Empire Family
Family started with the purchase of a sire from Mt Alma Dohne Stud, SA.
Characteristics are exceptional structure, length and depth of body carrying a long stapled, stylish, well crimped, bright and soft handling 64s quality fleece.
Sires have sold to $13,000.
Recent family success includes impact sire MD13-7021 ‘Tom’.
Sons include MD15-1937 to Stephen & Dianne Perry for $8000.
MD13-7021 and son, MD15-1827, semen sales include Stirling Stud (VIC), Koonik Stud (VIC), Mt Alma Stud (SA), Kardinia Stud (NSW), Far Valley Stud (WA), Kintail Park Stud (WA), Chirniminup Stud (WA) and also North America, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. Grandson, MD17-4684 was the NSW Champion Ram and a partner in the NSW Champion Pair which went on to become the National Reserve Grand Champion Pair at the 2019 Australian Sheep and Wool Show. MD17-4684 was sold at the Victorian Dohne Ram Sale 2019 for a record price $13,000, purchased by RW & EA McColl Meredith, VIC.
Great Grandson, MD20-2864 was sold at the 2022 Australian Sheep and Wool Show for $10,000 to Tom & Sophie Holt, Coonong Station Urana NSW.
Another Great Grandson, MD18-0230 has performed extremely well in the 2020 Balmoral Sire Evaluation.
9, 21 drop rams have been retained for stud use from this family.
Macquarie Dohnes’ Record Showing at the 2023 Australian Sheep and Wool Show – MD21-4545 NSW Champion Senior Ram June Shorn, Champion Senior Ram June Shorn, Grand Champion Senior Ram and Supreme Dohne Exhibit.
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MD21-4545 |
| MD21-4545 (Empire) x is a twin by MD19-1323 out of an Empire special stud ewe. 4545 is long and deep bodied sire with excellent bone. He has an excellent top line and is very correct on his feet and legs. He has a soft masculine muzzle and is free of blemishes. 4545 was Supreme Dohne Exhibit at the 2023 Australian Sheep & Wool Show. |
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MD21-4224 |
| True to the family type, Empire 21-4224 carries a long staple, deep crimping, shafty 64s quality fleece. A long bodied, upstanding young ram with a great top-line, depth and twist. 4224 is structurally correct, has a soft masculine muzzle and is free of blemishes. His grand sire sold to the McColl family Victoria for a state record of $13,000 and his great grand sire was used across 7 studs and 4 states in Australia. |
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MD21-4102 |
| MD21-4102 x MD180230 x MD15-1827 x MD13-7021 Another young line-bred sire by MD180230 out of a special ewe by MD151929 (x 7021). 4021 is structurally correct and has a deep body with an excellent twist. He carry’s a bright 66s quality fleece with excellent actuals. 4021 has been used extensively in both ET & AI at Macquarie. |
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MD 18-0230 |
| MD18-230 x MD15-1827 An exciting ET bred young sire out of a KP2345 elite stud ewe. 230 has a beautiful presence and ticks all the industry profit drivers; Top 10% for Maternal Weaning Weight and Dual Purpose Index, top 15% for Eye Muscle and Fat. He has excellent width, depth, twist and barrel along with a long stapled, bright, stylish 64’s fleece with a 99.5% comfort factor. 230 is free of any ear, nose or eye blemishes. His half brother, 17-4684, was Champion NSW ram and a member of the Champion NSW pair and Reserve Champion National pair at the 2019 Australian Sheep & Wool Show. |
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MD15-1757 |
| MD15-1757 x MD13-7021 Sold privately at the 2018 Ballarat Ram Sale to the Pilgrim Brothers, Minimay VIC. He is another outstanding son of impact sire MD13-7021 (used in 7 Australian studs) out of a Majestic Special Stud ewe. 1757 is a wool cutter producing a long stapled 64s Fleece on a thick supple skin. He is an extremely deep sire with exceptional structure. He has a soft pure masculine muzzle and is free of blemishes. |
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MD 17-4684 |
| 4684 was the NSW Champion Ram and Pair, and overall Reserve Grand Champion Pair at the 2019 Australian Sheep and Wool Show. An exciting young sire with impeccable prepotent breeding. 4684 has a strong presence and a long, deep body with excellent feet structure. He carries a long shafty, well nourished, evenly crimped medium fleece on a thick supple skin. 4684 has a soft masculine muzzle which is free of blemishes. 4684 is in the top 10% of the breed for 5 of the 8 measurements; Weaning weight, Post weaning weight, Eye Muscle, Fat and Index. | |
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MD 16-3674 |
| A twin and half brother to ‘Tom’ out of a Majestic Special Stud ewe. He was Macquarie’s highest 2016 drop indexing ram. 3674 is a squat , deep bodied early maturing sire typical of the Majestic family and shows all the wool characteristics of the Empire family…. long stapled , deep crimping, lustrous, even 64s quality. 3647 has excellent conformation and a soft pure muzzle which is free of blemishes. He is in the top 10% of the breed for Weaning weight , Eye Muscle and Index. | |
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MD 15-2054 |
| Private Sale at the 2018 Hamilton Sheepvention, purchased by Burnbank Dohne Stud, Mooralla VIC. Empire 15-2054. By impact sire MD13-7021 (used in 7 Australian studs) out of an Empire Special Stud ewe. 2054 shows all the characteristics of his sire…an extremely deep, wide body and twist, with an exceptional long stapled , deep crimping even 64s quality fleece. 2054 has a soft pure muzzle and is free of blemishes. |
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MD 13-7021 |
| MD Empire 13 7021 x MD11-4838 is an exciting well bred young sire from the proven Empire family. An exceptionally long bodied sire with the depth of barrel, spring of rib & deep twist associated with the dohne. 7021 stands correctly & has a very good top line for a ram of his length. His outstanding feature however, is his wool quality & staple length. 7021 carries a bright, soft, deep crimping elite wool. 7021 has a masculine soft muzzle & is free of blemishes. |
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MD 11-4838 |
| MD Empire 11-4838 x MD092531 out of an Olympus family ewe. 4838 was sold to DD Dohnes Stud in August 2013. | |
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MD 09-2615 |
| MD092615 sold at the Tasmanian Invitation Dohne Ram Sale 2011 for $2,000. Purchased by Greenhill Trading,Campbell Town, TAS.MD092615 (twin) Empire x ASH102 out of a GB211 special stud ewe (flushed). MD092615 is a deep bodied young sire carrying a well nourished, bright and shafty 66’s quality fleece. He is free of blemishes. | |
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MD 07-0496 |
| MD070496 “Empire 3rd” top priced ram at the On Property Ram Sale 2009 for $8,000, purchased by Midgery Dohne Stud, Walgett NSW. A son of Mt Alma 05-102 out of a Uardry 281 Special Stud ewe.496 is a plain, long bodied sire carrying a medium fleece on a supple skin.496 is free of any blemishes and has a bare breach score of 1. A new family showing great promise. | |
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MD 07-0183 |
| MD070183 “Empire 2nd” sold at the Victorian Dohne Ram Sale 2009 for $4,500, purchased by RW & EA McColl Meredith, VIC. Another son of Mt Alma 05-102 out of an Olympus special stud ewe.183 is a plain bodied sire with great width and depth. He carries a medium/fine long stapled fleece. | |
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