Both were home-bred animals from bloodstock herds they run with Mrs Waring's husband, Peter, at Cherry Burton, near Beverley.

The Jersey, a second-calver, was on show for the first time and its success illustrated a bright spot in the bluetongue disease outbreak, which according to show officials was an opportunity for fresh blood in the winners' lists, normally dominated by the same names and the same animals for years at a time.

The supreme beef animal was a Simmental shown by a young farmer, Tom Hill of Wadworth, near Doncaster, who inherited the winning five-year-old from his grandfather, who imported her from Denmark before he died.

The shifting boundaries of bluetongue zones had their predictable effect – a third of the potential cattle and sheep entries being withdrawn and there were few goats.

Government disease containment strategy was the talk of the day among farmers.

Cattleman Ken Jackson of Stubbs Walden, near Doncaster, summed up their views saying: "Last Sunday night, we couldn't have come here. Now we can, but we can't go to Malton on Sunday. But none of the animals have been vaccinated yet, so why? It's a complete farce."

The main problem caused by bluetongue was uncertainty with farmers reluctant to prepare animals for showing then find they could not move them.

Geoff Riby, of Fraisthorpe, near Bridlington, who took the Interbreed Supreme Champion with his Suffolk ewe would normally have taken a few of his beef cattle to Driffield as well, but he said: "I couldn't have faced the disappointment of putting in two months effort and then not being able to show them. It's different with the sheep. I knew I'd get them in somewhere."

Before bluetongue reduced cattle entries they had actually been up on previous years so there was still good competition with around 120 cattle, against a projected 170 and 130 sheep against 200 last year.

RESULTS

DAIRY CATTLE

Interbreed Supreme Champion – James Waring, Field House Farm, Cherry Burton (Holstein cow); Reserve – Judith Waring, same address (Jersey cow).

Holstein: Champion – James Waring; Reserve - Ian Hall of P Hall and Son, Melbourne, East Yorkshire .

Jersey: Champion – Judith Waring; Reserve - JF and S Heath, Cowden, Hull.

BEEF CATTLE

Interbreed Supreme Champion – Thomas Hill of Wadworth, near Doncaster (Simmental cow); Reserve – Weatherills of Millington Grange Farm, near York (Limousin cow).

Aberdeen Angus: Champion – John and Sue Heath, Cowden, Hull. Reserve – Chris Page, Newport, Brough.

British Blue: Champion – cow bred by Michelle Wilde and purchased two years ago by Fred Raine & sons Neville and Nicholas,Stanhope Gate,

Middleton–in–Teesdale; Reserve – W and M Seels, Burghwallis, Doncaster.

British blondes: Champion – Becky Seels for William and Michael Seels, Burghwallis, Doncaster; Reserve – Alan Hall.

Limousin: Champion and reserve – John Weatherill, Millington Grange, Millington, York.

Simmental: Champion – Thomas Hill. Reserve – Brian Lundy, Caistor, Lincolnshire.

Any Other Pedigree: Champion – Reg and Charles Hall, Cranswick, Driffield (Charolais heifer).

Dexter: Champion – Philip Myhill and son Stephen, Sunk Island, Holderness; Reserve – Sheila Sykes, Hillgrove Dexters, Huddersfield.

Commercial Beef: Champion – Andrew and Pam White, JL Whites, Newland, Goole; Reserve – W and M Seels.

SHEEP

Interbreed Supreme Champion – Geoff Riby, Fraisthorpe, near Bridlington (Suffolk ewe); Reserve – Graham Allenby, Horncastle, Lincolnshire. (Hampshire ewe).

Leicester Longwool: Champion – Alan and Ann Aconley, North Frodingham, Driffield.

Jacob: Champion – John and Freda Fozzard, Whitley Bridge, near Goole; Reserve – JT Black, Gowthorpe, York.

Suffolk: Champion and reserve – Geoff and Chris Riby, Fraisthorpe, near Bridlington.

Texel: Champion – Geoff Riby; Reserve – Jack Lucas and Son, Fimber, Driffield.

Charollais: Champion and reserve – AJ Coulson, Market Rasen.

Lleyn: Champion – A Moody and T Wheldon, Thirtleby, Coniston, Hull; Reserve – CC Bray, Epworth, North Lincolnshire..

Hampshires: Champion and reserve – Graham Allenby, Thornton, Horncastle.

Oxfords: Champion and reserve – Bob Richardson, Leven, near Beverley.

Pen of fat lambs: Champion and reserve – P and N Tattersall, Ellerton, York.

HEAVY HORSES

Champion – F Richardson and Sons, of Holme On The Wolds; Reserve – JG Durrans, Penistone, South Yorkshire.

For more results go to www.driffieldshow.co.uk