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Ultimate Stock Dog The USD Challenge, where a single working dog has to complete 3 events over two days consisting of a paddock section, a yard section & cattle section.

The Ultimate Stock Dog Challenge, where a single working dog has to complete 3 events over two days consisting of a paddock section, a yard section and a cattle section. We are aiming to attract the best working dogs and handlers in Australia to this competition. Held at Cowra Showground, NSW on the 1st - 2nd June, 2024

๐Ÿ“ข Shout out to our USD Yard Section Sponsor โ€“ Ridgehaven Poll Dorsets๐Ÿ‘Their 2025 Annual Ram Sale is on Thursday 11th Sep...
09/08/2025

๐Ÿ“ข Shout out to our USD Yard Section Sponsor โ€“ Ridgehaven Poll Dorsets๐Ÿ‘

Their 2025 Annual Ram Sale is on Thursday 11th September at 1pm, on property at Cudal, NSW.
๐Ÿ•™ Inspection from 10am | ๐Ÿฅช Lunch at 12pm

๐Ÿ“‹ On offer:
โ€ข 20 Stud Rams
โ€ข 130 Flock Rams
โ€ข 20 Stud Ewes

Stud Rams and Ewes are available for inspection Fri 29th & Sat 30th August (9amโ€“12pm) or by appointment.

๐Ÿ“ž Contact: Ruth โ€“ 0438 642 113 | Isabelle โ€“ 0405 098 335 | Floyd โ€“ 0402 185 727
๐ŸŒ www.ridgehaven.net.au

Thanks to Ridgehaven for their support โ€“ be sure to check out their quality Poll Dorset stud and get along to the sale!

It's sale time!

๐Ÿ”ฅ Choice Angus โ€“ Bull Sale Catalogue Now Available! ๐Ÿ”ฅThe team behind Chats with Clarkey at this yearโ€™s USD have released...
24/07/2025

๐Ÿ”ฅ Choice Angus โ€“ Bull Sale Catalogue Now Available! ๐Ÿ”ฅ

The team behind Chats with Clarkey at this yearโ€™s USD have released their Annual Bull Sale Catalogue โ€“ and itโ€™s hot off the press!

๐Ÿ“ฌ Want a hard copy? Check the details below to get yours delivered.

Donโ€™t miss your chance to secure leading genetics from one of the most forward-thinking studs around.

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16/06/2025

๐ŸŽค ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฒ
๐Ÿ† ๐˜๐š๐ซ๐ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ: ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ 
๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ฒ Choice Angus

Fresh off a big weekend, Angus opens up about ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง at the USD. With his ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง ๐˜๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง under his belt just last weekend, heโ€™s feeling more confident than ever.

Now, with a win at this level, he says he finally feels ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ•

Itโ€™s a great reminder that hard work pays off โ€” and those moments of self-belief make it all worth it.

Michael Clark, Gus Armstrong

14/06/2025

๐ŸŽค ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฒ
๐Ÿ† ๐๐š๐๐๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ซ: Jake Nowlan
๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ฒ Choice Angus

Jake reflects on a top-tier event, giving a big shout-out to ๐๐š๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ for the smooth and professional running of the USD. ๐Ÿ‘

He highlights the ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ค, the ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ , and how this event brings out the best in both ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ. Jake notes a shift among younger handlers โ€” theyโ€™re chasing and breeding for the ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ, ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ , and itโ€™s showing.

The ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง is real, with the younger generation thriving in this high-level competition. Jake also touches on the generosity of the more experienced competitors, always willing to lend time, advice, and a good yarn. ๐Ÿค

As Jake puts it โ€” โ€œ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž. ๐–๐žโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ข๐ž. ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž โ€“ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ. ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ ๐จ.โ€๐Ÿ’ฌ๐Ÿพ

Michael Clark

๐Ÿ“ธ Coverdale Media
12/06/2025

๐Ÿ“ธ Coverdale Media

๐Ÿ“ธWhat a shot!!! Donโ€™t forget to head over to Coverdale Media to purchase your photos!
11/06/2025

๐Ÿ“ธWhat a shot!!!

