DENVER, Colorado – Canadians entered in the Gelbvieh and Balancer Show at the National Western Stock Show on Jan. 12 performed well with red ribbons and some division wins.
They are as follows:
Scott Severtson, Innisfail, Alta. at the Balancer Show (crossbred Gelbvieh) won first and second place in the spring heifer class with SLC Lady 71B and SLC Misty 84B In the purebred division he won first place in the first spring bull calf class with SLC Road Trip 103B and the first place junior bull with SLC Swagger 105A.
Read Also
U.S. billionaire supports embattled B.C. ostrich farm
A New York City-based businessman is financially supporting the owners of an ostrich farm in British Columbia as they dispute an order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to cull the birds.
Rodney and Tanya Hollman owners of Royal Western Gelbvieh, Innisfail, Alta. won senior champion bull with RWG War Admiral 2528 and reserve champion intermediate bull RWG Alberta Gold 3541. They also won:
First place spring bull calf: RWG Bustin’ Stones 4603
Second spring bull calf: RWG Scale Buster 4404
Third spring bull calf: RWG X-Static Bounce 4416
Darrell Hickman, of Stone Gate Farm, Vermilion, Alta. won reserve senior champion bull with VV Zake 114Z.
Davidson Gelbvieh, Ponteix, Sask. had the first place winter bull calf: DVE Davidson Thumbs Up 91B.
The stock show runs from Jan. 10-25 and has been operating for 109 years.
Opening day saw record attendance when 47,207 fans came through the turnstiles.
