The Gilmore family's Tattykeel Meat Sheep and Cattle stud farm has returned from the Sydney Royal Easter Show with a historic haul of awards.
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For the first time ever, the Black Springs-based stud took out supreme interbreed breeders group awards in both the 'meat sheep' and 'beef cattle' categories.
In the sheep section, the Tattykeel stud won for their famous Poll Dorset sheep while in the cattle section, they won for their Angus breeds.
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Tattykeel stud owner James Gilmore said it was a momentous achievement for the farm.
"Taking out breeders group awards in both sheep and cattle is something we've never been done before," Mr Gilmore said.
"We won all four awards in the supreme interbreed sheep section and a group award for our Angus cattle."
While the Gilmore family has been showing sheep at the Sydney Royal Easter Show for close to 60 years, they are reasonably new to the cattle showing game.
"It was only our third year showing Angus cattle and the show invited a Scottish judge in to adjudicate the events," Mr Gilmore said.
"We also took out the grand champion Angus female award from over 200 entries."
The Tattykeel stud farm was first established in 1959 and has become well-renowned for their Poll Dorset and Australian White breeds of sheep, the latter of which they developed themselves.
But Mr Gilmore said its fantastic to see their cattle starting to receive accolades in the livestock industry.
"The event was live streamed to an audience of 19,000 people from eight countries, which was massive for us," he said.