Shorthorn champions
Judge: Tim Lord, KO Angus, Kangaloon.
Junior female: Coopers P73 Enia S122, Coopers Shorthorns, Tumut. Reserve: Spencer Family So Foolin' Blue, Spencer Family Shorthorns, Carlyle, Vic.
Senior and grand female best exhibit: Nagol Park Ellies Romance L203, Nagol Park Shorthorns, Tamworth. Res: Nagol Park ELMT Romance L146, Nagol Park Shorthorns.
Junior bull: Coopers Roan Raider, Coopers Shorthorns. Res: KO PNX Remington R152, KO and Eselar park Shorthorns, Forbes.
Senior and grand bull: KO Metoer Roulette, KO and Eselar Park Shorthorns. Res: Rolypark Radiant, Rolypark Australian Shorthorns, Lake Boga, Vic.
It was a family tussle in the Shorthorn ring for best exhibit as the senior and grand champion Shorthorn female, Nagol Park Ellies Romance L203, came up against the senior and grand champion bull, KO Metoer Roulette, for best exhibit.
The cow was exhibited by the Niaomi and Roger Evans, Nagol Park Shorthorns, Tamworth, with their boys Logan, Hayden and Josh, while the bull was exhibited by Niaomi's sister, Krystelle Ridley, KO stud, Forbes.
It was the cow, however, that stole the show, with judge, Tim Lord, Kangaloon, complimenting her femininity and productivity.
He said she was fine through the front end, but full of beef: "The sort of cow you could build a herd around".
The bull, meanwhile, had plenty of length of body, sire power and squareness through its hip, but he said with the ability to multiply the female's genetics these days he had to go for the cow.
Ellies Romance L203 had previously been junior champion at Sydney in 2017 and in 2019, a daughter, which had been champion female at Melboure that same year, was flushed for export to Canada, while her first bull calf had also been interbreed champion at Melbourne in 2019 and in 2021 another bull calf was awarded grand champion bull at the National Show and Sale, Dubbo.
Ellie's Romance was by Canadian import, Biss Element, also the 2014 Denver National Stock Show champion and sire of the reserve senior female, Nagol Park ELMT Romance L146.
The junior bull and female were both exhibited by Cooper Carter, Coopers Shorthorns, Tumut, who's herd is run alongside his parent's Blackjack stud.
He hadn't seen his cattle in the lead-up to the show, having returned only two days before from the US where he is studying animal science (with a focus on meat science) at Texas Tech, Lubbock, US.
"I've never seen these calves live so I thought I better come and have a look and show them off a bit," he said.
The animals, Coopers P73 Enia S122, and Coopers Roan Raider (named along the lines of the Texas Tech men's college sports teams, Red Raiders) were embryo transfer flush siblings bred from an ET service Mr Carter won at the 2019 Shorthorn Youth Camp from sponsor Holbrook Breeders.
The pair were by Spry's Heritage P73, and from Coopers Stockman's Enia P06, Heritage being one of the top selling bulls at the 2020 Spry's on-property bull sale.
Roan Raider, 13 months, weighed 706kg with an 113sq cm EMA and 6mm and 9mm of rib and rump fat.
His sire, meanwhile, has had semen exported to the US and their dam, Stockman's Enia, had also been reserve junior champion at Sydney in 2019.
Reserve junior bull was KO PNX Resolution R152, was by Eselar Park K25 Phoenix P184 and from KO RR Belle P173, which at 20 months weighed 826kg with a 122sq cm EMA and 16mm and 8mm of rump and rib fat.
Resolution R152 was the from the first drop of calves by his sire, which has also had semen exported to New Zealand.
Reserve senior bull was Roly Park Radiant by US import semen sire CLF Foolin' Around and from Roly Park Maggie.
Radiant weighed 888kg with a 124sq cm EMA and 18mm and 10mm of rump and rib fat.
His sire was imported by Luke Spencer, Denver, Vic, and Radiant was the oldest bull progeny in the country.
Mr Spencer said he had inspected a lot of bulls in the US, but Foolin' Around's progeny were the most consistent in type and he had also won the people's choice award for three years running, which is awarded across all shows.
More Sydney Royal results:
Love agricultural news? Sign up for The Land's free daily newsletter.
Andrew Norris
Editor at The Land
Editor at The Land
