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Bernadette Nunn<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s only nine but East Trentham\u2019s Sebastian Beattie has already ticked off his number one ambition, showing his own stud sheep at the Kyneton Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just always wanted to show my sheep,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He did more than that though, winning the Champion Stud Sheep Junior Handler award.<\/p>\n

Steward of the stud sheep competition, Kate Janssen, said the Kyneton Agricultural Society had to change the longstanding award from 15-25 years to 5-25 to recognise the nine-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t usually get such young breeders starting out in the sheep industry so it was an acknowledgement and encouragement to keep going,\u201d Ms Janssen said.<\/p>\n

Sebastian entered the first lambs he\u2019d bred, born in June from two ewes. They\u2019re the heritage hampshire down sheep, a British breed that\u2019s rare in Australia with few registered breeders.<\/p>\n

His stud is a dream already six years in the making.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I was three I always loved them,\u201d Sebastian said. \u201cI think it\u2019s just because they have the black face.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019d been training the lambs almost as soon as they were born to get them used to being handled, wearing a halter and being led, standing and practise turning around for the judge.<\/p>\n

He trained them for an hour every day as soon as he\u2019d come home from school, longer on weekends.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lambs run up to him like a dog when we drive up the driveway, wherever they are in the paddock,\u201d mum Heidi Keighran said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was down there getting swooped by magpies in the paddock. He\u2019s very dedicated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sebastian said the hardest part was getting them to walk.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we first started training all they wanted to do was jump in the air.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ram lamb, Arthur, is his favourite.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s got a funny personality,\u201d Sebastian said. \u201cHe\u2019s a bit dopey and he loves food so he\u2019s a bit chubby. He will eat out of my hand sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a somewhat reluctant deal, Sebastian gave one of his three lambs to sister Audrey, 7, and taught her how to train her ewe lamb, Lilac, for the Kyneton Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just told me how to get the ewes to walk and where to walk them,\u201d Audrey said.<\/p>\n

Audrey also won a sash for junior handler 5-15 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really proud of Lilac for doing a great job at the show,\u201d she said. \u201cI was proud of myself as well but mostly Lilac. I was pretty nervous she wasn\u2019t going to stand still but she did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sebastian\u2019s female lamb, Lily, was placed third while his ram Arthur also placed second. The three lambs then won second in the group category, enlisting cousin Rylan Keighran to help.<\/p>\n

Then eight, it was also his first time showing.<\/p>\n

\u201cRylan was really good. He handled Lily really well,\u201d Audrey said.<\/p>\n

Ms Janssen said they competed against breeders from the district and as far as Romsey and Huntley.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just lovely to see someone so young interested in picking a breed that\u2019s not well known and obviously he and Audrey put a lot of time in after school into their sheep and they are all loved. It\u2019s a great start.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the judge, Ellie McDonald, was impressed to see someone so young having a go at breeding sheep and learning to look after them and show them when it was not an easy thing to do.<\/p>\n

Sebastian admits he was anxious on Show day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very nervous, just that my sheep weren\u2019t going to co-operate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just couldn\u2019t sit still the poor thing,\u201d Simon said. \u201cThey were up at 6 o\u2019clock, pacing the hallway, \u2018when are we leaving?\u2019, \u2018what\u2019s happening\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sebastian said showing was \u201ca good experience\u201d though he was \u201ca bit embarrassed\u201d to be honoured with the special sash, preferring his sheep to be in the spotlight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were nervous about being in front of people,\u201d mum Heidi said.<\/p>\n

Simon says there were many good lessons in the experience. \u201cIt taught them patience and persistence,\u201d he said. \u201cThey put in a lot of effort. They put in hours and hours of work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simon also showed sheep as a boy, at the much bigger Royal Melbourne Show, but said the Kyneton Show was a better experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll their school friends came, their relatives were all there to support them,” he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA few cousins and other kids from school are thinking about wanting to do the same thing after watching what they did.”<\/p>\n

Sebastian and Audrey are the third generation of sheep breeders in the family, following their dad and grandfather Ted, 76, who started the Derrynock poll dorset stud 56 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of us farmers are at our use by date so it\u2019s great to see the grandkids picking up and going forward in the industry,\u201d Ted said.<\/p>\n

While there\u2019s some banter between the older Beatties and the children about their black-faced sheep, the Derrynock founder isn\u2019t concerned the children aren\u2019t continuing with the white-faced dorset and have chosen an entirely different breed instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe grandkids like that breed so I\u2019ll back them a hundred per cent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ted said he was \u201ctickled pink\u201d to help the children and was very proud on Show Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a challenging breed,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s great to see. There\u2019s a lot of ageing farmers who don\u2019t get the opportunity for succession so it\u2019s great I have a son and quite a few grandchildren that are interested in the farm so hopefully it will continue on after I go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sebastian\u2019s ultimate ambition is to sell his rams at his dad\u2019s ram sale and he\u2019s already planning to enter more sheep at next year\u2019s Kyneton Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will breed with the ewe lambs and go back to the show,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Audrey is just as keen to keep showing alongside Sebastian.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always said we would have a farm together,\u201d she said. She\u2019s okay with her big brother remaining the boss. \u201cAs long as he doesn\u2019t tell me what to do,\u201d she said firmly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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