Top Honors Awarded in Iowa State Fair Dorset Sheep Show

DES MOINES, IA (09/12/2018) (readMedia)-- Dennis Loenser from Geneseo, Ill. earned top honors in the Dorset Sheep Show at the 2018 Iowa State Fair with Champion and Reserve Champion Ram as well as Premier Exhibitor. Colby Tool from Monroe took home 2nd place in the Premier Exhibitor contest and MHW Farms from Colfax was 3rd.

The Premier Exhibitor award is presented to the exhibitor earning the highest point total in individual classes of competition.

Additional results below (name, hometown and animal identification):

DORSET

Yearling Ram

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., G LOENSER, 2/27/2017, 29882

2) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., Ram & Ewe, 2/1/2017, P730321

3) Colby Tool, Monroe, Junior, 1/4/2017, P725851

Shorn Yearling Ram

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D LOENSER, 3/6/2017, P728205

2) Ubben Columbias, Des Moines, Turtle Mead1708, 2/16/2017, P726330

3) MHW Farms, Colfax, Cox Brothers 1609, 1/8/2017, P725680

Fall Ram Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., G LOENSER, 9/21/2017, P732053

January Ram Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D LOENSER, 1/2/2018, P733750

2) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D LOENSER, 1/18/2018, P733751

3) Colby Tool, Monroe, 106, 1/20/2018, P732905

February Ram Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D Loenser, 2/3/2018, P733753

March & After Ram Lamb

1) Colby Tool, Monroe, 114, 3/1/2018, P732910

2) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., J L THORNSBROUGH, 3/6/2018, P732729

Shorn Ram Lamb -- All Ages

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., G LOENSER, 10/2/2017, P732054

2) MHW Farms, Colfax, MHW Farms, 3/16/2018, P734138

3) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D Loenser, 9/1/2017, P733744

4) Ubben Columbias, Des Moines, Ubben Dorset's 1807, 1/1/2018, P734541

5) Melendy Dorsets, Dumont, Melendy Dorsets, 9/2/2017, 734369

6) Melendy Dorsets, Dumont, Melendy Dorsets, 4/8/2018, 774373

Pair of Ram Lambs

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) Colby Tool, Monroe

3) Melendy Dorsets, Dumont

Yearling Ewe

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., J L THORNSBROUGH, 2/15/2015, P731001

2) Colby Tool, Monroe, Loraine, 2/2/2017, P726639

3) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., WOLKOW, 2/2/2017, P727661

4) Colby Tool, Monroe, 17-36, 3/7/2017, P729236

5) MHW Farms, Colfax, Pope Dorsets 365, 9/17/2016, P725137

6) MHW Farms, Colfax, PRF 1755, 12/3/2016, P728235

7) Ubben Columbias, Des Moines, 3/2/2017, P729357

Shorn Yearling Ewe

1) Colby Tool, Monroe, 10, 1/13/2017, P728427

2) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., STUNKEL, 1/26/2017, P731063

3) Ubben Columbias, Des Moines, Aldrich 710, 2/4/2017, P727124

4) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., Wolkow, 1/6/2017, 28200

5) Ubben Columbias, Des Moines, Wolkow P700, 1/9/2017, P729384

6) MHW Farms, Colfax, Sanford & Sons, 1/15/2017, P727177

7) Melendy Dorsets, Dumont, Melendy Dorsets, 1/20/2017, P727772

8) Melendy Dorsets, Dumont, Melendy Dorsets, 1/1/2017, P727773

Pair of Yearling Ewes

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) Colby Tool, Monroe

3) Ubben Columbias, Des Moines

4) MHW Farms, Colfax

5) Melendy Dorsets, Dumont

Fall Ewe Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D LOENSER, 10/2/2017, P731949

2) MHW Farms, Colfax, Wolkow W752, 9/14/2017, P732032

3) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., J L THORNSBROUGH, 9/4/2017, P731006

4) MHW Farms, Colfax, Crouch 1806, 9/10/2017, P731173

January Ewe Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D LOENSER, 1/1/2018, P733747

2) MHW Farms, Colfax, Kendrick 1403, 1/4/2018, P732478

3) Colby Tool, Monroe, 376, 1/18/2018, P732052

4) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D LOENSER, 1/4/2018, P731951

February Ewe Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., POPE DORSETS, 2/1/2018, P732813

2) MHW Farms, Colfax, Wolkow W841, 2/10/2018, P733437

3) MHW Farms, Colfax, NSF 1825, 2/28/2018, P731686

March & After Ewe Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., G LOENSER, 3/16/2018, 34889

Shorn Ewe Lamb -- All Ages

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., POPE DORSETS, 9/13/2017, P731094

2) Ubben Columbias, Des Moines, Sanford & Sons E507, 10/3/2017, P731865

3) Ubben Columbias, Des Moines, Ubben Dorsets 1803, 1/1/2018, P734540

4) Jenny Petersen, Knoxville, 1/19/2018, P732616

5) Colby Tool, Monroe, 112, 2/5/2018, P732909

6) Melendy Dorsets, Dumont, Melendy Dorsets, 1/8/2018, 34370

7) Melendy Dorsets, Dumont, Melendy Dorsets, 2/12/2018, 34375

Pair of Ewe Lambs

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) Ubben Columbias, Des Moines

3) MHW Farms, Colfax

4) Colby Tool, Monroe

5) Melendy Dorsets, Dumont

Pair of Lambs

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) Colby Tool, Monroe

3) MHW Farms, Colfax

4) Ubben Columbias, Des Moines

5) Melendy Dorsets, Dumont

Young Flock

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) Colby Tool, Monroe

3) Ubben Columbias, Des Moines

4) MHW Farms, Colfax

5) Melendy Dorsets, Dumont

Flock

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) Colby Tool, Monroe

3) Ubben Columbias, Des Moines

4) MHW Farms, Colfax

Champion & Reserve Ram

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., 355

2) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., 6-18

Premier Exhibitor

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) Colby Tool, Monroe

3) MHW Farms, Colfax

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