Monday, December 1, 2008

A Story About Laurie


The RBC Supreme Champion Female went to Red Lazy MC Bess 12S, a Red Angus cow presented by Lazy MC Angus Corner Creek Angus. 12-year-old Laurie Morasch was on the halter of her heifer calf and it was particularly emotional for me knowing the history of Laurie and this pair.

I was fortunate to work for Lazy MC at Agribition for several years, and two years ago Clint had Bess in the string as a heifer calf. She won her division in the show and received interest from many people in the barns. However, she was Laurie's and Clint would not even consider selling his little girl's heifer. She came back the next year as a bred and won the Red Angus class in the First Lady Classic, as well as her division in the show. Again, there were requests to price her met with the same response - Bess was Laurie's. Bess had her first calf this spring, a heifer, and Laurie with parents Clint & Angela campaigned the pair successfully all summer. Again, they received interest from many wanting to purchase Bess. With a heifer calf to carry on, Laurie decided she might now be able to share the cow and sold part interest in Bess to Corner Creek Angus. Laurie, Cint, Ang and Austin did a phenominal job showing the pair all fall and their first RBC Supreme win was a dream come true. When judge Debbie Ecklund awarded the title with a hug for Laurie, I teared up a little. She's such a sweet girl.

Congratulations to Laurie, Clint, Ang, Layne, Fritz and Austin!

RBC Beef Supreme Challenge

CWA also hosts the cumulative RBC Beef Supreme Challenge which invites champions from all the large shows in Canada to compete for the title of being the best in the nation. It's always awe-inspiring to see the quality of cattle in the ring, but this year was particularly outstanding. The Top Ten bulls and females were tremendous individuals, and there were many more left standing who were absolutely worthy of the honour.

The Supreme Champion Female went to Red Lazy MC Bess 12S, a Red Angus cow presented by Lazy MC Angus (see their ad at the top of this page) and Corner Creek Angus.

The Supreme Champion Bull for 2008 is Soo LineYellowstone 6344, exhibited by Soo Line Cattle Co. of Midale, SK.


List of Top Ten: http://www.agribition.com/show_sales_results/2008/results-rbcsupremechallenge.pdf



Photos of the week's champions: Champions Online

Agribition champions:


Black Angus
Bull: SOO LINE YELLOWSTONE 6344
Female: SOO LINE ANNIE K 6271


Red Angus
Bull: RED BRYLOR SDL SQUALL 230S
Female: RED LAZY MC BESS 12S


Charolais
Bull: JSR TROPHY 88T
Female: DBAR ELEGANCE 635S


Galloway
Bull: GLENFIDDICH SAGEBRUSH
Female: DIAMOND B TAZZ 78T


Gelbvieh
Bull: RWG TENNESSEE CAT 7104
Female: DVE DAVIDSON MS JIM 13P


Horned Hereford
Bull: TRIPLE A MAX'S TURBO ET 1T
Female: GH ADAMS NEON POPPY 177S


Polled Hereford
Bull: WLB ELI 10H 83T
Female: JJPH 53K MOLLY 672S


Limousin
Bull: RPY PAYNES DYNAMO 16U
Female: IVY´S PLD SWEET TOUCH 4S


Maine Anjou
Bull: DONARO MR BUSINESS 643T
Female: SW MISS PRIME CHILL 704T


Shorthorn
Bull: GLENFORD REAL WORLD 45S
Female: ALTA CEDAR SILVER MAISIE 59S



Simmental
Bull: YR KING RANCH 13S
Female: TLG FLIRTIN WITH YOU



Speckle Park
Bull: STAR BANK URSA MAJOR 82U
Female: REDNECK RANCH´S ULYSSES 5U

Agribition 2008

The largest cattle show in Canada has another year in the books, and what a show it was at Agribition! The excitement in the barns was contagious with a week of great shows and sales for all of the breeds.


All results are available at www.agribition.com. Photos are online at www.grantspix.com.