The Bruton family from Lake Boga, will be taking plenty of silverware home to Victoria after claiming top honours in the Shorthorn ring at the Sydney Royal Show.
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Roly Park Australian Shorthorns were awarded junior and grand champion bull with their standout entrant Roly Park Thunderstruck, before taking out the best exhibit prize, in front of the junior and grand champion female, Nagol Park PW Belle S104, exhibited by the Evans family of Nagol Park, Gidley.
Judge Hayden Green, Summit Livestock, Uranquinty, commended the young sire on his weight for age and carcase traits, as he entered the ring at 746 kilograms, with an EMA of 114 square centimetres, and rib and rump fat measurements of six and eight respectively.
He also commented on the bull's "tremendous set of testicles and tidy sheath," and said that he was "great on the move."
"I think you get a look at this 14-month-old calf and just think, wow, what an impressive individual, in terms of the power and performance that he has," he said.
The son of Emross Gold Kpy K3, out of Roly Park Roly Poly, went on to compete for the Urquhart trophy, making the top five for the interbreed competition, as the youngest bull in the lineup.
It was a successful outing for the Roly Park stud, who also placed first in the pair of bulls, sires progeny and breeders group classes, which led to them being awarded the best maintained team and most successful exhibitor for the Shorthorn competition.
The Victorian outfit also placed second in the overall herdsman competition and received a third-place ribbon for their breeders group in the interbreed contest.
When asked how it felt to take out best exhibit, stud principal Scott Bruton said it was "pretty special."
"It's a great achievement," he said.
"It's the pinnacle show for Shorthorns, I think Sydney is definitely the one to be at, and to come out on top today is just sensational. It's unreal.
"He's been a great calf all the way through from when we weaned, and he's a special calf for us, that's for sure.
"His growth rate is pretty sensational. His EMA and just overall correctness, muscling and carcass."
Thunderstruck will sell alongside four other bulls and two heifers offered by the Burtons at the Dubbo National Shorthorn Show and Sale in June.
Nagol Park stud principal Roger Evans said they were thrilled to take out grand female champion, the first time they had done so with a junior champion.
"We've done it a few times with a couple of cows but we've never done it with a heifer, which is not something that happens very often, so we were very pleased," he said.
"We think a fair bit of her, we've had her picked out from a fairly young age.
"She's one of those heifers that we just like just for her natural softness and capacity, and she just looks like a real top matron in the making."
By BSG Profitwise 1767 and out of Nagol Park YS Belle P132, the winning female comes from a line of show champions on her dam's side.
"Another things that's really important and that we really admire about that heifer is that she comes from a very strong cow family that continues to do the job for us," Mr Evans said.
"She goes back to the old R55 that won grand champion at the original Sydney Show at Homebush, so there's a bit of performance in that pedigree."
Nagol Park also won reserve junior bull, Nagol Park P94 Showbiz S136, a calf which was at the foot of last year's grand female champion and best exhibit.
Roger and Naiomi's son Joshua Evans also snagged a ribbon for his first ever exhibit at a Sydney Royal, taking home reserve senior female, with JJ PNG Lexus R112, out of the JJ Shorthorns stud.
Lane and Cody Evans of Nabiac Shorthorns, Tamworth, took out senior bull with Nabiac Springsteen, while Royalla S211 came in as reserve, exhibited by Sue and Nicholas Job, Royalla Shorthorns, Yeoval.
The Job's also claimed senior female champion with Royalla Belinda Q162, while Blackjack Grazing, Tumut, were awarded reserve in the junior female section with Blackjack P013 Rosebud T221.
Champions
Junior and grand female: Nagol Park Belle S104, Niaomi and Roger Evans, Nagol Park, Tamworth. Reserve: Blackjack P013 Rosebud T221, Blackjack Grazing, Tumut
Senior female: Royalla Belinda Q162, Neilson, Sue and Nicholas Job, Royalla Shorthorns, Yeoval. Res: JJ PNG Lexus R112, Joshua Evans, JJ Shorthorns, Tamworth.
Junior and grand bull and best exhibit: Roly Park Thunderstruck, Rolypark Australian Shorthorns, Lake Yoga, Vic. Res: Nagol Park P94 Showbiz S136, Niaomi and Roger Evans, Nagol Park, Tamworth.
Senior bull: Nabiac Springsteen, Lane and Cody Evans, Nabiac Shorthorns, Tamworth. Res: Royalla S211, Sue and Nicholas Job, Royalla Shorthorns, Yeoval.
Judge: Hayden Green, Summit Livestock, Uranquinty.
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