First Place:  3

Entry number:  424

Exhibitor:  iShowlamb

State:  IN

Sheep name/number:  Buttons-0903

Breed:  Suffolk/Hampshire

Using the heaviest muscled, widest based, most balanced lamb to win the class.   Ideally, she could be more extended about her front end.  Nevertheless, we still chose 3 over 4 in our top pair, as 3 is thicker down her top and more dimensional through her leg.  She too appears to have more width and depth to her rib giving her a higher degree of brood ewe potential. 

Second Place:  4

Entry number:  427

Exhibitor:  sweetmnt

State:  CA

Sheep name/number:  CA715

Breed:  wether dam

Granted 4 is longer and more extended, but she is narrower and flatter ribbed, so we placed her second.

In the middle pair we preferred the non spotted ewe lamb over 4.  She is longer bodied and more attractive through her front end.  More specifically she is shallower from the top of her shoulder to her chest floor. 

Third Place:  1

Entry number:  228

We admit 1 appears to have a better set to her hind legs, yet we faulted her and placed her third as she is deeper fronted making her unbalanced from the side. 

Despite these criticisms, we used 1 over 2 in our bottom pair.  She excels over 2 in terms of shear width and muscle thickness.  When viewed from the rear she is thicker over her rack, wider through her pins and is more expressive through her stifle. 

Fourth Place:  2

Entry number:  232

We do see 2 being stronger behind her shoulder, but she is defeated when we study her from the rear as she is the narrowest, lightest muscled ewe lamb of the four.

Again we place the class 3, 4, 1, 2 with cuts of 4, 3, 2.