UARDRY MERINO STUD
- State
- NSW
- Region
- NSW - South
- Animal
- Sheep
- Breed
- Dohne, Merino
- BJD Status
- MN3
- Town
- HAY
- Address
- UARDRY
- More Info
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- Mobile
- 0427 206 239
- Phone
- 02 6993 5101
Welcome to Uardry
Established in 1864, Uardry is one of Australia’s leading merino parent studs and is recognised throughout the world. The sheep were skilfully bred to suit the environment and are known for their hardy constitution and heavy cutting medium wool.
Generations of breeding true to type has increased the genetic stability of the Uardry merino, producing a prepotent bloodline and consistent results. Over 250 studs have used the Uardry bloodline.
One of Uardry’s most famous rams, Uardry 0.1, was immortalised on the Australian Shilling coin from 1938 to 1966, and featured again on the 50 cent coin in 1991.
Sims Uardry
The Sims Uardry stud was established in 1998. It is a completely separate stud developed for sheepbreeders who require large framed, plain bodied, fertile, easy-care sheep, with the heavy cutting, quality Uardry wool. The Sims Uardry merino is particularly suited to the pastoral areas where clients could relate to the Collinsville bloodline.
The first progeny of the Sims Uardry stud made headlines at the 2000 Uardry Stud Foundation Sale when Sims Uardry Dynamo, winner of the two-tooth Riverina Ram of the Year, sold for $20,000 and 116 Uardry and Sims Uardry rams averaged $1,215.
The Sims Uardry stud continues to create great interest being successful in both the show and sale ring.
Uardry Dohne
After travelling to South Africa in 2000 to research the Dohne Merino, which is run in areas of similar climate and topography to the Riverina, it was found that the Dohne Merino is a highly fertile, plain bodied and well structured, poll sheep, which does not graze selectively and produces good quality medium merino wool, of 19 to 23 microns. The sheep have been bred and classified for many years according to strict performance guidelines set by the South African Dohne Society.
At Uardry we anticipated that the long-term success of the Dohne breed in Australia is reliant upon providing a diverse and wide gene pool. We enlisted the expertise of Henri Londt, the general manager of the South African Dohne Breed Society, from the outset to purposely source South African genetics that had not previously been imported into Australia. This is our prime objective wherever possible with each new consignment of imported embryos.
This is the foundation of the Uardry Dohne stud. Our breeding philosophy is to provide genetics from a diverse background that conforms to the rigorous Dohne standard, with emphasis placed on good structure, pasterns and top line. We also use Australian bred rams as link sires.
Dohne Merinos were introduced into Western Australia in 1998, and into the eastern states the following year in 1999. The Australian Dohne Association has been established to oversee the adherence of strict breeding and performance as required to meet Australian standards for both meat and wool quality.