Official Placing: 1, 2, 3, 4
Cuts: 5, 2, 3
Easy top, easy middle, easy bottom pair...I placed this class of ewe lambs 1, 2, 3, 4 with cuts of 5, 2, 3.
First Place: 1
I thought 1 was an easy top pick in this class. She is a medium framed power ewe with no obvious structural flaws. She's extremely wide through the chest floor and brings this width all the way back. She is really balanced in her top and bottom lines, wide and square over the rack and loin, with a long, level hip. She's also deep through the twist and muscular through the stifle.
Second Place: 2
I placed 2 second and over 3. I did find structural problems with both of these ewe lambs, however, I faulted 2 the least. First, she is not balanced and she shows too much depth from the top of shoulder to the chest floor. She is weak over the top and weak over the loin. She's narrow through the pins, shallow through the twist and lacks muscle through the lower third. With this said she is still more correct in structure and muscle than 3.
Third Place: 3
Number 3 is structurally flawed with neck set being lower than the top of shoulder. She is narrow over the rack and loin and really slopes off the dock. Narrow through the pins and shows little evidence of muscle through the stifle. She does show good length of side. With all of flaws of 3 she still is much more correct than 4.
Fourth Place: 4
Number 4 shows several flaws in her skeletal structure. She is uneven in her top and bottom lines, short, has a sloping hip, is narrow through the pins and shallow through the twist with very little muscle in the lower leg. She tapers over the rack and loin, but, she does show more than adequate length of body.
For these reasons I placed the class 1, 2, 3, 4 with cuts of 5, 2, 3.
Cuts: 5, 2, 3
Easy top, easy middle, easy bottom pair...I placed this class of ewe lambs 1, 2, 3, 4 with cuts of 5, 2, 3.
First Place: 1
I thought 1 was an easy top pick in this class. She is a medium framed power ewe with no obvious structural flaws. She's extremely wide through the chest floor and brings this width all the way back. She is really balanced in her top and bottom lines, wide and square over the rack and loin, with a long, level hip. She's also deep through the twist and muscular through the stifle.
Second Place: 2
I placed 2 second and over 3. I did find structural problems with both of these ewe lambs, however, I faulted 2 the least. First, she is not balanced and she shows too much depth from the top of shoulder to the chest floor. She is weak over the top and weak over the loin. She's narrow through the pins, shallow through the twist and lacks muscle through the lower third. With this said she is still more correct in structure and muscle than 3.
Third Place: 3
Number 3 is structurally flawed with neck set being lower than the top of shoulder. She is narrow over the rack and loin and really slopes off the dock. Narrow through the pins and shows little evidence of muscle through the stifle. She does show good length of side. With all of flaws of 3 she still is much more correct than 4.
Fourth Place: 4
Number 4 shows several flaws in her skeletal structure. She is uneven in her top and bottom lines, short, has a sloping hip, is narrow through the pins and shallow through the twist with very little muscle in the lower leg. She tapers over the rack and loin, but, she does show more than adequate length of body.
For these reasons I placed the class 1, 2, 3, 4 with cuts of 5, 2, 3.