FAIRVIEW RIDGE NEWS

NEW SENIOR SIRE (Nov 2009)

Fairview Ridge and Coringa Murray Greys recently purchased a three quarter share and full possession
of Big River Dynasty MKJ D28 for $7,000. Dynasty was Junior Champion Murray Grey Bull of the
2009 Royal Adelaide Show.

BIG RIVER DYNASTY D28

Colour: Silver    Tattoo: MKJ D28    Birth Date: 03/06/2008    FS: 6.8
Registration Status: Purebred

Sire: Woodbourn Z103    Dam: Mt View Valdawn Q35

Dynasty at 17 months
From Left: Dynasty with breeders Kristy Kowald & Matthew Jaensch
and purchasers Geoff & Julie Perry and Pip Burnett

Dynasty displays excellent growth and muscling while retaining softness and loose skin indicating he has a lot of growth ahead of him. A frame score 6.8 bull with length, depth, strong bone and good feet, Dynasty (bred from a Tasmanian bull out of a Victorian cow) is the out-cross we have been looking for.
As a 14 month bull at the Royal Adelaide Show, Dynasty weighed in at 605kg and scanned an EMA of
100 square cms. At 17 months he weighed 733kg with a scrotal size of 45cm. His 600 day weight, scrotal size EBV and all 3 indices are in the top 3% of the breed.

* SEMEN NOW FOR SALE *
Expressions of interest welcomed.

ROYAL ADELAIDE SHOW SEPTEMBER 2008
MURRAY GREY AS FEATURE BREED

Fairview Ridge Eloise E6 contested a very strong field from studs Australia wide.

Reserve Junior Champion Murray Grey Female

Eloise after the presentation with handler Alista Hilli and owner / breeder Geoff Perry

STRATHALBYN SHOW OCTOBER 2007

Fairview Ridge Miss Rosie B1 scooped the pool at the 137th annual
Strathalbyn Show at 16 months of age.

Champion British Breed Female
Grand Champion British Breed
Champion Interbreed Female
Supreme Champion Exhibit

Miss Rosie after the presentation

Miss Rosie leading the Grand Parade

MT PLEASANT SHOW MARCH 2007

Fairview Ridge had a very successful day with our senior sire Fairview Ridge Zeus taking out the Champion British Breed Bull ribbon. In second place was our junior bull Fairview Ridge Azimuth with the Reserve Championship. This was the third successive year that Zeus has won a championship broad ribbon at the Mt Pleasant Show.

Another highlight for us was our 10 month old heifer FVR Miss Rosie placing first in the British Breed under 18 month class from a very strong field of 14 entries. This class was the most competitive of the show and the judge saw Miss Rosie as a "clear winner".

Zeus after Mount Pleasant 2007. Age 29 months, weight 1100kg, FS 7.3

MT BARKER SHOW MARCH 2007

One week after the Mt Pleasant Show we took junior bull FVR Azimuth and junior heifer
FVR Miss Rosie to Mt Barker. Azimuth was judged Champion British Breed Bull and followed with Grand Champion Bull All Breeds. Miss Rosie won the corresponding titles for females.
In the final event Azimuth was awarded Supreme Champion Beef Exhibit with the heifer in second place.

Azimuth after Mount Barker 2007

Miss Rosie after Mount Barker 2007

COULD THIS BE A FIRST?

How often does an animal win a second Junior Championship at the same show twelve months after the first?  At the annual Murray Grey Feature Show held at Mt Pleasant SA in March 2005, Fairview Ridge Zeus was Junior Champion Bull at five months of age and in March 2006 he was awarded the same title again, this time at seventeen months.

Zeus at Mount Pleasant 2005.  Age 5 months, weight 300kg.

Zeus at Mount Pleasant 2006.  Age 17 months, weight 760kg.

FAIRVIEW RIDGE Most Successful Murray Grey Exhibitor Royal Adelaide Show 2005

Principal Geoff Perry with handlers Emma Matonia and Jock Maxwell (and junior bull Fairview Ridge Zeus, FVR Z12) proudly displays the CGU Trophy for the most successful exhibitor.

Fairview Ridge Zeus Z12 (at 10 months)
Sire: Robern Taurus RET T14
Dam: Woodbourn Miss Rosie 4W S44

Junior Champion Bull, Murray Grey Feature Show Mt Pleasant 2005
Age 5 mths, Wt 300 kg

Reserve Junior Champion Bull, Royal Adelaide Show 2005
Age 10 mths, Wt 510 kg, FS 6.5

Woodbourn Miss Gretel Z42 (at 13 months, FS 6.2)
Sire: Woodbourn Arizona 4W T86
Dam: Woodbourn Miss Gretel 4W Q98



Miss Gretel and Fairview Ridge principal Geoff Perry. A recent acquisition from Tasmania, Miss Gretel was awarded Champion British Breed and Champion All Breed Female at the 135th Strathalbyn Show 2005. The judge Richard Arnold commented that she was the most stunning heifer he had seen from any breed for quite a few years.