Cow 3252 owned by Dan Knee, Toora
1st place 7yo cow – tremendous overall balance and style to this cow, a very worthy champion
Cow 2302 owned by Wendy Whelan, Toora
1st place 2yo – May be going out on a limb here to place a 1st lactation 2yo in reserve champion but just love how beautifully this young cow blends
Cow 2487 owned by Hayden Need, Hazel Park
1st place 5&6yo – Perhaps not as stylish as the cows ahead of her but a very functional dairy cow
Cow 2302 owned by Wendy Whelan, Toora
(Current BPI 410, 10252L, 3.7%
Protein, 4.47% Fat, in 305 days, SCC<100)
1st Place:
Cow 2302, Wendy Whelan, Toora
Judges comments
1st – Beautifully balanced, little longer and silkier udder than 2nd place
2nd – Matches 1st nicely, shorter neck and fore udder than 1st but her width throughout places her over 3rd.
3rd – Snugness of udder places 3rd over 4th
4th – Very milky heifer, moves on better feet and legs to place over 5th
5th – Neater through rump to place over 6th.
Judges comments
1st - Very similar to 1st 2yo who is a little longer through her fore udder to place her over 2nd
2nd - Her rear udder height and width and wide rump places her over the snug uddered cow in 3rd
3rd – Her width throughout that places her over 4th
4th – In turn has better rump angle and overall balance to place over 5th
5th – Udder attachments and capacity places over 6th
Judges comments
1st – Great texture and balance this cow, whose texture and dairy bone places her over 2nd
2nd – Her dairiness and openness places her over 3rd
3rd – Snugness and texture of udder and better fore teat placement places her over 4th
4th – Openess and width throughout places her over 5th
5th – Udder quality places her over 6th
1st Place:
Cow 2487, Hayden Need, Hazel Park
Judges comments
1st – Cow has clean shoulder, hard top, great wedge and rump angle and moves better on feet and legs to place over 2nd
2nd – More balanced and open throughout to place over 3rd
3rd – Her udder attachments and texture place her over 4th
4th – Body depth and length of rump places her over 5th
5th – Blends nicer through the shoulder and has more capacity than 6th
Judges comments
1st – Hard to believe we could find a cow this good hiding in the hills of Toora. It’s hard to fault this cow on her fifth lactation. She has more strength and openness to place over the beautiful dairy cow in 2nd
2nd – Blends nicer in the fore udder to place over 3rd
3rd – 11yo, 9th lactation cow whose snugness of udder places her over the nice cow in 4th
4th – A little neater in the udder and moves better on feet and legs than the massive cow in 5th
5th – Length and overall capacity place her above 6th
Special thanks to Terry Clark for judging and Matt DeCicco for stewarding this challenge in 2022