News Briefs
National Braford Feature Show 2005 a Great Success.
One Hundred and Ten Exhibits from Thirty Braford Studs supplied a great spectacle on Easter Monday. Brafords were the Feature Breed this year at the RAS Sydney Royal Easter Show and the cattle together with the supporting functions, junior judging and junior paraders were the talk of all those attending. The show crowd was down on previous years with 900,000 attending. It was good to have International visitors from USA, Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil. We thank the Braford Show Committee, the RAS and the Judge-Mathew McCamley for making this Feature Show a memorable occasion.
Chadwick Downs at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.
In the very competitive Red Angus showing, Chadwick Downs Red Ochre 330 was awarded the Senior Champion Bull. A growthy son of Design S12 he was a popular choice for Champion.
In the Braford Feature Show of some 110 exhibits, Chadwick Downs were awarded 30 ribbons and rosettes, 8 silver trophies and 22 prizes for the 16 exhibits paraded.
CD Cameo Lotus with her 2nd calf at foot. Best Exhibit, Grand and Senior Champion
CD Prado, a 17 month old calf by CD Jay. Junior and Grand Champion Bull
CD Aurora Playboy, 22 months. Senior Champion
Breeders Group, Pair of Females, Futurity Female Class,
RAS Award as the Most Successful Exhibitor or the Show
In the prestigious Urquart Trophy, for the Interbreed Champion Female of the show, CD Cameo Lotus was second to the Champion Charolais cow. This is a repeat performance to 2003 when CD Wonderland was second in the Interbreed Championship.
Dr Rodolfo Peralta visits Chadwick Downs.
It was good to welcome Dr Peralta of CIALE SA, Argentina once again to Chadwick Downs. Rodolfo came to inspect the Semen Sires at Chadwick Downs and to select the new bulls for collection this year. CIALE is the premier Artificial Breeding Service in Argentina and has exclusive distribution rights for CD semen in Argentina. New bulls that will be available this season in South America are CD Stirling, Best Exhibit and Grand Champion at Sydney 2004 and Grand Champion at both NSW and Queensland Braford Feature Shows 2004 - CD Firebird, Grand Champion at Sydney 2003 and CD Combat, Senior Champion at Sydney 2004. New sires that will enter the CDABC for collection in April are CD Graphite, CD Prado, CD Armani, CD Aurora Playboy and CD Red Ochre 330
World Braford Confederation, Congress 2006
It would appear that the Congress Administration and Pre-Congress Tour program are to be contracted out to commercial business. We wish to assure our many International friends that we will arrange a visit to Chadwick Downs to fit into the Congress program.
We Welcome Ignacio Frias, Jorge Defferrari and Marcos Zapiola to CD
These 3 young men from Argentina will experience farm life at Coonabarabran for 2 months and then travel around Australia prior to completing their rural studies at BA University.
Chadwick Downs Breeding Functional Cattle for
Performance, Predictability and Profit