O'Loghlin's Wiltshire Horn stud win supreme exhibit at Melbourne

O'Loghlin's Wiltshire Horn stud principal Jason O'Loghlin said he was chuffed with the day, taking out several top titles with his show selection.

They received first and second places in the over-one-and-a-half ram, first, second and third in the under one-and-a-half ram, first, second and third places in the over-one-and-a-half ewe and first, second and third places in the under-one-and-a-half ewe categories.

The titles meant they also won grand champion ewe and ram, and reserve champion ram and ewe, with their grand champion ram winning supreme exhibit.

He said his son Justin led each of the first-place winners.

"We had a very successful show," he said.

"I've liked him from the outset as a ram lamb, I didn't show last year so he missed out on the opportunity to get shown

"We took him to the Sheep & Wool Show in July and he was in an early stage of shedding and didn't present as well as what the top ram did on the day, which made second today

"I liked him from the onset as being a very structurally-correct animal, he has scanned very well and has been at the top of the data collection.

"We used him as a sire this year, we gave him 115 ewes and I think he's doing alright."

He said the grand champion ewe was a last-minute selection for the Melbourne Royal Show, only deciding on Tuesday to bring her as part of the show team.

"The grand champion ewe is a bit of a novelty, she wasn't initially in the group to come to Melbourne but we picked her to come the day before we left," he said.

"When we did her muscle scanning in data collection she came to the front, she looked really good, she obviously presented so I swapped her out for one and my choice was correct."

Wiltshire Horn judge, Loddon Park Corriedale stud principal Peter Baker, Baringhup, said he was unable to fault the ram, which presented well with "plenty of loin".

"He was just so complete, I couldn't find any faults with him, he was just a well-balanced ram with plenty of loin about him," he said.

"The ewe was a beautifully-balanced ewe, just didn't quite have the scale to go with the ram."

He said the Wiltshire Horn breed presented exceptionally well at the Melbourne Royal Show.

"The Wiltshire Horn breed are a terrific lot of sheep, all the way through the sheep were on top, conditioned a bit more than anything else," he said.

"In saying that, they're a credit to the Wiltshire Horn breeders."