Queensland Angus bull wins at Sydney Royal

Prolific Sydney Royal beef champion ribbon winners Pine Creek claimed the title in the Angus ring via a remarkable cow that epitomises the commercial traits her owners say they are breeding for.

PC Miss E99 Foreman J181, shown with a six-week-old bull calf PC Compliment, edged out a junior bull that was traveled a thousand odd miles by Darren Hegarty’s Carabar stud in Meandarra, Queensland.

The cow, exhibited by Greg and Sharon Fuller and Christie and Andrew Kennedy, was picked out as a show animal as a young heifer on the back of her capacity, frame and the cow family she was from.

More than 150 entries from 36 exhibitors competed in the Angus ring.

The Fullers have shown at Sydney for the past 52 years, without missing a single show, and have plenty of grand champion ribbons to their name.

This cow was particularly special, Mrs Kennedy said.

“Her maternal traits and weight-for-age make her a standout,” she said.

Judge Peter Collins, Merridale Angus at Tennyson in Victoria clearly agreed.

“Look at the depth of body, thickness and the way she holds herself together,” he said.

For the second year running, a junior Angus bull came out ahead of the senior champion.

The 858 kilogram Carabar Docklands L36 was a bull with a “hell of a future”, according to Mr Collins.

“He has all the smoothness, weight and muscle you could want, with an incredible depth of body, lovely hindquarter, soundness of feet and legs and great set of testicals,” he said.

Mr Hegarty, who has been showing at Sydney for the past four years gaining more and more success each year, said the combination of both a superb pedigree and temperament was what made Docklands a champion.

The senior champion bull was Trowbridge BBB Powertool L11, owned by Chris Garvin and Steven Goldsack, Orange, NSW.

Junior champion female went to Kellie Smith’s K5X stud at Allora, Queensland, via K5X Kaharau L31, whose handler Stephen Hayward said she made such a promising show female.