A Woodbridge pedigree beef cattle farmer said it hadn't really sunk in after scooping a string of top inter-breed titles at the Suffolk Show.

Natasha Mann of Iken Hall Farms swept the board in the inter-breed native breeds contest on the second day of the show with her best Shorthorn and Lincoln Red beasts.

Her shorthorn heifer - Meonside Irania Rosebud Raven - came away with the supreme native breed champion title while her Lincoln Red heifer Yarn Hill Acora took the reserve title.

The shorthorn went on to be crowned overall reserve supreme champion.

A British Limousin heifer from Buckingham - Brockhurst Tranquility - owned by W J & H Mash Ltd - took the crown as supreme champion.

Stockman Jimmy McMillan described the win as "tremendous". "It's only her second time out - she won at Hertfordshire County Show last week and then she came here."

Judge Keith Jempson said: "I went for young cattle with good locomotion." He was also looking for "good breed types" with "feminity in both the females", he said. "These two really did have very good locomotion and in my opinion will make really good cows.

In the continental inter-breeds contest, Wissington Trent owned by John and Jenny Rix of Nayland took the reserve title to Brockhurst Tranquility.

Wissington Trent also took the junior interbreed supreme champion title - making for a very good second show day for Suffolk beef cattle owners - even though they did miss out on the overall supreme champion title.

Natasha Mann admitted she was "a bit shell-shocked".  "It's fantastic isn't it?  We were not expecting it," she said. "You have got some lovely animals here."

The win for Buckinghamshire entry was "well-deserved", she added.