The Charolais breed confirmed its domination of the Royal Queensland Show interbreed competition this afternoon when their top exhibits walked away with Santos GLNG Champion of Champions cow and Warby Trophy Champion of Champions breed pair trophies.
While the Charolais have won on plenty of occasions in the 30-year history of the competition, for the first time the Brahman breed is celebrating a win with Viva Mario, the the heaviest bull on the grounds, weighing 1196kg, with an EMA of 140 square cm.
Shown by Alistair and Pamela Davison, Viva stud, Tieri, he was the 2015 Beef Australia junior champion Brahman and the grand champion at the World Brahman Congress in Rockhampton in May.
The competition was judged by Tom Baker, Woonalee Simmentals, Millicent, South Australia, who said Mario was a very efficient free-moving bull.
“He has tremendous capacity, balance and softness.”
He also had high praise for the Charolais pair, saying that overall, they were ideal.
The interbreed champion cow, Crathes Estella 33, was shown by a newcomer to the Charolais scene, Beaudesert studmaster Ron Johnstone, Milford stud.
The senior and grand champion Charolais female paired up with DSK TGL Legacy 373, exhibited by Glen Waldron, Elite Charolais, Meandarra and Moongool Charolais, Yuleba in partnership, to claim the supreme pair.
In an innovation that involved the crowd and today’s technology, people could access an RNA app to vote for a people’s choice award, which was won by the Brahman pair.
It was two votes clear of the Red Angus pair, with the Charolais pair coming third.
