Perth Royal 2021

Supreme Exhibit: Venturon Clementine Q11 (AI) (P) Senior and Grand Champion Female exhibited by Venturon Livestock, Boyup Brook WA.

Judge: Mr Peter Cowcher, Willandra Simmental & Red Angus, Williams WA

When it came to Supreme Exhibit at the Perth Royal show the champion bull and female were definitely a type. Both exhibits came from the Venturon stud and were three quarter blood related. Both grand champions were sired by SVY Grizzly 521C (P) and from different daughters of Venturon Gayle (P), a leading female in the Venturon program. Leading stud breeder Mr Peter Cowcher of the Willandra Red Angus and Simmental studs adjudicated the Charolais section at the Perth Royal and selected the champion female as his Supreme Exhibit. Venturon Clementine Q11 (P) was his senior and grand champion selection in the judging. Clementine Q11 won her Senior female class 21 to 33 months.

Parading with her first calf at foot this female is well known in the breed with the owners, Andrew, Anne and Harris Thompson donating embryo packages to raise funds for the Black Dog Institute and mental health awareness. Three packages were sold grossing $15,000 and there is one package to be auctioned when sales return to normal. The last package with three embryos sired by HRJ Fan Favourite 804F (P) and Silverstream Manhatten M171 (P) will be on offer on the east coast. Clementine Q11 was also the calf at foot when her dam won Reserve Senior Champion female at Sydney Royal 2019 and Grand champion female at the 2019 Adelaide Royal.

Junior Champion Heifer: Venturon Calista R6 (P) with David Corker, exhibitor Harris Thompson and judge Peter Cowcher. Junior Champion Bull: Venturon Ricky Bobby R6 (AI) (P) with judge Peter Cowcher, Harris Thompson and Western Australian Charolais President Mathew Fairbrass. Senior Champion Female: Venturon Clementine Q11 (AI)(P) with Angus Llewellyn, Harris Thompson, Robin Yost and judge Peter Cowcher.

Mr Cowcher admired this female for her growth and capacity, udder and production ability as proven by her calf at foot. Her functionality was a strong factor in awarding her the Supreme Exhibit. Overall Mr Cowcher remarked on the suitability of the Charolais exhibits for the domestic Western Australian market. He commended the exhibitors on the type of cattle bought before him, as very industry relevant.

Reserve Senior female was Elgin Park Lorenza (P) exhibited by Jim and Belynda Quilty, Elgin Park. Sired by Elgin Park Houlio (P) this female is a daughter of champion female Blaweary Nightingale (P) sired by WCR Sir FA Mac 2244. At six years of age she paraded with her fourth calf.

Venturon Calista R6 (AI)(P) won the Junior champion ribbon for the Thompson Family. A very well grown heifer exhibiting tremendous thickness this heifer was sired by Canadian sire Sparrows Kingston 139Y (P) and from a dam of Linkletter’s breeding. Reserve junior champion female was exhibited by Peter and Judy Milton with Copplestone Ja-Cie 9 R2 (P)(TW). This heifer was sired by Paringa Laredo L305 (P) who in turn was a VPI Free Lunch son. Maternally Ja-cie R2 traces back to the Fernvale super cow Ja-Cie who bred the house down including the influential Palgrove sire Fernvale Prime Mover.

The Junior and Grand champion bull Venturon Ricky Bobby R6 (P) weighed in at 818kgs and came from a Winn Mans Lanza 610S daughter. Mr Cowcher commented that this bull was very clean fronted, had good cover and was ideal for the Western Australian market. This young bull edged out the senior champion bull exhibited by Venturon Livestock in partnership with Rosso Charolais, Saskatchewan Canada. Originally sent over as an embryo to implant and then exhibit at the Charolais World Congress Feature show in 2020, Rosso VL Commissioner 62Q (P) finally got his day out. This sire was sired by WCR Commissioner 593 (P) and from the highly successful Maryanne family at Rosso Charolais. Commissioner walked with a mob of cows before his show preparation and his calves are due early next year.

Reserve Junior champion bull was Copplestone Rasputin R39 (P) exhibited by Peter and Judy Milton and winner of the Bull 15 to 18 months. This bull was sired by Paringa Harvey L417 (ET)(P). Copplestone also paraded the third place in this class with another son by this sire.

The Breeders Group of Three was won by Venturon Charolais. This group then took out the Interbreed Breeders Group against all breeds rounding out a great showing for the breed.

Senior Champion Bull: Rosso VL Commissioner 62Q (ET)(P) with Farm Weekly’s Jodie Rintoul and Harris Thompson.

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