First Place:  1

Entry number:  119

Exhibitor:  Cullen

State:  TX

Sheep name/number:  07-25

Breed:  Suffolk/Hampshire

Website:  www.tittleclublambs.com

I thought 1 was an easy top pick in this class.  She is a medium framed power ewe with no obvious structural flaws.  She's extremely wide through the chest floor and brings this width all the way back.  She is really balanced in her top and bottom lines, wide and square over the rack and loin, with a long, level hip.  She's also deep through the twist and muscular through the stifle.

Second Place:  2

Entry number:  121

Exhibitor:  khun

State:  CA

Sheep name/number:  Bel

Breed:  Medium Wool

I placed 2 second and over 3.  I did find structural problems with both of these ewe lambs, however, I faulted 2 the least.  First, she is not balanced and she shows too much depth from the top of shoulder to the chest floor.  She is weak over the top and weak over the loin.  She's narrow through the pins, shallow through the twist and lacks muscle through the lower third.  With this said she is still more correct in structure and muscle than 3. 

Third Place:  3

Entry number:  123

Number 3 is structurally flawed with neck set being lower than the top of shoulder.  She is narrow over the rack and loin and really slopes off the dock.  Narrow through the pins and shows little evidence of muscle through the stifle.  She does show good length of side.  With all of flaws of 3 she still is much more correct than 4.

Fourth Place:  4

Entry number:  139

Number 4 shows several flaws in her skeletal structure.  She is uneven in her top and bottom lines, short, has a sloping hip, is narrow through the pins and shallow through the twist with very little muscle in the lower leg.  She tapers over the rack and loin, but, she does show more than adequate length of body. 

For these reasons I placed the class 1, 2, 3, 4 with cuts of 5, 2, 3.