International Junior Holstein Show
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Intermediate Champion: Gen-I-Beq Goldwyn Sabby, 1st Sr. 3-year-old, Samantha Smithgall, Perry, NY
Reserve Intermediate Champion: Scenic-Edge Advent Cocoa, 2nd Sr. 3-year-old, Mike Fuller, Rudolph, WI
HM Intermediate Champion: Mill Wheel Adv Carolina-ET, 1st Fall Yearling in Milk, Kelly Lee, Johnson Creek, WI
"What a nice show we had this morning in our young cow classes. Just tremendous quality and let's give the juniors a hand before we go any farther. I pulled out four young cows that I really admire. They have the style, the balance, the sweep to the rib and they move well on their feet and legs. I pulled out my milking yearling - a tremendous heifer with lots of spring to the rear rib, beautiful feet & legs and a beautiful mammary system. If anything, I'd like to take it up a little higher at the top of the rear udder, but that comes as they milk longer. I pulled out the Jr. 2-year-old - a beautifully balanced heifer who's angular and shows tremendous veination throughout. I also pulled out my two Sr. 3-year-olds. My first place heifer spells quality. She's long from end to end. She has a flat bone and a beautiful mammary system. If anything, I'd like to strengthen her up in the loin, but she has a tremendous rump. My second Sr. 3 is a beautifully balanced cow who I really admire, but I'd like to see a little more seam at the top of her rear udder - but that's getting picky.
When it comes down to it, it's a close placing. All four cows are extremely nice. But I have to go with the older females, the ones that have had two calves and so today I'm going with my two Sr. 3-year-olds and for honorable mention, I'm going with the milking yearling. I give her the advantage in width of rump and thurl position over the Jr. 2-year-old today."
Reserve Intermediate Champion: Scenic-Edge Advent Cocoa, 2nd Sr. 3-year-old, Mike Fuller, Rudolph, WI
HM Intermediate Champion: Mill Wheel Adv Carolina-ET, 1st Fall Yearling in Milk, Kelly Lee, Johnson Creek, WI
"What a nice show we had this morning in our young cow classes. Just tremendous quality and let's give the juniors a hand before we go any farther. I pulled out four young cows that I really admire. They have the style, the balance, the sweep to the rib and they move well on their feet and legs. I pulled out my milking yearling - a tremendous heifer with lots of spring to the rear rib, beautiful feet & legs and a beautiful mammary system. If anything, I'd like to take it up a little higher at the top of the rear udder, but that comes as they milk longer. I pulled out the Jr. 2-year-old - a beautifully balanced heifer who's angular and shows tremendous veination throughout. I also pulled out my two Sr. 3-year-olds. My first place heifer spells quality. She's long from end to end. She has a flat bone and a beautiful mammary system. If anything, I'd like to strengthen her up in the loin, but she has a tremendous rump. My second Sr. 3 is a beautifully balanced cow who I really admire, but I'd like to see a little more seam at the top of her rear udder - but that's getting picky.
When it comes down to it, it's a close placing. All four cows are extremely nice. But I have to go with the older females, the ones that have had two calves and so today I'm going with my two Sr. 3-year-olds and for honorable mention, I'm going with the milking yearling. I give her the advantage in width of rump and thurl position over the Jr. 2-year-old today."
