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Ewe Lambs 5-11 months
Class number:  005        Class Date:  6/20/07 

Judge:   Sam Funk

 

Judging Contest Winner:   cwsmith

 

Personal Placing: 3, 2, 1, 4

Official Placing: 3, 2, 1, 4

Cuts:  3, 4, 5

 

General Notes

1      Darker color, smooth front, uniform depth

        Steep hip; lightest muscled ewe in class

 

2      Darker color:  Leveler hip than 1 or 4, thick, deep bodied ewe

        More coarse than 3 up front

 

3      Hamp influence:  Most complete, attractive

 

4      Hamp look:  Thick, expressive muscle, crisp fronted

        Do not care for the loin/hip transition from profile shot, steep hip, really does not balance correctly and is not being shown to her best advantage

 

Starting this class with the Hampshire appearing ewe that is the most level out her hip and with the most attractive profile being balanced throughout, I preferred the alignment 3, 2, 1, 4 in this class of ewe lambs.

First Place:  3

Entry number: 32

Exhibitor:  Shadowran

State:  CA

Sheep name/number:

Breed:  Hampshire X

 

(1st hind)

 

The two most fault free lambs rise to the top of this class of well-muscled ewes.  The balance and uniformity of depth of body displayed by the ewe with the most prominent wool socks places her over the darkest colored ewe in the top pair.  3 is especially higher in her dock and is not tucked up in her rear flank as much as 2.  3 is also more feminine being cleaner through her neck.

 

Second Place:  2

Entry number: 31

Exhibitor:  chadam

State:  WA

Breed:  Cross

 

(2nd hind)

 

While 2 is a broody appearing ewe with capacity and spring of rib, she is not as high in her dock set nor as attractive on the profile for the show ring in the photo.

 

Still in a middle pair of darker fibered ewes, the power and more correct skeletal set through the hip places 2 over 1.  2 is certainly the ewe with more volume of muscle through the leg and is leveler from hooks to pins. 

 

Third Place:  1

Entry number: 016

 

(3rd hind)

 

While the extension and longer/cleaner neck of 1 is appreciated, she is the lightest muscled ewe in the class and one of the pair of steeper hipped lambs with skeletal problems.

 

In the pair of ewe with skeletal issues that sort them into the bottom pair, I preferred the leveler top and general soundness of 1 over 4. 

 

Fourth Place:  4

Entry number: 050

 

(4th hind)

 

While 4 is a heavier muscled ewe with more substance of bone, I greatly fault her for the severe appearance in the photo for breaking down from her loin back.  Viewing what promises to be a great lamb when looking at the front of the photo turns into a lamb that shows too much potential for serious skeletal flaws being roach topped and steep hipped.  Most distressing is the fact that the underline stays level all the way into the rear flank while that break exists.  This animal would need to be see on the move to give any notion to moving her up today.

Judges note:  Regarding 4, this does not appear to be a case where a top can be pinched down and make the animal “level out.”  The lamb’s rear legs are not underneath the animal.  This lamb would have to have the rear legs stretched out immensely and the front legs much too far forward to even out this lamb.

 
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