WINGAMIN White Suffolk stud, Karoonda, continued its long domination of the most successful exhibitor title at the recent Australian Sheep & Wool Show, scoring four of the six broad ribbons including grand champion ewe.
The 12 sheep from stud principals Clive and Deb Shillabeer and family impressed judge Craig Mitchell, Gemini White Suffolk stud, to win seven firsts, three seconds and two thirds. They also won the sire's progeny class.
"It is always very pleasing to win most successful, showing the consistency of our sheep - they have all got really good muscling with good back ends," Mr Shillabeer said.
All major broad ribbon winners were the first progeny of Detpa Grove 452, bought by Wingamin late in Detpa Grove's on-property sale in 2011 for $10,000.
The grand champion ewe - Ripper - was a May 2013-drop.
It weighed 85 kilograms and had an eye muscle depth of 44 millimetres and fat depth of 8.5mm
"She has very good loin and hindquarter muscle but retains her femininity," Mr Mitchell said.
Wingamin made the junior and reserve junior championship double with two rams which had been used in the stud as ram lambs.
Their junior champion ram - a mid-August-2013-drop- weighed 116.5kg with 48mm EMD and 9mm fat depth.
"He will be shown in Hamilton, Vic, and Adelaide but we are not quite sure what we will do with him yet," Mr Mitchell said.
The senior champion ram exhibited by Shane and Amber Baker, Booloola White Suffolks, Baringhup, Vic, went all the way for grand champion and supreme exhibit.
Mr Mitchell described the June 2013-drop ram, an AI son of Days Whiteface 71 as a "really good White Suffolk stud sire."
* Full report in Stock Journal, July 24, 2014 issue.
Catherine Miller
Stock Journal's livestock editor and South East correspondent.
Stock Journal's livestock editor and South East correspondent.
