Pony breeder wins top RHASS livestock award

SHETLAND pony breeder Dougal Dick, of the world-famous Transy Stud at Devonshaw, Dollar, is the 2010 recipient of one of the livestock industry's most prestigious prizes, the Sir William Young Award.

The award, from the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, recognises outstanding contribution to livestock breeding and commemorates the service to Scottish agriculture by the late Sir William Young of Hurlford, Kilmarnock.

Dougal Dick has been a lifetime breeder of Shetland ponies, having taken over the Transy Stud - founded in 1896 - from his parents in 1953.

Under his guidance, ponies from the stud have had a major influence at home and abroad. Transy ponies and their offspring have won at all the major shows including the Royal Highland Show and Olympia.