AYRSHIRE - BDAC
B places over D in a close placing to start this class as she possesses more dairy strength. She shows more width of chest, which allows her to have more depth and openness of fore rib and carries that back through her rear rib. I grant that D has a higher rear attachment to an udder that shows more halving through the rear quarters.
It is that advantage in udder that carries D over A in the middle pair. D has a stronger fore udder, a higher, wider rear udder, and has teats that are placed more squarely below each quarter. I do recognize that A is longer in her neck.
In my final pair, A easily places over C as she shows more dairyness and refinement throughout. She is longer in her neck, cleaner over her hooks and pins, and has a flatter, more incurving thigh. A also has an advantage in her udder as she has a more desirable shape and strength to her fore udder, which allows her to have a more nearly level udder floor when viewed from the side. Furthermore, A excels in her feet and legs as she has a cleaner hock and tracks straighter when viewed from the rear. I do admit that C shows more power, strength, and capacity, but I fault C and place her last as she lacks the overall dairyness and quality of udder to place any higher.
About the judge . . . Brian Engleking
Brian Engleking
Greenfield, Ind.
