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Annaghmore Fitz Atlee EX96, a six-year-old Holstein Friesian cow jointly owned by Philip and Linda Jones from Co Wexford and Joel and Clive Richardson from Co Armagh, has been crowned the 2025 Diageo Baileys® Irish champion dairy cow.
This year’s winning breeders were presented with a cheque for €3,000 and the prestigious Virginia Milk Products Cup by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon T.D., alongside representatives from Diageo Ireland and its cream supplier, Tirlán at the 82nd Virginia Show in Co Cavan. 

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00:00it was a great honor and pleasure being in here as a judge the the standard was
00:29very high I would say an international standard I think my top three cows can go everywhere in
00:36Europe or outside Europe to compete she's a mature cow and she she brings together in a quite
00:44outstanding way the femininity the refinement with the strength so she's got the real dairy
00:53what we call dairy strength we've been working out now all year really we showed the cow in Balmoral
01:00and straight after that then we were thinking you know maybe Bailey's could be the next show for her
01:04so we won it ten years ago and it just shows you how hard this is the next first time we've won it
01:09since that like so it's a hard competition to win like this cow that we won also is owned with animal
01:14hall signs as well so so with our team they're helping his way as well there so yeah it's it's
01:18big operation it's the ultimate of the show of the show year and as I say Bailey's and Diageo they
01:25just such a great job sponsoring it you know for just the overall advertising the herd it's it's
01:29really important like so yeah it's it's great
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