Miss Mia Shaw Headlines Moreton Show 2025 Poster

Mia and Sid’s parents, Mike and Caroline, are first generation farmers based in Warwickshire. They purchased their first 2 Pedigree Hereford cows back in 2010 and then in October 2016 they were awarded the tenancy to their farm. This gave them the opportunity to grow their beautiful herd of Pedigree Herefords and they now have just over 100 cows, quite the achievement from where they started in 2010. Alongside the cattle, the Shaw family also keep pigs and lambs for meat boxes and open a Christmas shop where they sell locally sourced Christmas trees, wreaths and accessories.

Mia, 12 years old, and Sid, 11 years old, are always keen to get stuck in and help on the farm, particularly if it means they get out of doing some homework! They are always willing to get involved with show prep, which is no surprise as they have never known a life without it. Mike, their father, started showing South Devon cattle for a friend in 2007 and then began the journey with their own cows from 2010 onwards. Ever since they were born Mia and Sid have lived the ‘showing life’. From the age of 4, both children would go with Mike in the Grand Parade, and they started showing independently in the Young Handler classes at the age of 7.

We asked the Shaw family: ‘Why do you like Moreton Show’? And their answers were music to the teams’ ears. They said:

“With Moreton Show hosting the National Poll Hereford Show and being our local show, it is a great importance to us. We have so many fond family memories at Moreton Show and as the children get older, it is an event we all really look forward to as it encompasses everything we love – spending time with our animals and friends. It is a great opportunity to catch up with friends from all over the country that we probably wouldn’t see much if it wasn’t for Moreton Show.”

Last year at Moreton Show Mia and Sid competed in a whole host of classes! On the Friday evening before the show they competed in the Hereford Young Handler class, Mia was awarded 2nd place and Sid was awarded 4th place. And that was just their warm-up!

On Show Day they both competed in the Poll Hereford Heifer – 18 months class, this was a very well supported class, and they came middle of the results order. In the Poll Hereford Best Pair of Animals class Mia and Sid were awarded 4th place, and in the Poll Hereford Group of Three Animals class they were placed 3rd! To top the day off in the Young Handler class Mia took home 1st place and Sid took home 3rd – this is where the photo that is on the poster this year was captured by Tim Scrivener!  

Like most things with farming, showing livestock is a labour of love. Some days you are placed well in every class you enter, and you feel on top of the world, then other days everything goes wrong, and luck isn’t on your side. Although disheartening, this has never been a deterrent to the Shaw family, they enjoy every part of the showing process. Sid particularly enjoys the dressing the cattle ready for the show ring and Mia loves competing in the classes and leading the cattle in the ring. Both children have made lots of friends through competing at shows and through the UK Hereford Youth workshops, this is a training program for young Hereford cattle enthusiasts where they are taught show ring preparation, cattle nutrition and health & welfare.

It’s clear that both Mia and Sid have an incredibly bright future ahead of them, both in and out of the cattle showing rings. When Mike and Caroline were asked: “what are your proudest moments as parents?” they replied: “The compliments we have received from other breeders about how polite and hardworking Mia and Sid are with the cattle. We have also been asked if the children will show cattle for other breeders. However, nothing quite matches the pride we feel watching them show our own cattle on their own.”

Moreton Show look forward to welcoming the Shaw family to the Show once more and wish them luck in all the cattle classes they compete in.