Royal Bathurst Show 2017
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Logan in Intermediate Paraders with Zoom Zoom
This year we decided to be ambitious and took four cattle to Bathurst - the most we've taken to a show! While for a while we wondered if we were mad, the results spoke for themselves. Monza ventured to his first show as a junior bull, Magnolia came as a junior heifer, and the two older girls, Ferrari and Zoom Zoom, came for their last forays as senior heifers before they return next year as cows with calves.
Monza was unfortunately the only Junior Lowline Bull at the show, but he still presented himself wonderfully and impressed everyone with his calm, professional temperament. Out of the four of them, he was actually the best behaved! He went up against a 2 year old, experienced bull and while he looked great, the judge gave it to the older bull. Nonetheless, we were very proud of Monza at his first real show!
Magnolia made a return, after her excellent performance at Blayney. She was also the only Junior, and also performed excellently. The two older girls also made us proud - Ferrari is looking amazing, and for a heifer we never thought was that interesting, has really started to surprise us! There were four heifers in the two girls' 20 and under 24 months class, and while we thought they looked good, we were still pleased when the judge pulled Zoom Zoom in for 1st and Ferrari in for 2nd! He was very impressed by Zoom Zoom's conformation and structural correctness, while Ferrari's depth was once again complimented. This meant Zoom Zoom would go in for Senior Champion - which she won, beating a heifer 8 months older than her!
Zoom Zoom then beat little Magnolia for Champion Female. She then went against the Champion Bull, a winner at Sydney Royal, for Supreme Exhibit. Once again, exceeding expectations, the judge picked her! Zoom Zoom then had to go in for Interbreed - where she beat the Senior Female Champions from the Miniature Hereford, Dexter, Miniature Galloway and Miniature Belted Galloway breeds (all cows with calves). To say we were thrilled is an understatement.
In the end, our results were:
- Shadow Park Monza (Roma .x. Wigram Sweet Shiraz) - Champion Junior Bull
- Shadow Park Magnolia (Roma .x. Wigram Amelia) - Champion Junior Heifer
- Shadow Park Ferrari (Roma .x. Wigram Fifi) - 2nd Heifer 20 and under 24 months
- Shadow Park Zoom Zoom (Roma .x. Wigram Florence) - Champion Senior Cow, Grand Champion Female, Supreme Exhibit & Small Interbreed Senior Champion Female
- Monza and Zoom Zoom also combined to win the Sire Progeny Class
Finally, a massive thank you to Sammi Pett and Logan Andrews for helping us out on Friday and Saturday!
