The champion cow from the Red Cow Challenge, Wallumlands Mary 4.
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(From left) Ray Gibson from Kialla and Barry Warburton, with his son, Lincoln, from Mayrung, at the Illawarra dinner.
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At the presentation dinner were (from left) Sarah Tilburg from Gippsland, Cody Trickey from Finley, Rachael Barnes from Finley and Val and Ron Read from Lockington.
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An Illawarra cow owned by Undera couple, Raymond and Sarah Parker, has won the champion title at the 2019 Red Cow Challenge.
The five-year-old, Wallumlands Mary 4, was bred by noted Illawarra breeder Terry Tidcombe.
Mr Parker said the beauty of the on-farm competition was the opportunity to see cows like Mary that didn’t make it into the show ring.
The challenge awarded the Janette Falls Elders judge’s choice award to Rachael Barnes and Cody Trickey’s Ovensdale Beauty 458 from Finley.
The young cow was placed in the two-year-old in-milk class.
The judging included a nine-years-and-over in-milk class, which was a testament to the longevity of the breed. The class was won by Jason Smith’s Baromi H-Tulip Tessa.
The award winners were announced at a presentation dinner on Friday, November 29.
