The Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-11-23, Page 3Wednesday, November 23, 2016 • Lucknow Sentinel 3
Owen Dalton takes Grand Champion Dorset Ramat Royal Winter Fair
From the first time
that Owen Dalton
heard of the Royal Win-
ter Fair, he knew that
he wanted to be a part
of it someday.
Not only did that
dream come true dur-
ing the Nov. 4-13, 2016
event, but it exceeded
his expectations.
Owen Dalton of Luc-
know's Dalton Farm
Co. is 11 years old and
has been raising sheep
for six years now. He
has been a member of
the Lucknow 4H Sheep
Club for the past five
years and the skills that
he learned from the
Lucknow Sheep Club
and all of his hard work
paid off at the Royal
Winter Fair when he
took the top prize in a
number of classes.
"I prepared for the
Royal by walking the
sheep in and out the
lane way weeks before
the show and I spent a
lot of time in the barn
with them," Dalton said
in an e-mail. "When
you are in the show
ring, you can't have a
halter on your sheep so
we would practice
walking without a
halter?'
He said they also
practiced setting up the
sheep's legs so they
would stand well when
in the show ring, which
"shows off the profile of
the sheep to the judges."
Dalton won in the
Grand Champion Dor-
set Ram, Supreme Slick
Shorn Ram Champion-
ship -All Breeds, as well
as placing 5th for Junior
Showmanship, 3rd for
Junior Confirmation,
and 5th for Slick Shorn
Dorset Ewe Lamb.
He currently has his
own flock of 15 Regis-
tered Dorsets and will
continue to expand
with the goal of raising
a large flock of healthy
sheep.
"It is fun to take care
of animals," Dalton
said. "Including my
own 15 Registered Dor-
set sheep, my dad and I
have a total of 95 sheep.
It is a lot of work but I
love it. I could stay in
the barn with them all
day."
Dalton recognized
the organizers of the
Royal Winter Fair for
ROYAL BREEDING
SHEEP SHOW
such a great event and
allowing young farmers
to be able to show their
animals that they take
great pride in.
He said he would
love to come back
again next year.
In his free time he
likes to watch his new-
born lambs run around
and play.
Though he was not
expecting to win any
awards, he was just
happy to be able to go
to the Royal Fair and
was happy when he
won.
I would like to grow
up to be a farmer and
learn more about
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agriculture," Dalton
said. "I hope to one day
be a chicken farmer
and also have a large
flock of healthy sheep."
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Lucknow's Owen Dalton took top honors at the Royal Winter Fair, which ran Nov. 4-13,
2016 in Toronto.
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