First Place:  4

Entry number:  374

Exhibitor:  Kingsflock

State:  MD

Sheep name/number:  12

Breed:  Crossbred

Website:  www.kingshowlambs.com

4 is balanced when viewed from the profile and is really long from flank to flank.  I appreciate her clean front, long, level top, and long, level hip.  What made up my mind between 4 and 2 was the rear view.  You can see the long square rack and loin, the deep twist and superior design of muscle shape of 4 over 2.

Second Place:  3

Entry number:  344

Exhibitor:  chadam

State:  OR

Sheep name/number:  Boatman

Breed:  Hampshire

I appreciate the power of 2. She is really balanced when viewed from the side.  She does appear to be slightly pinched at the hip/loin juncture and she is a little too round in her leg muscle and a little too round at the point of shoulder.  She does have tremendous depth of twist with a lot of muscle through the lower third.

2 is an easy placing for second in the class and over number 3.

Third Place:  3

Entry number:  354

The bottom pair, 3 and 1, are a close pair.  Neither one fits my style, however, I found 3 to be longer and more level in her top and bottom lines than 1.  I also believe 3 shows more evidence of muscle and thickness than 1.   I would like to pick up and square up the dock of both these ewe lambs.

Fourth Place:  1

Entry number:  328

 I put 1 at the bottom of the class as I found more faults with her than I did in 3.  She is narrow   over the rack and loin, pinched at the pins and lacks depth of twist and muscle through the lower third.

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