Top Honors Awarded in Iowa State Fair Dorset Sheep Show

DES MOINES, IA (09/18/2019) (readMedia)-- Dennis Loenser of Geneseo, Ill., earned top honors in the Dorset Sheep Show judged at the 2019 Iowa State Fair. Dennis Loenser claimed the Champion Ram Banner and Reserve Champion Ewe Banner. He also won first place in the Premier Exhibitor contest.

Hilltop Dorsets of Monroe exhibited the Reserve Champion Ram and claimed second place in the Premier Exhibitor contest.

Manning Dorsets of Beresford, S.D., showed the Champion Ewe and earned third place Premier Exhibitor.

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., D. Loenser 6-18, 1/2/2018, P733750

2) MM Dorsets, Camp Point, Ill., Sid Dorsets 11-18, 2/10/2018, P733962Ram

3) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, 360, 10/2/2017, P732054

Shorn Yearling Ram

1) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, Legs, 3/1/2018, P737910

2) MHW Farms, Colfax, MHW Farms 1639, 3/16/2018, P734138

Fall Ram Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., Spilde 9374, 9/13/2018, P736708

2) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D. Loenser 152-18, 9/1/2018, P739284

3) MM Dorsets, Camp Point, Ill., Devries 63-18, 9/20/2018, P736778Ram

January Ram Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., Spilde 9393, 1/3/2019, P737712

2) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, 1/19/2019, P737775

3) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D., Manning 1905, 1/3/2019, P739919

4) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D., Manning 1911, 1/6/2019, P739921

February Ram Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D. Loenser 20-19, 2/3/2019, P740197

2) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D., Manning 1925, 2/10/2019, P739923

March & After Ram Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D. Loenser 437, 4/5/2019, P739837

Shorn Ram Lamb -- All Ages

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D. Loenser 1308, 11/17/2018, P736897

2) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., Turtle Mead 1901, 1/4/2019, P736967

3) Ubben Dorsets, Des Moines, Campbell Brothers 389, 11/2/2018, pending

4) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D., Manning 1933, 2/16/2019, P739925

5) Werners' Hilltop Farm, Grinnell, Werner W670, 2/8/2019, P737124

6) Ubben Dorsets, Des Moines, Ubben 1908, 1/14/2019, pending

Pair of Ram Lambs

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D.

3) Ubben Dorsets, Des Moines

Yearling Ewe

1) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D., Manning 18-002, 1/14/2018, P732448

2) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D. Loenser 2750, 1/14/2018, P737660

3) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, Miss Febuary, 2/5/2018, P732909

4) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., G. Loenser 375, 1/10/2018, P736139

5) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, 1/18/2018, P732052

6) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D., Manning 1841, 2/12/2018, P739917

7) MHW Farms, Colfax, 2/21/2018, P736441

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

9) MM Dorsets, Camp Point, Ill., Scotch Lane 7468, 9/10/2017, P731354Ewe

10) MM Dorsets, Camp Point, Ill., Pine Knoll Farm 1812, 10/2/2017, P730902Ewe

Shorn Yearling Ewe

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., Stunkez 10-18, 1/24/2018, P737939

2) Ubben Dorsets, Des Moines, Ubben 1803, 1/1/2018, P734540

3) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, 10/16/2017, P735533

4) Clayton Ubben, Huxley, Ubben 817, 1/21/2018, P734542

5) Clayton Ubben, Huxley, Sanford & Sons 518, 2/3/2018, P731865

6) Ubben Dorsets, Des Moines, Ubben 1808, 1/24/2018, P734543

Pair of Yearling Ewes

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D.

3) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe

4) MHW Farms, Colfax

5) Clayton Ubben, Huxley

6) Ubben Dorsets, Des Moines

Fall Ewe Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., Wolkow W857, 9/22/2018, P736703

2) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., Cedar Lane 1838, 9/19/2018, P736288

3) MM Dorsets, Camp Point, Ill., Spilde 9373, 9/12/2018, P736805Ewe

4) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, 10/16/2018, P739137

5) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, 10/2/2018, P736899

January Ewe Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D. Loenser 09-19, 1/6/2019, P739281

2) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D. Loenser 05-19, 1/3/2019, P739279

3) MHW Farms, Colfax, Crouch 1919, 1/3/2019, P738393

4) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, 1/18/2019, P737773

5) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D., Manning 1902, 1/1/2019, P739918

6) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, 1/21/2019, P737774

7) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D., Manning 1908, 1/5/2019, P739920

February Ewe Lamb

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., Flinchum Polled Dorsets, 2/15/2019, P737980

2) MHW Farms, Colfax, 2/3/2019, P737546

3) MHW Farms, Colfax, 2/10/2019, P736974

4) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, 2/1/2019, P737776

5) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D. Loenser 1310, 2/3/2019, P740486

6) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D., Manning 1917, 2/1/2019, P739922

7) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D., Manning 1927, 2/10/2019, P739924

Shorn Ewe Lamb -- All Ages

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D. Loenser 383, 10/10/2018, P736443

2) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, Lila, 1/14/2019, P737769

3) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill., D. Loenser 411, 1/19/2019, P739834

4) Kara Nelson, Pierson, Dolly, 1/1/2019, P736987

5) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, Lucy, 1/16/2019, P737771

6) Vander Linden Livestock, Knoxville, 1/1/2019, P737010

7) Werners' Hilltop Farm, Grinnell, Werner W674, 2/9/2019, P737120

8) Vander Linden Livestock, Knoxville, 2/10/2018, P738364

9) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe, 1/18/2019, P737772

10) Ubben Dorsets, Des Moines, Ubben 1911, 1/26/2019, pending

11) Ubben Dorsets, Des Moines, Ubben 1907, 1/14/2019, pending

Pair of Ewe Lambs

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) MHW Farms, Colfax

3) Vander Linden Livestock, Knoxville

4) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe

5) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D.

6) Clayton Ubben, Huxley

Pair of Lambs

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe

3) Werners' Hilltop Farm, Grinnell

4) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D.

5) Clayton Ubben, Huxley

Young Flock

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe

3) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D.

4) Clayton Ubben, Huxley

Flock

1) Dennis Loenser, Geneseo, Ill.

2) Hilltop Dorsets, Monroe

3) MHW Farms, Colfax

4) Manning Dorsets, Beresford, S.D.

5) Clayton Ubben, Huxley

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