“Las Anitas” by Alfonso exhibited the two Grand Champions males; In females, specimens of “Valle del Laurel” by Gastambide and Norbis in mochas and “La Reconquista” by Ninon Ramírez in bulls won.

Pablo D. Mestre.

I expected to find a superlative level, but the Hereford does not stop impressing us, this level at Expo Durazno reflects the world category of the breed in Uruguay”. Thus, Agustín Álvarez Fernández, defined the track yesterday.

In his joint task with Joaquín Zabaleta, he said that they found what they were looking for "and we liked the final row a lot."

What they searched for, and found were "moderate animals, of good weight, very good bone, that have structure, but that are functional for work in the field, because otherwise it is useless." He said that the data was not decisive, except in some doubt. "The determining factor was the phenotype because we were confident that everyone had good data behind it."

Polled Hereford.

The Grand Champion was "El Padre", a bull from Alfonso's "Las Anitas" who was Reserved Grand Champion at the Hereford National Show in Paysandú and then Reserved Senior Calf Champion at Expo Prado. The championship was defined in the very close two-year-old category, and he beat a bull from Sociedad Ganadera San Salvador "for the harmony as a whole: volume, color, a lot of meat and a size that drew attention," said the jury.

“We named him “El Padre” when he was 5 days old because we loved him and luckily he already confirmed everything we expected from him”, affirmed Fernando Alfonso Bordaberry. He defined it as a "very harmonious bull, head of the father, male, red, with good movements, good meat and comes from a very solid maternal family from Las Anitas, the mother is the daughter of the mother of kamikaze, a cow that has many children in our transplant program and we sold it, 50%, to Gedeao Pereira, Santa María ranch, in Brazil”.

Verdicts:
Grand Champion and Two Years Older Champion: by J. Ernesto Alfonso and sons;

Reserved Grand Champion and Reserved Champion Two Years Older: from Sociedad Ganadera San Salvador;

Third Best Male, Senior Calf Champion and First Step Award: from Zaina SRL.

Lesser Calf Champion: J. Ernesto Alfonso and sons; Reserved Lesser Calf Champion: Valentín Helguero; Third Best Younger Calf: de Gastambide and Norbis; Reserved Senior Calf Champion: from the San Salvador Livestock Society; Third Best Older Calf: by J. Ernesto Alfonso and sons; Junior Champion: from San Gregorio Ganadera; Reserved Junior Champion: by Roberto J. Zerbino; Third Best Junior: by Walter Carlos Romay; Champion two years younger: from Ebatel; Reserved Champion two years younger: La Coronilla; Third Best Two Years Older: from San Gregorio Ganadera; Junior Senior Champion: San Salvador Livestock Society and Aznárez Elorza Hnos.; Reserved Minor Senior Champion: by Roberto J. Zerbino; Third Best Senior Minor: Alejandra Parietti; Senior Senior Champion: San Salvador Livestock Society, Aznárez Elorza Hnos. and Pampeano; Reserved Senior Senior Champion: by J. Ernesto Alfonso.

"Winning at Expo Durazno means a lot, we are a young herd, we started 6 or 7 years ago trying to bring together dams from the main herds in the country and in recent years we have incorporated father bulls with American genetics," said the head of the herd. He recognized the teamwork "with the advice of the Breeders Society, with the great work of Ing. Leonel Aguirre, in addition to the cabañero: Carlos Sención and the foreman Gonzalo Vargas, who are the pillars of the cabin. In the environment is the rest of the family that accompanies ”. Although he is a vascular surgeon, "I go to the cabin every weekend participating directly and about work."

Dr. Gastambide said that the objective "is to bet on the development of the breed, on meat production, we are betting on raising sire and dam bulls that adapt to all rodeos."

This heifer is a daughter of Catapult from a Federal dam. She “She has a balanced EPD, with low birth weight and very significant post-weaning weight gain. Different qualities that make it suitable to engender good offspring”.

