A five year-old Simmental cow made the long trek to the Melbourne Royal from Mount Gambier, South Australia, worthwhile for the Muller family’s Rellum Farms stud.
The top cow from their show team, Rellum Farms Tabatha 5 was senior and grand champion female and went on to win supreme Simmental exhibit.
It had been a rough night for Rellum Farms after Tabatha’s six-month-old bull calf fell sick with a high temperature and put them on high alert.
However, by this morning the calf had come good and the cow-calf combo was an impressive sight in the ring.
Judge Larry Cutler, Willow Grove, had high praise for Tabatha who he said had the potential to wean 60 to 65 per cent of her bodyweight – “and that’s real productivity”.
“I just think she’s one of the best of any breed I’ve seen in a while,” Mr Cutler said.
Rellum Farms’ Grantley Muller said Tabatha had plenty of experience in the show ring and this year was supreme Simmental at National Beef in Bendigo.
Tabatha faced strong competition for supreme from the grand champion bull, a 12-month-old bull from Don Mathieson’s Brenair Park stud at Drysdale with exceptional weight for age.
Brenair Park put in a phenomenal performance winning both junior and reserve bull, junior female, reserve senior female and senior bull.
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