First Place:  4

Entry number:  149

Exhibitor:  JbarG

State:  OH

Sheep name/number:  7100

Breed:  Suffolk

I placed 4 first in this class because I believe it is the most complete lamb in the class.  I thought this lamb was medium plus in frame with long, level top and bottom lines.  I also thought the lamb was structurally correct and really exhibits balance.  The lamb appears to be really clean in the brisket area, wide enough through the chest floor and brings the width all the way back.  It appears to be wide and level over the rack, long in the hindsaddle, and has enough depth over the loin edge.  The lamb is really long and level through the hip, square through the dock and deep and full through the twist and stifle.  Although the lamb has a long neck that comes out on top of the shoulder, it is pulled too far forward and this takes away from the appearance of the lamb, especially on the profile.

Second Place:  3

Entry number:  148

Exhibitor:  rac

State:  TX

Sheep name/number:  Flower

In placing 3 over 2, I thought this was a rather easy placing.  The showman on 2 does have the neck angle more correct than the showman on lamb number 3, however, upon close observation I felt that 3 was longer sided, longer hipped, more square through the dock, and more correct over the rack and loin than 2.  The way lamb 3 is set up with the neck pulled way too forward takes away from its appearance. 

Third Place:  2

Entry number:  140

The third place lamb, 2, appears to be pinched in the pins and appears to be overly finished as evidence of the fat cover around the dock.  Lamb 2 is weak in its pasterns and too fine boned, another reason for its over-finish.  Lamb 2 also does not have as much lower leg muscle as 3.  I did think 2 is an easy third in this class and places over 1.

Fourth Place:  1

Entry number:  137

Lamb 1 is weak in its structure, un-level in its top and bottom lines, has a short, sloping hip, shows too much slope over the rack and loin, is weak in the pasterns, and sickle hocked.

Again, I placed this class 4, 3, 2, 1 with cuts of 3, 2, 5.