A bull with enormous power, growth combined with good movement impressed judge Peter Collins, Merridale Angus, Tennyson, Vic, for best exhbit in the Simmental judging on Saturday.
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The bull, Hartfield Salvatore (PP), exhibited by Hartfield Simmentals, Sutton Forest, overcame some tough competition from the grand female, Ausbred Mikimoto Pearl (PP), exhibited by Shannon Lawlor, Ausbred Simmentals, Kurmond.
Anthony Simonetta said this was the stud's first Sydney Royal, with their first Simmental calves having arrived just three years ago.
Their foundation lines for their Simmental were from Tennysonvale, at Illabo, their stud herd including 75 Simmental breeders and 25 registered Limousin.
Their Sydney champion, Salvatore, at 22 months, weighed 882 kilograms with a 126 square centimetre eye muscle area and 10 and seven millimetres of rump and rib fat.
He was only the fourth bull the stud had bred and will be offered in the Simmental Opportunity Sale in June, after being collected for in-herd use.
To take out best exhibit, Salvatore, also the senior and grand bull, had to overcome the class of the grand champion female, Ausbred Mikimoto Pearl, exhibited by Ausbred Simmentals, Kurmond.
The junior champion female had also last year been junior champion at Melbourne Royal for owners Shannon Lawlor and Eliza Babazogli, of Ausbred Simmentals, and her dam Ausbred Caribean Pearl P003 had also taken the same award in Melbourne in 2019.
The senior champion female, Ausbred Tahitian Pearl (PP), was also from P003, but by a different sire in Elite Nitrous, himself a former champion at Sydney Royal.
Shannon Lawlor he had been showing at Sydney for 10 years and the broadribbons won this year were the stud's first at this event.
He said he only has five cows, two heifers and some calves, but was using embryo transfer, which included the senior champion female that had been flushed in December to Elite Powerplay.
In reserve to Tahitian Pearl was VC Cream Soda S031 by Mader Walk This Way. Her great-granddam had been grand champion Simmental female at Canada's Farmfair and Agribition shows in 2017 and the line was introduced to VC via imported embryos, said Samantha Moeck of VC Simmentals, Binda.
Hobbs Livestock cleaned up the remaining champion, the 16-month-old junior bull, Hobbs Livestock Sudden Impact (PP), by Granoc Livestock Pharoh and from Hobbs Livestock Keepsake L5.
Hobbs also exhibited the reserve junior female, Woonalee Tank S555, by Wombramurra P299 and from Woonalee Tank P375.
Reserve senior bull was Herlo Park Rover (PP), by Lakeside Penley P100 and from Barana Lovesdale, and exhibited by Herlo Park, Mulgoa.
The 29-month-old Rover weighed 962kg with a 133sq cm EMA and 14mm and 9mm of rump and rib fat.
Champions
Junior and grand female: Ausbred Mikimoto Pearl, Ausbred Simmentals, Kurmond. Reserve: Woonalee Tank S555, Hobbs Livestock, Garra.
Senior female: Ausbred Tahitian Pearl, Ausbred Simmentals. Res: VC Cream Soda S031, VC Simmentals, Binda.
Junior bull: Hobbs Livestock Sudden Impact, Hobbs Livestock. Res: Elite Sterling (P), Elite Simmentals, Meandarra, Qld.
Senior and grand bull and best exhibit: Hartfield Salvatore, Hartfield Simmentals, Leppington. Res: Herlo Park Rover, Herlo Park, Mulgoa.
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