Donโ€™t forget to head over to Coverdale Media to purchase your photos!

Ultimate Stock dog Shot of Celtic Roy.
By Brooklyn Coverdale

11/06/2025

๐ŸŽค ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฒ
๐Ÿ• ๐˜๐š๐ซ๐ ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž: Steve Condell
๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ฒ Choice Angus

Clarky shares a few laughs with Steve as they dive into what makes the ๐”๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ค ๐ƒ๐จ๐  such a standout concept. With ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ž๐ฉ that made competitors work for every point, Steve emphasised the importance of ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ, ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ and ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ.

He also touched on the ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ in mentoring and supporting newcomers โ€“ helping improve the next wave of handlers through time, guidance, and encouragement.

Steve praised the ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐ž ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐๐’๐–๐˜๐ƒ๐€, and the ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง among the younger generation โ€“ trial schools and working dog schools are fuelling real progress in the sport. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ

And of course, a nod to the ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฆ (brought to you by Mitch's potbellys and more pty ltd) โ€“ helping showcase working dogs to a wider audience than ever before! ๐ŸŽฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Clark

๐ŸŽ‰ A big thank you to Southern Charm for their generous support of the Highest Scoring Female Handler this year! ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’ชIf you...
10/06/2025

๐ŸŽ‰ A big thank you to Southern Charm for their generous support of the Highest Scoring Female Handler this year! ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’ช

If youโ€™re looking to elevate your home with western-inspired, cowhide statement pieces, Southern Charm has you covered. ๐Ÿค โœจ From custom designs to handcrafted dรฉcor, every item is made with love and a true western flair.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Check out their page to see more stunning creations!



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S T U N N I N G โœจโšก๏ธ

She is everything!! A new design that I came up with for a great friend of mine who wanted a statement for her entry way but also practical to hold her hats.

09/06/2025

๐ŸŽค ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐ฒ
๐Ÿ‚ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž: Peter Crowe - Macelbri Kelpies
๐Ÿ“ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ฒ Choice Angus

A quick sit-down with one of the most respected stockmen in the game. Peter shares what he looks for in an all-round dog, the importance of good stockmanship, and a few laughs along the way!

๐ŸŽฅ LIVE STREAM SPONSOR SHOUT-OUT ๐ŸŽฅHuge thanks to Mitch's potbellys and more pty ltd for sponsoring our live stream!๐Ÿ– Not ...
08/06/2025

๐ŸŽฅ LIVE STREAM SPONSOR SHOUT-OUT ๐ŸŽฅ

Huge thanks to Mitch's potbellys and more pty ltd for sponsoring our live stream!

๐Ÿ– Not just pot belly stoves โ€” Mitch also builds top-notch livestock shelters like this ripper pig house ๐Ÿท

Warm, safe, and built to last โ€” just ask the happy pigs whoโ€™ve already moved in!

Check it out ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿ‘‰ Mitches Pot Bellyโ€™s and More

Support the legends who support our events ๐Ÿ™Œ

๐ŸŽฅ Behind the Lens at the USD ๐Ÿ“ธDuring the Ultimate Stock Dog Challenge, we were lucky to have Brooklyn from Coverdale Med...
07/06/2025

๐ŸŽฅ Behind the Lens at the USD ๐Ÿ“ธ

During the Ultimate Stock Dog Challenge, we were lucky to have Brooklyn from Coverdale Media capturing every moment โ€” but she wasnโ€™t working alone!

๐ŸŽฌ Sophie from Stock Shots shadowed Brooklyn throughout the weekend, getting a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to cover an event of this scale. Itโ€™s great to see young talent stepping up and learning the ropes from the best in the biz.

Check out Sophieโ€™s work and give her page a follow ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿ“ธ STOCK SHOTS

another round.

02/08/2024

Put this one in your calendar!
Thursday 12th Sept is sale day!
Over the next few weeks we'll preview the top rams, and let you know what will be on offer. They look good!

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