Royal Show results

Cow with the wow factor takes out supreme at Toowoomba

A Speckle Park cow with the x-factor wowed the judges at the 2021 Toowoomba Royal Show to be sashed the Malcolm McCosker Supreme stud cattle exhibit.The rising fouryear-old female Wattle Grove Miss Wow N10 was exhibited with her bull calf and impressed the three interbreed judges Tom Nixon, Drillham, Patrick O’Leary, Clifton, and Graham Brown, Windera. Miss Wow was exhibited by the Humphries family, Wattle Grove Speckle Park, Oberon, NSW, and caught the judges’ attention as a stand-out entry in the grand champion interbreed female line-up. She was sired by Codiak Putnam GNK 61Y and out of Wattle Grove 60W Unique G28, while her calf Wattle Grove Life it Up R145 was sired by Wattle Grove Road Block N328.

The cow had come through the ranks to win the female 24 months and over class, followed by senior and grand champion female. In reserve to Miss Wow was Nunkeeri Park Lauren exhibited by Pinnacle Park Speckles, The Summit, Qld. Lauren had a seven-month-old bull calf and was a rising six-year-old. She had been shown for the past consecutive years with four calves on the ground and over 20 embryos in the tank or in recipients.

The Speckle Park ring drew 24 head from seven studs. The champion heifer calf was AAA Photo Finish R18 shown by AAA Speckle Park, Kingaroy, Qld, with SND Signature Radiant Star in reserve for SND Signature Speckles, Stoneleigh, Qld. Everest 46Y Willow Q20, a daughter of Codiak Eagle GNK 46Y, was sashed as junior champion heifer for Everest Speckle Park, Oakey, and in reserve was Waratah Wendy Q168 shown by SND Signature Speckles.

Sired by Maungahina Kindmans Cove, Everest K247 Riddler R7 was named the champion male calf for Colin and Linda Shields, Oakey, Qld, with AAA Hugelhoff R08 in reserve. Wattle Grove Jagerbomb Q120, by Six Star Rare Commodity, was junior champion bull while AAA Thunderbolt was in reserve.Wattle Grove also tasted success with the Star Bank Lacerta 68L son, Wattle Grove Freedom P646, as senior and grand champion bull with stablemate Wattle Grove Player P201 in reserve senior champion.

Heritage Bank Toowoomba Royal Show has announced it is set to host the Speckle Park National Feature show in 2022. In other Queensland show results, Waratah Wendy Q168 was led by Robert Nuttridge to win his division of the junior paraders at the Ipswich Show, and the heifer was reserve champion senior British female. SND Signature Maximum Impact was sashed as reserve champion junior British bull, while SND Signature Radiant Star was reserve champion junior British female.

At Lowood show, Wendy Q168 was champion senior British female, and SND Signature Maximum Impact champion and grand champion British bull.Maximum Impact was sashed junior and grand champion British bull at Woodford show. Nine-monthold SND Signature Roscoe was junior and grand champion British bull at the Samford show on his first outing.

Wattle Grove Miss Wow N10 was supreme exhibit. AAA Photo Finish R18 was sashed champion heifer calf.

Thunderbolt powers through judging to supreme exhibit at Sydney

In just his second outing, Pemberton Thunderbolt Q65 scooped the pool at the 2021 Royal Sydney Show with junior and grand champion Speckle Park bull and supreme exhibit.

Exhibited by Taleah Bell, Pemberton Speckle Park, Glenquarry, NSW, Thunderbolt Q65 went on to place in the top seven in the interbreed and top five in the pairs with Hanging Rock Heather P01.In recognition of the achievement, Taleah received a congratulatory letter from NSW Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall.

“To see producers like you acknowledged in this way gives me great belief in the future of agriculture and farming in NSW,” Minister Marshall said.

Thunderbolt had his first outing at Moss Vale Show to win junior and grand champion British bull. The 17-month-old bull was by Outback Joey 25D and out of Notta 101YPhoto Finish 12A and boasted a 1.45kg daily gain, 12mm at the rump, 8mm on the rib, a 114sqcm eye muscle and weighed 758kg. Shorthorn breeder and judge Peter Falls, Finley, NSW, had 48 entries to appraise at Sydney.

In reserve to Thunderbolt for the junior championship was Six Star Aurora Justice R10 exhibited Six Star, Bundanoon, NSW, and Southern Aurora studs, Berry, NSW. Alex Pateman and Natalie Merz, Rose Hill Speckle Park, Kandos, NSW, exhibited the senior champion bull, Rose Hill Secret’s Out and in reserve was Hillview Cliff exhibited by Robert and Leanne Bendeich, Hillview Speckle Park, Leconfield, NSW. Senior and grand champion female Hanging Rock Heather P101 was shown with her seven-month-old calf, Hanging Rock Hyacinth, sired by Maungahina Northern Star and exhibited by John and Anne Ellis, Hanging Rock Speckle Park, Victoria. The three-year-old was sired by Fish Creek Farm Thunderstruck L1 and out of AAA Lavender L28, and had previously been sashed grand champion at the 2019 Adelaide Royal and supreme exhibit at Melbourne Royal.

She finished her show career on a high, placing top three in the female interbreed and second in the Urquhart Trophy, the first time the breed had done so. Reserve senior champion female was MH Pure Temptation P01 exhibited by Nigel and Samantha Noble, Hollko Speckle Park, Lacmalac, NSW.

The junior champion female was 19-monthold heifer Jackungah Koda Q17 exhibited by Jack Nelson, Jackungah Speckle Park, Pine Lodge, Vic. In reserve was Epic Amy’s Girl R8 exhibited by SE Carrison and M K Woollett, Epic Speckle Park, Penola, SA. Hanging Rock stud was the most successful exhibitor and won the breeders group.

Junior and Grand champion bull Pemberton Thunderbolt Q65. Speckle Park judging at Sydney Royal 2022.

The supreme exhibit Pemberton Thunderbolt Q65 with RAS steward Stuart Davies, judge Peter Falls, sponsor Shannon Lawlor, handler Erin Grylls, owner Tim and Kristen Bell, Minister Adam Marshall and Sienna and Jayde Grylls.