Royal sweep: PC duo claims Hordern trophy accolades in tough contest

A "special pair" of siblings has claimed the Hordern trophy for supreme beef breed pair.

The Angus pairing, from Pine Creek Angus, Woodstock, were a pair of full siblings, which had previously claimed the grand champions female and bull in the Angus judging.

The pair were well and truly bred in the purple with the cow, PC Miss Royal Roll T347, first making her Sydney debut two years ago as calf at-foot with dam PC Miss Great Northern 070, and the bull PC Royal Roll U295, making his debut as a calf at-foot to the same dam last year. Both animals were sired byPC Royal Roll R017.

Earlier that day, the bull had claimed the junior champion interbreed bull title.

The female was also selected as the female supreme exhibit in the Urquhart trophy judging.

The panel of judges selecting the pair was made up of Diana Wood, Uralla, Hayley Robinson, Robinson's Livestock, Aubigny via Toowoomba, Qld, and Ben Noller, Palgrove Pastoral, Bukkulla.

Out of the lineup of 12 breeds, an initial top six was selected, made up of the Angus, Charolais, Simmental/Fleckvieh, Santa Gertrudis, Red Angus and Limousins, before this was narrowed down to the top three - Simmentals, Charolais and Angus.

Ms Wood said when judging they were looking for good balance - "even pairs and outstanding individuals".

She said the Angus entry was a "fantastic pairing".

"There is an extremely feminine and well-built female, with a lot of width, who is doing a really good job on her calf," she said.

"The bull is a really well-muscled fellow.

"When he walks out, he shows that length and depth of body."

Ms Robinson said the Angus entry were a "fairly special pair" and a similar type.

"That is a different type of bull to the others out here - a younger, more moderate style bull, but he's still able to show that softness as well as the strength," she said.

"But my champion of these two is the female.

"She's just such a great example of the thickness and femininity - with this cracking calf at-foot - that the Angus breed is known for."

Mr Noller commended the top three on producing "phenomenal individuals".

"To breed these phenomenal animals is not easy, then to do it in numbers," he said.

Pine Creek Angus stud principal Greg Fuller said the win was "unbelievable".

While the stud has its name already inscribed on the trophy more than a dozen times, he said it was still "very special" each time.

"This is the premier cattle event in Australia," he said.

Mr Fuller said this was the "favourite" line of he and his wife Sharon.

"(Sharon) owns the mother and she idolises this pair," he said.

He said this was a great example of the cattle he liked.

"This is my type of cattle - the same type I've been breeding for the past 30 years," he said.

"You only get paid on one things in this industry and that's kilograms."

In the lead up to the showing, the Pine Creek team had indulged in a decade-long, good luck ritual.

They began the day with a cocktail of beer and orange juice, a tradition started with their Canadian fitter 10 years ago.

"It's just a thing we do and most times we do it, we've been successful," Mr Fuller said.

While earlier in the day, he had said his retirement was looming fast, by the end of the day, that was up in the air.

"There's a lot of beer and orange juice to drink," Mr Fuller said.