ewe Lambs, fine white wool
    3rd place Pair of Ewe Lambs, natural colored fine wool