Verdicts:

Grand Champion, Supreme Champion and Senior Heifer Champion: Carmelo Gastambide and María Elena Norbis;

Reserved Grand Champion and Reserved Champion Senior Heifer: from J. Ernesto Alfonso and sons;

Third Best Female and Major Veal Champion: de Zaina SRL;

Lesser Veal Champion: Valentín Helguero; Reserved Lesser Veal Champion: Carmelo Gastambide and Ma. Elena Norbis; Third Best Minor Veal: La Coronilla SG; Reserved Champion Major Veal: by J. Ernesto Alfonso; Third Best Older Veal: from Gastambide and Norbis; Junior Champion: from San Salvador Livestock Society and Carlos Pagés; Reserved Junior Champion: from Los Molles; Third Best Junior: by Patricio Cortabarría and Aznárez Elorza Hnos.; Junior Heifer Champion: from Ganadera Inquieta; Reserved Junior Heifer Champion: by Alejandra Parietti; Third Best Younger Heifer: from Ganadera Inquieta; Third Best Older Heifer: from the San Salvador Livestock Society; Young Cow Champion: by J. Ernesto Alfonso and Sarandí del Yaguarón; Reserved Young Cow Champion: from Agropecuaria El Sueño; Third Best Young Cow: from San Gregorio Ganadera.

Hereford.

The Grand Champion was "El Rock" also from Alfonso's "Las Anitas" cabin.
"He is from the same family as the "Rokero" and the "Rock'roll", the father is a Canadian bull that we bought in the United States 4 years ago," reported Nano Alfonso Bordaberry.

The Rock, was Junior Champion at the Prado in his debut, was Supreme Champion at Expo Durazno, on the father title that he achieved again yesterday. "He has impressive muscle mass, calving ease, fattening facility and moves very well."
The principal of the cabin said that "we already have semen from both of them, the idea is that they go to the Prado."

With these, there are 12 Grand Champions of Las Anitas in the last 6 years at Expo Durazno. "We are very happy that the different juries like our animals and especially the people who are what we work for so that these bulls can later go to work, work and generate more profitability for the producers," said Alfonso.

Verdicts:

Grand Champion, Supreme Champion and Junior Senior Champion: of J. Ernesto Alfonso and sons;

Reserved Grand Champion and Major Calf Champion: by Miguel Martirena Bove;

Third Best Male and Champion Two Years Younger: de Ninon Ramírez;

Lesser Calf Champion: from El Baqueano; Reserved Lesser Calf Champion: from El Baqueano; Reserved Champion Greater Calf: from El Paraíso; Third Best Older Calf: by Walter Carlos Romay; Junior Champion: by Ninon Ramírez; Reserved Champion Two Years Younger: by Walter Carlos Romay; Third Best Two Years Younger: by El Baqueano; Two Years Older Champion: by Miguel Martirena Bove; Reserved Champion Two Years Older: de Ninon Ramírez; Third Best Two Years Older: by Miguel Martirena Bove.

Horned females.

The Grand Champion was a calf from Cabaña La Reconquista by Ninon Ramírez.
“We liked the veal since we were little, it is very long, with very good color, with good quarters. It is one of the best that have been born in the cabin”, affirmed Ciro Michelini.

She is the daughter of Dominó 955 in Llorón "that we bought from Alfonso, in a cow that we also bought from Las Anitas in 2014," he added.

For Agustín Álvarez Fernández, "it is a very beautiful calf, today on the track it was the best and that is why it won".

Verdicts:
For Agustín Álvarez Fernández, "it is a very beautiful calf, today on the track it was the best and that is why it won".

Reserved Grand Champion and Major Heifer Champion: from El Baqueano;

Third Best Female and Junior Heifer Champion: from El Baqueano;

Reserved Minor Veal Champion: from El Baqueano; Third Best Minor Calf: by J. Ernesto Alfonso and sons; Reserved Champion Big Heifer: from El Baqueano.

Recognition.

The jury had words of appreciation to their elders. I am the fifth generation of Agustín Álvarez, started by my great-great-grandfather. It was my great-grandfather who started the cabin and for me to swear in Durazno is a source of pride and generates a responsibility. Because also my father and my grandfather swore together in 1988 on this track”.

Source: Rurales El Pais