Talkook top Border Leicester ring at 2024 State Sheep Show
The Land, May 2024 – link to article
In an incredibly strong section, Lost River based stud Talkook, proved tough competition claiming the top honour in the NSW State Sheep Show Border Leicester ring.
The stud were sashed champion Border Leicester ram and best Border Leicester sheep in show with their exhibit Talkook 40.
Coming from one of the largest classes of the day – ram under one year woolly (open) – which had 13 exhibits, the Border Leicester best in show was a real standout for judge Ashley Corkhill, Normanhurst, Boorowa.
“He has so much to offer, I love his feet, he stands well and has a beautiful fleece of wool,” he said.
“He has great young sire potential.”
Talkook stud principal Kylie Anderson, Lost River, said the win felt quite amazing.
“He is by a ram that goes back to the Mount Beckham line and is out of one of our ewes,” she said.
“He won junior champion ram at Canberra Royal but has come a long way in the last three or four weeks.”
Talkook 40 was also awarded junior champion Border Leicester ram.
The July 2023-drop ram will take to the ring in July at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo.