Canadian genetics rose to the top in the Red Angus judging ring, siring all four major winners.
Full siblings from NSW stud RDM produced a dream debut for the Wheeler family at the Royal Adelaide Show.
Stud principals Rachael Wheeler and parents Daniel and Michele, Wellington, NSW, took both grand honours with the progeny of Canadian sire DMM Creed 75W, making their 15-hour trip worthwhile.
Ms Wheeler had first seen Creed in 2010 as the Australian ambassador at Farm Fair International at Edmenton in Canada.
Judge Peter Falls, Malton Shorthorns, Finley, NSW, tapped RDMG Red Solo Cup L6 on the back end for grand champion and supreme exhibit, adding to the bull’s illustrious show career.
Red Solo Cup was the supreme Red Angus exhibit at the Sydney Royal Easter Show and part of the winning pair for the Hordern Perpetual Trophy, as well as supreme interbreed exhibit at the Dubbo Show in NSW.
“You have to admire the eye muscle and thickness, sire appeal and the way it is set up underneath,” Mr Falls said.
“It is a hell of a bull that will go a long way in the industry.”
The 20-month-old weighed 925 kilograms and had an impressive 133-square centimetre eye muscle depth with fat depth scans of 13-millimetre rump and 10mm rib.
Rachael said the bull would have a chance to add to its success at the Royal Melbourne Show and also be taken onto Sydney in 2018, unless sold prior.
“It has always been that type we always wanted to breed – it is really correct with carcase and thickness we want and really mobile,” she said.
Grand champion female, T&R Jewel J13, came up trumps in its first outing as a proven breeder.
Jewel was highly decorated as a heifer but this time was shown with its one-month-old heifer calf by Flying W Maroon5 1552.
Mr Falls was impressed with its capacity and smoothness through the front end.
“You don’t appreciate how much depth of body (Jewel) has until you get right up next to it,” he said.
“And it is rearing a good calf.”
Fellow NSW breeders Christie and Andrew Kennedy, Black Diamond stud, Cowra, claimed both junior championships with ET flush siblings from the same Canadian stud in Alberta as the senior pair.
Mr Falls said the junior champion bull, Black Diamond Red Madador M502, was very similar in type to the senior champion bull.
“When you get a lot of width quite often things start to move out, like shoulders go out and legs go out – these bulls don’t display any of that, which is a great achievement,” he said.
Junior champion female was Black Diamond 35X Mistress M501, which Mr Falls described as a “quality package”.
“It just stands where it should. I like its hip to pin set up and that thickness as well,” he said.
Both juniors were sired by Red DMM Glesbar Barndance 35X.
