Anna opens fire on stud's debut

The senior and grand champion Simmental female, Goonoo Creek Anna, with Western Australian judge, Charles Cowcher, Willandra Simmentals, Williams, and sashed by his wife, Beryl, with the calf and cow held by exhibitors Rebecca Henderson, and Wade Jordan, Yarramore Simmental stud, Tamworth.

SNATCHING the senior and grand female, and best exhibit titles made for a stunning Sydney Royal debut for  Tamworth district Simmental breeders, Wade Jordan and Rebecca Henderson.

The couple's three-year-old female, Goonoo Creek Anna, claimed the titles for their budding Yarramore stud, Tamworth.

They bought Anna at Mr Jordan's father's Goonoo Creek dispersal sale last May for $10,000.

Simmental judge, Charles Cowcher, Willandra Simmental stud, Williams, south of Perth, said Anna showed great length, structure, volume, and top maternal traits.

Anna is the full sister to Goonoo Creek Yarran, which was voted the top Simmental female in Australia in 2007, and was one of three females Mr Wade and Ms Henderson bought at the sale.

They may have narrowly missed the top broadribbon, but Jim and Ellen Mison's Milton View stud dominated the Sydney Royal Simmental judging, claiming the senior bull, junior and reserve bull, and junior female titles.

The Misons showed the senior bull, Milton View Brazel, 22 months; the junior and grand bull, Milton View Beresford, 17 months; the reserve junior bull, Milton View Constructor, 12 months, and the junior female, Milton View Chantell, 15 months.

The Misons also won the pair of bulls and the sire’s progeny class, with their Maj Robo SDM P X 039- sired team.

Mr Cowcher said Milton View's junior and grand bull, Milton View Beresford, showed the sort of maturity he was looking for.

"I like to see a bull with a great muscling pattern and softness," he said.

Beresford, Brazel, (also the senior champion at Milton Show this year), and Chantell were all sired by Maj Robo.

Goonoo Creek Bobcat won the reserve senior bull title for Bruno and Marie Schmid's Tullatoola stud, Molong, which returned to the Sydney Simmental ring after a break of more than a decade.

Bobcat was bought by the Schmids at the Goonoo Creek dispersal and has since been interbreed champion bull at Bathurst Royal this year, followed by grand champion Simmental bull at the NSW Beef Spectacular at Dubbo, and interbreed bull at Blayney Show in February.

Tullatoola also exhibited the reserve junior female, Tullatoola Queen Beatrice, formerly judged reserve junior female at Beef Spectacular in Dubbo last month, and champion European exhibit at Blayney Show earlier this year.

Queensland exhibitors on their first trip to Sydney, John, Carole and Julie Pocock, Ellendale stud, Lowood, showed the reserve senior female, Ellendale 520E Red Hot 'n' Stylish, a red factor Simmental.

Hot 'n' Stylish was previously supreme female at Pittsworth Show, in a field of 300 head.

This was the Pococks' first trip to Sydney Royal.

Article by EMMA DOWNEY from p.45 of The Land, April 3, 2008.

Junior Champion Heifer-Milton View Chantell, Jim Mison & Mike Frankcombe

Grand Champion Female Goonoo Creek Anna-Judge Charles Cowcher, Rebeca Henderson, Beryl Cowcher & Wade Jorden

Junoir Champion Bull Milton View Beresford - Mike Introvigne & Jim Mison

Reserve Junior Champion Bull Milton View Constructor with Kathryn Bowen

Senior Champion Bull Champion Bull Milton View Bazel with Kathryn Bowen

Reserve Senior Champion Bull Goonoo Creek Bobcat B Schmid

Grand Champion bull Milton View Beresford- Judge Charles Cowcher, Bill Almond & Jim Mison

Supreme Simmental Exhibit Goonoo Creek Anna-Rebeca Henderson, Bill Almond & Wade Jorden

These images were courtesy of GARRY GILLETT