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Junior Member Spotlight
JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP is available to breeders under the age of 25. Junior members are able to record catt le on the Droughtmaster herdbook and sell at Society Sponsored Sales. Our junior members are an integral and valued part of our membership base and the next generation of future breeders are extremely important to the Droughtmaster Society.
Riley and Thomas Orphant are third generation Droughtmaster breeders and are very passionate and involved in the breeding and the daily operations at Seymour Droughtmasters, between Gympie and Maryborough. In 2018 they established their own junior studs, Seymour R and Seymour T.
Riley and Tom at Gympie Show 2021
Tom and Mort
RILEY ORPHANT • Age: 12
Where do you go to school? Riverside Christian College in Maryborough. Do you have any other school mates who show catt le? No. Apart from Droughtie catt le, what are your favourite past times? Playing sport, motorbike riding and driving my buggy. What are your jobs on the property each day/week? Feed the show catt le in the afternoons and put hay out. On weekends we help muster and check the catt le. Now that I am 12 I enjoy doing tractor work. What’s your favourite part of looking after your catt le? Mustering catt le. Dad also lets me brand my own catt le. Going to shows. What’s your least favourite? I don’t have anything that I don’t like doing as long as it is outside on the farm. How many Shows did you participate in this year? 8 I think.
THOMAS ORPHANT • Age: 8
Do you have any other school mates who show catt le? No.
Apart from Droughtie catt le, what are your favourite past times? Motorbike riding and driving my buggy.
What are your jobs on the property each day/week? I feed and water the working dogs every day. Feed the show catt le in the afternoons and put hay out. On weekends we help muster and check the catt le.
What’s your favourite part of looking after your catt le? Going to shows.
What’s your least favourite? Nothing, I love catt le. How many Shows did you participate in this year? 8 I think. and did you have a favourite and why? BEEF 21 because I got to camp with Mac Smith and look after Mort. We also had fun looking at all the trade sites. Lastly - who’s your favourite animal and why? Mort because I have looked after him since he was a calf. I am the only one who leads Mort at shows, but Riley had to lead him at BEEF because you have to be 12 to lead at BEEF. I was very proud of Mort at BEEF when he won Reserve Champion Bull Calf. Mort will continue to be in the show team next year and dad said that we will keep Mort for a sire. I plan to put him with all my cows when he is old enough.
and did you have a favourite and why? BEEF 21 because I got to lead in the Droughtmaster classes and I got to participate in the Junior Judging and Junior Handling. I was lucky enough to place fi fth. I also got to see friends that I only get to see at Droughtmaster events.
Lastly - who’s your favourite animal and why? Seymour Rianna is my favourite cow as she was one of the fi rst Droughtmasters that I showed. When I sold my fi rst bulls at the Droughtmaster National Bull Sale, I put some of the money towards an IVF program with Rianna. I have a sale bull going to the National Sale this year that is a result of that program, Seymour R Landcruiser. I was also able to show another bull calf out of Rianna at BEEF 21 and other shows this year. My favourite animal other than catt le is my dog Tod because he goes everywhere with me and rides on my buggy with me.
Riley and Abe
