Potter was also a prize-winning breeder of Herdwick sheep and a prosperous farmer keenly interested in land preservation.

In 1923 she bought a former deer park and vast sheep farm in the Troutbeck Valley called Troutbeck Park Farm, restoring its land, its thousands of Herdwick sheep, and establishing her as one of the major Herdwick sheep farmers in the area.

In 1942 she was named President-elect of The Herdwick Sheepbreeders ’ Association, the first time a woman had ever been elected to that office, but died before taking office.

Between 1930 and 1938 she won a number of prizes for Herdwick ewes at shows across Cumbria.

Upon her death in 1943, she bequeathed fifteen farms – approximately a total sum of 4, 000 acres ( 16 km² )-to the National Trust, and per her instructions all continue to graze Herdwick flocks.

Herdwick lamb and mutton has a very distinct taste, and was even eaten at Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation banquet.

Herdwick lambs are born black, and after a year they lighten to a dark brown colour ( the sheep are called hoggs or hoggets at this stage ).

< nowiki >*</ nowiki > Some believe the end of this line to be ' grey ', due to the colour of his coat made from local Herdwick wool.

Potter was interested in preserving not only the Herdwick sheep, but the way of life of fell farming.

In any case, the Herdwick was an important breed in the Lake District by the end of the 12th century.

All her farms were stocked with Herdwick sheep and frequently with Galloway cattle.

Beatrix Potter Heelis became keenly interested in the breeding and raising of Herdwick sheep, the indigenous fell sheep, soon after acquiring Hill Top Farm.

By the late 1920s Potter and her Hill Top farm manager Tom Storey had made a name for their prize-winning Herdwick flock.

She left nearly all her property to the National Trust, including over of land, sixteen farms, cottages and herds of cattle and Herdwick sheep.

The Herdwick is a breed of domestic sheep native to the Lake District of Cumbria in North West England.

The name " Herdwick " is derived from the Old Norse herdvyck, meaning sheep pasture.

It is considered that up to 99 % of all Herdwick sheep are commercially farmed in the central and western Lake District.

The wool quality of a Herdwick has unique qualities relating to durability.

Herdwick tups ( rams ) are often kept together in bachelor flocks when not let out to cover the ewes.

The origin of the breed itself is unknown, but the most common theory is that the ancestors of Herdwick sheep were introduced by early Norse settlers.

For centuries, the husbandry of Herdwick sheep has been a large factor in shaping the culture and terrain of the Lake District.

Herdwick lambs are born mostly black and lighten with age.

The Trust now acts as a wool merchant itself, thus being able to bargain for better prices directly with the British Wool Marketing Board and operate a Herdwick wool trademark.

Of the estimated 100, 000 Herdwick sheep present before the outbreak, a full 25 % were lost.

Longtime resident and writer for The Guardian A. Harry Griffin expressed this feeling: There are other mountain sheep on the Lakeland fells, notably Swaledales and Rough-Fells, but the hardy Herdwick is the sheep most likely to be seen in and around the Duddon valley, the Coniston fells, the Buttermere fells and, through Borrowdale or Wasdale, up to the highest land in England, the Scafells.

In 1949, she married a millionaire Texas oilman and horse breeder, E. E.

Thus, the breeder has to study different breeds and types of chickens and analyze what can be expected from a certain set of characteristics before he or she starts breeding them.

She was also a highly successful racehorse owner / breeder, winning the Ascot Gold Cup ( twice ) and Irish 1000 Guineas with horses she bred at her stud at Mount Stewart.

When the subsequent litter produced more of the same, Ann Baker ( an established cat breeder ) purchased several kittens from the owner, who lived behind her, and believing she had something special, set out to create what is now known as the Ragdoll.

She was progressing to leading roles, when she retired from acting following her marriage in 1939, and was later a successful horse breeder.

Her father-in-law owned and raced Seabiscuit, and with her husband she became a successful horse owner / breeder.

Critics alleged that Munro was in a conflict of interest when she introduced weaker legislation since she was a dog breeder herself.

After living in the unconsummated marriage for a while, she cannot bear it any longer and runs back to her father ( Leopold Kramer ), a horse breeder.

When she was two, her mother married a tobacco farmer, James W. ( Willie ) Taylor ( 1881 – 1959 ), who later became a chicken breeder.

He won the French owners ' championship in 1998 and between 1995 and 2001 was the leading breeder in France.

In 1970, he was the world's leading horse breeder measured by money won.

There are seven classes per breed in American Kennel Club dog shows: Puppy ( sometimes divided between 6-9 Month and 9-12 Month ), Twelve-To-Eighteen Months, Novice ( 6 months and older, and having won no previous championship points ), Amateur Owner Handler ( Where the Owner is exhibiting the dog and has not received funds for showing any other dog ), Bred By Exhibitor ( where the person handling the dog is an owner and breeder of record ), American-Bred, and Open.

In 1883 he won a Silver medal at the Smithfield Show as breeder of the best " Single Pig " in class LXXXVI ; he lived at Wickham Market in Suffolk at the time.

Croker was also the breeder of Orby's son Grand Parade who won the Derby in 1919.

In his private life, Marghiloman was also an enthusiastic horse breeder: horses owned by him won the Romanian Derby 28 times.

He was a breeder, owner, and horse trainer, who won the 1902 Kentucky Derby with Alan-a-Dale.

The race's second running was won by Taxidermist, ridden by the amateur rider John Lawrence, later Lord Oaksey, who was the breeder and part-owner of the 2011 winner, Carruthers.

In 2010 Baffert scored a first when Misremembered ; a horse he bred, which is owned by his wife Jill and good friend George Jacobs, won the Santa Anita Handicap marking his first Grade I win as a breeder.

Under trainers Jim Day, and then Mark Frostad who took over in 1995, Sam-Son Farm has won eight Sovereign Awards for outstanding owner and seven for outstanding breeder.