TO LIKE a sire you have to like his mother according to veteran Limousin studmaster Peter Kylstra, who with his family, bred and exhibited the senior and grand champion Limousin female of the 2021 Canberra Royal Show, which went on to take out the supreme exhibit honours last Saturday.
Progress Perfect Storm P5, a daughter of Progress Moose M2 and from Progress Collie's Magic K4, had earlier won the 24 to 30 months class for the Kylstra family's H&L Livestock and Progress Limousins, Yanco, and was described by Limousin breed judge Peter Cook, Barana Simmental stud, Coolah, as a cow with tremendous depth, sound movement travelling very well on feet and legs.
"When I look underneath she has teats I'm looking for in a cow, not too close," Mr Cook said.
"She has tremendous length of body, tremendous hip to pin, lovely udder with good teat placement, stands nice and square and very square behind, and from her you can see the Limousin breed has very functional cattle."
Mr Kylstra said he could trace both sides of this champion's pedigree.
"The dam goes back to 1989 to one of my first show cows making fifth generation while I can go back to 1984 and probably eight generations of breeding on the sire's side," he said.
"She's a multi-generational homebred female."
Progress Perfect Storm's great-grandmother was probably one of the most recognised names in the Limousin breed, Progress Mr Kylstra said.
"Premier Cauliflower was arguably my favourite cow in my whole life.
"And the only Limousin female to be decorated supreme breed exhibit at a Royal show unanimously by all judges.
"All eight judges placed her first at Melbourne Royal in about 2003."
The apricot coloured polled Perfect Storm P5 had a six-month-old polled black heifer calf at foot (Perfect Storm R4) sired by Myers Master Court, a bull Mr Kylstra had an eye on from six months-of-age.
"I liked that sire from a poddy and watched him grow," Mr Kylstra said. "His mother is the only Limousin female I know that has won Sydney Royal twice."
Mr Kylstra said he's more for breeding on female lines.
"You have to like a sire, but you have to love his mother," he said.
"If you don't like the dam behind the sire I don't see predictability coming through in the progeny."
Selected as reserve senior champion female the over 30 months classwinner Summit Meadowgrass P48, by Wulfs Zane X2382, was shown by Hayden and Jasmine Green, Uranquinty.
Junior and grand champion bull, Raydon Park Quokka, by Morrisvale Kept Secret and from Raydon Park Lousie, at 18 months, was selected by Mr Cook for his tremendous length of body, free moving with good shoulders.
Ten-month-old team-mate, Raydon Park Ralphie by Garren Park Nightrider, was awarded reserve junior ribbon and according to their owners, Ray and Donna Lawrence, Mulloon near Braidwood, This is the second year running they have exhibited both junior and reserve champions at Canberra Royal.
"We have been breeding Limousins for the past six year, and were Murray Grey breeders, but jumped to Limos because we like them so much," Mr Lawrence said.
The Lawrences picked up another broad ribbon with their 20 to 24 months class winner, Raydon Park Qashqai, by Birubi Maxyield M70, to fill all contenders for the grand bull award that went to Quokka.
Junior female classes attracted 26 entries with 12 parading in the eight to 12 months class and the winner awarded reserve broad ribbon.
However, it was the 16 to 20 months classwinner that Mr Cook selected as his junior champion, Mystic Ridge Exotic Q14, by Wulfs Zane X2382 and from Premier Exotic C39, shown by the Ridge family's Mystic Ridge Limousins, Freemans Reach.
Mr Cook said Exotic, an apricot colour, was a big, long-bodied female with a very good topline and excellent feet and legs.
"She walks around very well and she's got that head carriage with a good muzzle and lovely eye placement," he said.
Reserve junior champion female, Keajura Park Krystal Rose, by Cottage Lake Big Star, Mr Cook said would make a wonder young cow.
"She stands up nice and square and has that neck extension and is very good behind the shoulder.
"But I had to pick at straws between her and the champion and what probably separates them would be her teat placement.
"However, a highly outstanding exhibit."
Krystal Rose was exhibited by the Maclure family's Keajura Park stud, Tarcutta, and is an embryo transfer bought from Summit Livestock, Uranquinty.
The Maclures were very happy with their first Royal showing after the stud was established in 2018.
Mrs Maclure said they got into the Limousin breed because they cattle have the attributes they like in cattle.
"Summit has the genetics we like in cattle, being long and wide, and having the depth of body and very structurally sound.
Judge: Peter Cook, Barana stud, Coolah.
No. of exhibits: 50
Junior champion bull: Raydon Park Quokka, Ray and Donna Lawrence, Mulloon
Reserve junior champion bull: Radon Park Ralphie
Junior champion female: Mystic Ridge Exotic Q14, Mystic Ridge Limousins, Freemans Reach
Reserve junior champion female: Keajura Park Krystal Rose, Keajura Park Show Team, Tarcutta
Senior champion bull: Radon Park Qashqai
Reserve senior champion bull: Summit Ranch-Hand P40, Jason Graham, Cootamundra
Senior champion female: Progress Perfect Storm P5, H & L Livestock and Progress Limousins, Yanco
Reserve senior champion female: Summit Meadowgrass P48
Grand champion bull: Radon Park Qashqai
Grand champion female: Progress Perfect Storm P5
Supreme exhibit: Progress Perfect Storm P5
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