Following on from their IDW 2020 Grand Champion win with Avonlea Reginald Jacobina, View Fort Holsteins VIC Matt and Nicola Templeton took back-to-back titles with their home-bred cow View Fort Dictator Dottie.
The Holstein breed showed strongly in the interbreed competition with Lightning Ridge Thunderstorm Nico, owned by Kelly Bleijendaal, Mal Nikora and Busybrook Holsteins North Otago NZ taking out the junior interbreed competition.
Eclipse Altitude J Princess – Red, owned by Robsvue Holsteins SA and Busybrook Holsteins was Reserve Intermediate Interbreed Champion.
Holsteins dominate interbreed championships at IDW – Farmonline
As in 2020, View Fort Holsteins did the double, taking out this year’s Holstein championship as well as the interbreed competition.
View Fort home-bred cow takes 2022 IDW Holstein Championship – Farmonline
Holstein judge Murray Sowter, Murribrook Holsteins NSW, explains his decision on champion cow, View Fort Dictator Dottie. “A cow that just about ticks all the boxes for me, a cow that is beautifully balanced, hard topped, long necked, open of rib and a particularly nice mammary,” he said.
“Her correctness of structure, the youthfulness of her udder, the strength of her attachment and her overall style and balance just gets her to the top of the show today.”
-Holstein Australia