An 18-month-old bull from Dromana’s Moorunga Angus Stud has charged away with two ribbons and a trophy from the stud’s first exhibit at the Melbourne Royal Show. Moorunga Raindance T25 picked up the Junior and Grand Champion Angus Bull ribbons then went on to win the strongly contested Junior Champion Interbreed Bull Trophy, with judge Aimee Bolton praising his sound structure, muscle pattern and softness.
Moorunga was established by John and Sue Matthies, who bought the property in 2013 and raise fat lambs for personal use as well as selling excess produce from the orchard. The stud herd has been put together with purchases from the Anvil, Ireland and Stoney Point Angus Stud dispersals combined with purchases of females from Texas, Little Meadows, Fox River and Banquet Angus Studs.
“Raindance is a good representative of the type of bull that we offer in our August on-property bull sale each year,” John said. “We use artificial insemination and embryo transfer programs to maximise our top donor cows as well as using some of the best Angus sires available. We’re excited about some of the progeny that will be available in our 2024 sale, as we’ll be offering bulls from some of our top cows by sires such as Brown Double Decker. Genetics from this US sire were purchased in partnership with Summit Livestock from NSW and at this stage have remained exclusive to the two studs.”
Moorunga Raindance T25 was 850kg with an EMA of 134cm2, rump fat of 15mm, and rib fat of 14mm.
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