KAROONDA-BASED Wingamin stud dominated the Australian Sheep and Wool Show feature breed White Suffolk judging, claiming four of the major ribbons including supreme exhibit.
Judge Paul Routley, Almond Vale stud, Urana, NSW, described the May 2014-drop supreme exhibit - also the senior and grand champion ram - "as a very good representative of the breed".The ram weighed 118.5 kilograms with an eye muscle depth of 45 millimetres and fat depth of 7mm, and was out of the Shillabeer family's winning pair of rams.
It repeated the success of his influential sire - Trifecta was supreme exhibit at Bendigo in 2012 and unbeaten at Hamilton Sheepvention and Adelaide Show, before being sold to Prestige Farms, United States.
The senior champion tossed the junior champion ram, also exhibited by Wingamin stud, for having a "slightly more powerful head and outlook with great topline and good wide loin".
But Mr Routley had high praise for the 110.5-kilogram junior champion ram.
"I just love this ram's head and the width of his muzzle which flows through his body. He is well balanced, has a good set of testicles and you can see he is a really good doer," he said.
The July 2014 drop was a son of Wingamin 30/72.
The Mitchell family, Rene stud, Culcairn, NSW, exhibited the reserve senior and reserve junior champion rams.
The tables were turned in the ewe championship with Rene awarded the championship and Wingamin in reserve.
Mr Routley, who has been running White Suffolks since 2002, said he was looking for "well balanced animals without too much extremity" which were structurally correct with "plenty of meat."
Wingamin capped off another terrific showing, with its 12-head winning the breeders group and the stud maintaining its stronghold on the most successful exhibitor title.
It was all the more special because the breed was celebrating its 30th anniversary, with the showing featuring more than 180 sheep from 18 different exhibitors in three states.