2013 Rabobank Katanning

Show win fit for a Prince

22 August 2013
Article written by Bob Garnant, Countryman

WA Merino Week, held last week throughout the Great Southern region, championed a newcomer to the ranks of the supreme titleholders among the State’s Merino breeders.
Ever since he could remember, Clinton Blight had dreamed of making it count, especially when it came to sheep breeding.
Winning his first supreme exhibit at last week’s Rabobank Katanning Sheep Show and Sale cemented the 25-year-old’s ambition to improve on the breed’s dual-purpose qualities.
His Seymour Park Poll Merino ram, George, named in honour of the new royal prince, was poked and prodded with high admiration by judges throughout the year, from Wagin Woolorama to Williams, Bendigo, Katanning and now Dubbo this week to proudly represent WA.
“George was fairly well prepared to show and travel to exhibit his exceptional fleece and genetic qualities,” Clinton said.
“I think Poll Merinos are out in front of the industry.”
Clinton, who was raised on his family’s mixed livestock and cropping farm at Highbury, plans to use his stud experience to increase profitability through wool and meat production.
“Merinos are well placed to be the sheep of choice when you are talking about dual income,” he said.