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Dairy Cattle building Adelaide show
Australia 2023
I first judged in Australia at International Dairy Week back in January 2018 and it was a great
honour to be invited back to judge at the Royal Adelaide show in September. This time to
judge the Illawarra classes, Junior Show Competition and Interbreed classes.
Accompanied again by Ian Collins we left
Newcastle Airport for the long haul to
Adelaide anticipating another interesting
trip.
After a day to recover from the flight we
met up with my fellow judges. Stuart
Williams and family who had travelled
from Wales to judge the Ayrshires. Jersey
judge, Zoe Hayes , accompanied by father
Tony from Llandovery Illawarras.
Holstein judge Cameron Yarnold from
NSW and Julia Moore, Guernseys.
Judging began on Monday morning with
the Holsteins and Jerseys followed by the
Illawarras and Guernseys in the
afternoon.
I was looking forward to judging the
Illawarra classes and with ten exhibitors
bringing over fifty cattle forward I was
not disappointed.
The Junior heifer classes set the standard
for the day, both in numbers and quality.
Juvenile Champion was a super calf from
Ian Mueller and family, Glenbrook
Harmony 28, by the homebred bull
Glenbrook Brigadoon. Reserve Champion
was from the same home, Glenbrook
Thorn 50 by Blackwood Park Liberton
The Intermediate classes came next,
again an excellent turn out and quality.
The two-year-old in milk class was won
by Springvale Daisy 74, a Jedi daughter
from the Doecke family.
A strong class of two and a half year olds
was won by Glenbrook Nancy 63, a
tremendous Bushmills Jazz daughter
with a very fresh Blackwood Park
Liberton daughter, Glenbrook Carnation
in second. These two going on to be
Champion and Reserve Intermediate
heifers, both from the Mueller family.
The three year old class was won by
Springvale Honeymoon 115 a daughter of
Blackwood Park Beans from the Doecke
family.
The senior cows again showed
tremendous quality right down the line.
The four year old class won by Glenbrook
Beauty Queen, another Blackwood Park
Liberton daughter.
The five year old in milk class was where I
found my Champion. First place and
Overall Champion being a tall, long,
angular dairy cow with a superb udder
Glenbrook Dainty 14, a daughter of
Llandovery W B S Quincy.
My Reserve Champion was Bridge View
Moss Rose 4 from Damien and Candice
Doecke. This real angular, open ribbed
dairy cow by Springvale Prides
Anticipation was a worthy winner of the
six year old in milk class.
The six year old and over class was won
by Glenhaven Mima 3 by Llandovery
Presto from Neville and Marie Mueller.
Tuesday saw the judging of the Junior
Show Competition. It was a first for me to
have an associate judge, Brittany
Hentschke who had won the 2022 Junior
judges’ competition. We had big classes
to judge, the biggest with thirty two
forward and smallest nine and we agreed
in every class.
Here we saw the huge involvement in the
schools with agriculture part of the
school curriculum. Breeders send calves
into the schools where the pupils rear,
prepare and show them at shows in the
area. This involvement develops an
interest for the pupils and future proofs
the Dairy Industry for farmers and
consumers. We were impressed by the
quality both in the presentation and
professionalism shown by the handlers
and it was great to see the support on the
ringside from other pupils from the
schools.
Champion was a super Ayrshire calf from
the Junior class Billaview Burdette Jazz
ET. Reserve being a long dairy Jersey calf
Blue Ridge Choc Watsonia.
Wednesday saw all breed judges back
together to judge groups and individuals.
We pointed each class and gave reasons
for our placings and it was very
interesting to see we all had similar
views.
Overall champion was a Holstein from
Benlargo Holsteins, Benlargo Elijah Ding.
Shorthorn
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PAUL HARRISON REPORTS
New calf shed at Blackwood Park