TOP WORK: Angela and Bill Close, Gawler River, presented grand champion ram trophy to Lucy and Ben Prentice, Ariah Park, NSW, and judge Tim Ferguson, Hopetoun, Vic.
IN his debut judging at Adelaide, Poll Dorset judge Tim Ferguson, Mallee Park, Hopetoun, Vic, could not go past a ram from Ben and Lucy Prentice’s Kurralea stud, Ariah Park.
CHAMPION EWE: Judge Tim Ferguson, Mallee Park, Hopetoun, Vic, with Graham Day, Allendale, Bordertown.
Mr Ferguson said the supreme had sires outlook and was a very correct ram with great muscling.
The supreme champion was the senior champion ram weighing 130 kilograms with Lambplan figures of 17.4 for post-weaning (PW) weight, -1.1 for PW fat, 1.0 for PW eye muscle depth.