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This year will see the fifth combined on-property sale of Rosewood Poll Dorset and Jerradale Border Leicester Studs, held at Rosewood.
Eighty Poll Dorset and 40 Border Leicester Rams will be auctioned. The aim of combining the two stud’s ram sales on one property is to provide clients with a ‘one-stop-shop’ to purchase high performance rams for breeding quality 1st cross ewes and prime lambs.
Rosewood Poll Dorset Stud of Rye Park, NSW is owned by David and Elaine Sainsbury. It was founded in 2005 with the main breeding objective of producing rams that will sire lambs that are fast growing, structurally correct, well-muscled sheep with well-developed loin and hind quarters and with smoothness through the shoulders for easier lambing.
Founded and building on the genetics of highly successful studs including Hillden at Bannister, Tattykeel at Oberon, Springwaters at Boorowa and Abelene Park at Tamworth, the sires purchased by Rosewood are carefully considered to ensure they possess the traits to benefit the long term direction of the stud. This is identified by the genetic as well as physical attributes of the ram to compliment the stud’s strategic breeding objectives.
“Having identified, at the stud’s inception, the type of ram we want to breed, we have been consistent in the type of sires we have purchased,” said the Sainsbury’s. “The lineages of all sire rams are investigated and their sires and/or siblings history investigated before they are purchased so that optimal inheritable traits can be assured.”
Jerradale Border Leicester Stud was founded in 2006 by Geoff and Debbie Selmes of Crookwell. Jerradale’s aim is to produce robust rams with high fertility and vigor that will sire high quality first cross ewes while maintaining the traditional Border Leicester wool type and quality. Sires are purchased with the objective of improving body structure (length and depth) and productivity as in eye muscle and wool production.
The foundation flock was purchased at the dispersal of Cooraminta Stud, including a Glenieth Stud Ram. More ewes from Sylvia Vale, Normanhurst and Cuddyong were later purchased. The introduction of sires from Retallack, Cadell, Yallaroo, as well as Geraldine Stud in Victoria, to improve progeny traits, has proved very successful in producing a consistent, even line of young rams. The purchase in 2016, of two more rams, has complimented and improved the flock genetics. One ram was the Bauer Stud’s winner of the objective measurement class at Sydney Royal 2015 and the other from R & R Sweeny’s Bindaree Stud, a ram with great body length and depth. The progeny of these rams are faster maturing and very even.
Stockscan is part of the assessment tools used by both studs to select the sale rams and validates the visual traits identified as necessary for top class stock. Measurement of eye muscle depth and width to calculate the eye muscle area identifies the meat producing ability of the ram as eye muscle area is a definite indicator of total meat yield.
Rosewood and Jerradale are both brucellosis accredited and only purchase rams from studs that are also brucellosis accredited. Both studs meet the Sheep Health Statement OJD standard as ‘All approved Vaccinates’.
Rosewood Poll Dorset Stud is located on the Dalton Road, Rye Park, 32km north of Yass and 29km east of Boorowa. The on-property sale will be held on Tuesday, October 3. Inspection of sale rams prior to sale day is very welcome.
This advertising feature is sponsored by the following businesses. Click on the link to learn more:
- Rosewood Poll Dorset Stud
- Springwaters Poll Dorset Stud
- Pinewalla Poll Dorset Stud
- Bo-bar Poll Dorset Stud
- Australian Poll Dorset Association
- Hillden Poll Dorset Stud
- Logancrest Poll Dorset Stud
- Luana Poll Dorset Stud
- Valley Vista Poll Dorset Stud