PHOTO: Champion!

Matthew Thomas, 15, a young farmer from Trinjam Farms in Clarendon, is owner of this 1,740-lb Jamaican Brahman bull, which was judged champion in the bull/other beef breeds category at the 66th Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show at the Denbigh Showground in May Pen, Clarendon, yesterday. (Photo: Norman Thomas)

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